Many times when I am playing around with my camera in hand, I grab shots that at the time mean absolutely nothing, but for some unknown reason, it seems like a good idea at the time. This is one of those images. While some parts of the country are dealing with blizzards or hurricanes this week, Southern Ontario is bathed in some of the nicest weather we have had all Summer....even though it is Autumn. It's just a nice temperature, no bugs, and no oppressing humidity like we had from June to September. So, it was a good time for a body to find a cosy corner and spend some time with a book. Books....how much longer will we have them available to us? Many a kid grew up reading book after book all Summer long during their holidays from school. But now, it seems that books are becoming a thing of the past, and more time is spent on various electronic devices and gadgets. The day is likely not too far off when we will not be able to access anything in print, and like photographs, all that information will be lost forever in "the cloud", or cyberspace. If for some reason you did not pay your monthly subscription to access "the cloud", then it sucks to be you. We used to store all of the old family photographs in several albums, or even an old suitcase or shoe box, which was tucked away in a special corner, until needed again when family history was the topic of the evening. But now, oh, all of those family pictures are somewhere on a disc, all mixed in with various other meaningless junk images, and can no longer be viewed because the discs have been corrupted with age, and no longer work, with the latest operating systems of the present computer being used. But sad as that all is, to me, the most sad thing of all is that very precious few even care, or give it a second thought.... Go read a book while you still can....Cheers!
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