On a cold and soggy day, I walked the length of Piney Woods Church Road, I could see and feel the elemental presences of wind and rain joining me on my journey. Gusts of wind tugged on horsehair snagged on a barbed wire fence; raindrops feel on roadbed leaves, newly fallen in the morning wind.
Not long after I set out for Piney Woods Church Road, the rains began. I was ill-equipped for a deluge, having left my camera bag at home (trusting too much in Doppler radar maps which showed precipitation still an hour away). I quickly focused my attention on certain shots — mostly particular wildflowers I noticed in bloom. Fortunately, the rainfall remained fairly gentle, though it didn’t prevent me from getting fairly soaked. Toward the end of my walk, my camera still functioning and my body rather drenched, I eased up a bit and began letting images find me. This is one of the products of that last part of my walk. Droplets cover a new sweetgum leaf that hangs like a curtain in front of the road I have just walked.
