October Mist by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

To walk by faith is to allow the heart to rise, again and again.

Thoughts of a hilltop. April in Hocking Hills, Ohio @ Inn at Cedar Falls. Two years ago. Something about that hill behind The Inn. It’s one of those places I often visit in my thoughts and sometimes even in dreams. Hocking Hills is a spirit-filled landscape and The Inn is its soulful center. I will be returning in May to teach and present another weekend photography workshop. Those programs always seem to be the most successful. Perhaps because I feel most at home here and my passion for photography flows most easily in this place, especially in autumn and spring. Then again, I can easily connect similarly with locations I know of out West.

Spring in Hocking Hills will take on a new meaning for me this year because basically this was the first time in my life I did not experience winter. Well, winter as I came to know it growing up in Ohio. Winter in South Carolina this year was virtually non-existent. But still, even without the long, cold days of waiting, something still calls me back. Up on that hilltop.

Cedar Falls Black and White by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

Cedar Falls Black and White

Learning to just let it go. Frosty sunrise in late October on my hilltop behind The Inn at Cedar Falls #hockinghills #ohio

Spring flow at Old Man’s Cave @ Hocking Hills, Ohio. The vertical version. I’ve been revisiting archived raw image files and doing some re-touching using some new digital edit tools and techniques.

Morning Mist in October by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

“Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.” - Greg Anderson

Woodland Hurricane. Finally spring #hockinghills #ohio #photography

Hidden Falls #hockinghills #ohio #photography

Too much gray outside. Here’s a dose of green from an incredible day last May. #hockinghills #ohio #photography