Twas the night or two B4 Christmas!

I was initially going on a blog holiday departure from making any comments before Christmas, owing to the message I left in the last post and believing it to be a fitting lead up to the visit of Santa. Yesterday however, I was in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, to photograph a wedding and found the cool conditions and the recent rains of last week made a particular impact upon me. I was basking in the colour, texture and feeling of nature, as much as I could in the role of being a working photographer employed to cover a wedding. I was in the shallow end of the cascades in Leura and was amazed and gratified to be amidst such a beautiful spectacle of nature.

Then from Leura we proceeded to go to the Kings Tablelands where I took another picture or three and was again struck by the simple grandeur this place has for me, inspite of my many prior visits. I took this panoramic you see and will get one enlarged and framed I liked it so much.

What you don't see is that the wind was so powerfully strong it pushed me back from the edge of the cliff. One of the guests took a picture of me from behind on the edge of the cliff and it was so exhilarating. OK, it is not like skydiving or flying but the wind was near, or at, gale force conditions and was amazing to feel.

As the day drew to a close, I was driving near Westmead hospital as the Ambulance helicopter landed and rushed a patient into Triage at the emergency department of the hospital and wondered who the guy was I saw being stretchered out, what had happened? and what a terrible time of the year to have something happen in the first place.....but on reflection, is there ever really a good time for accidents to occur. It looked serious.

My heart goes out to whomever that was. Please be careful out there this Christmas/ New Year everyone. God Bless.