Photography is a remarkable thing. It can take us places we’ve never been. It can validate or change our views of history. It can bring back wonderful memories, or share them with people who couldn’t be there in the moment. But sometimes a photo is just the beginning of the story. Some pictures give just a hint of what lies beyond the borders of the image.
This image was taken from the window of a tower at the University at Bridgeport in Connecticut. The house in the foreground is the president’s residence. Behind it are the grounds, Long Island Sound, the coastline of Long Island, the Atlantic Ocean…..
A few years back we took a short Caribbean cruise. From the deck of the ship, we saw some beautiful views, providing us with tantalizing thoughts of all the things that lay beyond our view….
Closer to home, we walk local trails. and never know what we’ll find around the next bend, or what lies just off the trail…
But of course, to discover new views and places, we have to venture out beyond our own driveway!
_____________________________________________
This post was written in response to the WordPress Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond. To learn more about this challenge, and to see other bloggers’ responses, click here. To see additional photos in my previous post on similar theme, see Near and Far.
The Retiring Sort 
Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – Beyond | LITTLE MISS WORDY - Find BIG inspiration in the little moments
Nice shots! I always like the mystery of a new road; who knows where it leads.
LikeLike
Exactly! Thanks for stopping by to comment! 😉
LikeLike
Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond « Dibbler Dabbler
Some good choices there – I enjoyed them!
LikeLike
Thank you, Andrew! Glad you came to visit! 😉
LikeLike
Pingback: Weekly Photo Challenge – Beyond | littlemisswordy
Love your tantalizing shots; gets the imagination sparking!
LikeLike
Sure does! Thanks so much for stopping by to comment! 😉
LikeLike
Once again great photos….
LikeLike
Thanks so much! 😉
LikeLike
Beautiful photos. especially love that last one. It looks like a lovely place to walk. 🙂
LikeLike
We are so lucky to have some wonderful places to walk. There are still lots of woods in New England! 😉
LikeLike
I like your take as well, good job! My favorite photo is the one in your header: I want to be on that road!
LikeLike
Thanks, Toby – that trail is actually a defunct railway line that has been redone into walking and riding paths – it’s part of the “Rails to Trails” conservancy, and we are very grateful for it! 😉
LikeLike
we have similar trails near our cabin up north. they are wonderful trails!
LikeLike
Wonderful selection TRS. I like the ones with those paths trailing off into the woods.
LikeLike
Thanks, Madhu – these trails were railway paths in the past – every one is a little different, but they have been made into wonderful recreational areas for walking and riding. I love the heavily wooded sections myself! 😉
LikeLike
Lovely photos ! But my favorite is the third picture(the one on the right in the second row of pics), where the sunlight shines through the clouds. It seems like it’s making the shape of a heart on the water! Love your take on this week’s challenge 🙂
LikeLike
Thanks – I like that one myself. That afternoon we watched a number of rainstorms from a distance – it was fascinating! Thanks for stopping in to comment! 😉
LikeLike
Wow, that sounds so amazing! I am glad you are having a relaxed and enjoyable retired life My parents are planning on retirement soon and I hope they can have spend lovely afternoons watching rainstorms too! Sounds so good 🙂
LikeLike
they can spend* not have spend . Lol. silly me.
LikeLike
We’ve been lucky so far! I wish your parents well in their retirement! 😉
LikeLike