Nancy~"Hope"

This was a challenging assignment for me.  I thought about what hope looks like to me, and set out to shoot some images that spoke to me of hope, without including photos of smiling babies or pretty flowers.  Here is what I came up with, with explanations to follow each image.

This is the Methodist Church in Half Moon Bay.  It is the oldest functioning church in the county.  Although I am not religious, there is something about this church that makes me happy every time I see it.  The building is simply beautiful.  This is the old chapel, that has been maintained & lovingly cared for for over 120 years.

I took this photo of my boxer Riley at our mountain house with a plastic camera.  There was 3 feet of snow in the yard, and he was standing on the deck, with a piece of kindling by his side, with that look that said "please."  

Winter trees by Hayfork Creek.  It had been snowing and very gray, when the sun peeked out through the clouds.

Driving across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the way back home, I noticed how the rain softened the hard structure of the bridge, making it dreamlike and very beautiful.