I can't even remember for sure when I took this I believe it was this spring.  I usaully don't like any kind of blurriness in my pictures unless I try to do it on purpose, yet this ones natural blurriness makes this picture.  I do recall the sun being right behind the dandelion giving it that dull glow.  I re-immeresed myself into the woods this spring and it kept me sane.  Having to leave Washington and the curcumstances that surronded it made it very difficult for me to leave.  I felt that I was meant to be out there and the last thing I wanted was to return to Wisconsin.  I intentionaly made a two day drive into almost five.  I had 1800 miles to convince myself that it was all happening for a reason.  I was defeated again and once agian in a quagmire of depression, trying not to sink once more.  Instead of just sitting around and allowing myself to be upset about it I dove into books.  Archealogy was the subject that distracted my brain.  I read a text book on it (ironicly I had bought it in Washington) and for the next two months taught myself the art of archealogy.  It was on my "digs" into the nearby woods that I would bring the camera.  A few weeks later I started just bringing the camera, and thus my photography interest was reborn anew.  Like a rocket streaking into space to destinations unknown so goes my mind into this new endeavor.  The one thing it has done is quell the ever rolling thoughts of failure and regret that roll ominously in the back of my head waiting to find a way in.  I have to hope that if my intrest in taking pictures fades that whatever takes it's place can keep me focused on the goal.  I don't know what the goal really is other than to never be like I used to be, ever again.  I think I was afraid coming back to Wisconsin would be just enough to pull me down into that pit again yet just the opposite happened.  Thanks to my positive attitude, the love of my life, and a great family I didn't start falling but in fact I started climbing.  The flower in this picture might not be in focus yet you can still feel the beauty it has within.  As with life even when stuff isn't in focus don't panic it just means you aren't supposed to see quite yet. Peace!