Bitten by the Shutterbug

OK, here's a photo I took with my new Nikon d7000. When you get a good camera in your hands, well at least for me, it's hard not to imagine one's self a click away from Edward Weston.  I have been bitten once again by the shutterbug, and the welt it has left appears to be growing.

I seem to be drawn to roads. You are looking north, and those mountains are in Canada; the border is about 10 miles away. This is the crossroad of the Noon and Hemmi roads, and is one of my favorite places in Whatcom county. Someone had the forethought to put these fields under the protection of the Land Trust and that is a very good thing. Developers roam the county looking for good views and aging farmers, salivating at the vision of culdesacs sprouting for sale signs every 150 ft.

Yes, I am a transplant to this area, but bought an existing house that's over 50 years old. Not that I wouldn't love to build a place one day. Maybe in a future post we can discuss expansion, population growth, the inevitable encroachment of the masses on land that has provided so much to nourish them.