Sunday, March 17, 2024

Floating on a Mirror

Tobacco Barn, Hadley MA
Photo by Richard Getler

"𝑢𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’π’π’π’‘π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’†π’˜ π’ˆπ’“π’‚π’”π’”." 
~ Adrian Bell, A Countryman's Spring Notebook

Other than some windy days and nights, this March has been milder than most. Even the few remnants of snow that lingered into February melted away weeks ago. And still (the snow in the foreground notwithstanding), this photo, captured by photographer Richard Getler, unquestionably evokes spring in the Pioneer Valley. This extraordinary image is at once familiar and strange. As Richard observed, “𝐼 π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–π‘£π‘’ π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘‘ π‘‘β„Žπ‘–π‘  π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘› π‘œπ‘“π‘‘π‘’π‘›, π‘Žπ‘›π‘‘ π‘“π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ π‘“π‘–π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘‘ π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’ 𝑖𝑑 π‘Žπ‘π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘‘ π‘‘π‘œ 𝑏𝑒 π‘“π‘™π‘œπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘œπ‘› π‘Ž π‘šπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘œπ‘“ π‘€π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿ, π‘Žπ‘‘π‘‘π‘–π‘›π‘” π‘Ž π‘π‘’π‘Žπ‘’π‘‘π‘–π‘“π‘’π‘™ 𝑛𝑒𝑀 π‘‘π‘–π‘šπ‘’π‘›π‘ π‘–π‘œπ‘› π‘‘π‘œ π‘‘β„Žπ‘’ 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒.”
This is the featured photo for March in the 2024 Head in the Clouds Amherst wall calendar. By a unanimous vote, it was also selected for the calendar cover!
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