Window of Opportunity

Like a strong river current, time flows relentlessly over and around us; it never really stops and waits for us to be ready, to get organized, to have it all figured out...we have to swim or tread water, be carried along or strike out in the direction we want to travel and keep working at it. I have no objection to floating along peacefully at times and enjoying the sun on my face and the wind at my back... but ultimately, I want to chart my own course, even if it means going against the tide sometimes.

These photos show the passage of the light through my office window over the course of a winter day; I enjoy the colours and shapes, but they also inspire me with an idea for a quilt about the fleeting nature of opportunity.