On Fridays I'll be featuring the daily photos I take throughout the week. To see the photos I've taken throughout the year, you can check out my Flickr feed. I've also added camera and lens info below each photo.

If you're interested in even more eye candy, I (mostly regularly) take part in a blog with other phenomenal photographers, far more talented than I, who are shooting with the Fuji X system. We call ourselves the Fuji X Crew. Those posts are published on Fridays and can be found here.

My father in law is feeling better. He's out of ICU, and we have hopes that he'll head home soon. But you know how these things are. It's a long slog. Neel's been there since Tuesday, and yesterday Cal made his first solo flight to go and spend some time with his granddad. As hard as it is to be here and so far away, it felt so good and right to send them down there. Absolutely the right and best thing to do. I look forward to the week after Christmas when we'll all be together again.

I can't thank you all enough for the texts and calls and emails of support you've sent our way. I could feel your kind and hopeful thoughts lifting us up. The world really is a small place after all, isn't it?

My dear friends, we got word on Friday evening that Neel's father is very ill. It's been a weekend filled with many emotions ranging from worry to agitation and even gratitude. Today, or tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday or Thursday (you know how hospitals are), he'll undergo a procedure that will hopefully provide him with some relief, and soon Neel will make his way to be with his dad.

It's hard for us to be so far away. I'm filled with gratitude for Neel's family, who are bearing the burden of worry and hospital visits and managing information. I know far too well how long and troubling those days can be. I'm so grateful that they are all there. Neel's uncle and our sister-in-law are both physicians, and they are doing the heavy lifting of obtaining and delivering information, and this has been incredibly helpful. As of yesterday, Neel's dad's spirits were good, so that lifts us all up. And still.

It's hard to be so far away. Please hold us all in the light. We'll take all the kind thoughts you can spare.

{still + life} 365 :: sept. 26 - oct. 2

weekend lookback, september 29