I was snapping photos of my dogs today - a regular occurrence around here (and one that bores them silly). This is our beautiful old Frosty girl. I noticed in this photo that her brown markings aren't so brown anymore. Just for fun I spent some time playing with the contrast button, putting back her vibrant color and then watching her gray again like time lapse photography.
It made me think about aging as a loss of contrast. Smoothing the sharp edges. Blending. I like this notion. Frosty will be 13 in March. I will be ... more than that. My hair is not so brown anymore either. She and I are becoming more alike as, together, we lose our contrast. We are turning gray together - and I'd like to think I'm also more greylike than when I was all "contrasty".
Blessings upon you in this new year. May we all become more like our greyhounds in 2009.
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