Simplicity

I am attracted to simplicity.  I crave a simple life, a small life full of personally rewarding things.  A life of gardening, tending, puttering, writing, appreciating, laughing, walking, and watching with open eyes. 

I think that desire for simplicity is why I am so attracted to photos that catch a single moment.  This house attracted my attention while running an errand for work with a co-worker.  I was so attracted to the splash of yellow from the rain lilies blooming by the porch that I returned on my lunch break to photograph the house.

It didn't feel very simple when I was sitting in an unknown person's front yard photographing their porch.  There is a fair amount of trepidation that accompanies that kind of behavior.

For me, it was worth it.  Can you see the untold story here?  The evenings, after a long day of work sitting on the porch, enjoying a break outside and watching traffic pass.  Maybe, chats with neighbors or chats with a spouse and sending children in to finish homework.

I know it doesn't make sense in a society where we commonly build houses for two and three people that have over 2,000 square feet of living space but I could be content in a cottage like this.  I admire the simplicity.