Best Ohio Nature Photography by Jim Crotty 19 on Flickr.

Each day a new blessing and another opportunity to begin again.

Tales of the Sea by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

Tales of the Sea. When it’s this hot outside, and the ugly light of mid-summer is upon us, the best thing to do is to find some good still life subjects indoors. Taken this morning at my apartment on Hilton Head Island.

The ties that bind, but in a good way. I have a 30”x40” wrapped canvas print of this image of a Celtic cross, an image that I captured a few years back in the Woodland Cemetery of Dayton, Ohio. I didn’t think it would play such a prominent role in how my new home on Hilton Head Island would be decorated. My sister, who has an amazing talent for style and decorating, zeroed-in on this print right away and proceeded to arrange all the other elements around it, resulting in a home environment that is much, much more than I could ever hope for. It is a place of natural peace for the creative soul.

The love of nature and the creative spirit of the Ancient Celts runs deep in my family. It’s a part of who we are. It’s what moves me to do what I do. It is a blessing we share.