Self-portrait
(April 23rd, 2020)
(April 23rd, 2020)
Canyon, TX, U.S.A.
Last week, I went hiking for a few days in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas, the second largest canyon in North America. Reconnecting with Nature was for me a little escape from a heavily 'infected' big city of Dallas, TX where I live during the coronavirus pandemic. It cleared my mind, and made me feel good.
I stayed in Canyon, TX, in an equine facility called Rider's Roost. My host, Andrea was a volunteer saving horses from slautherhouses. This is how I met three most wonderful horses in the world: Rosie, Gus and Sassy, that made my days even more special. Being close to them felt like an equine-assisted theraphy. There was also Chief, a cuddly barn cat that assisted me almost at every single photo I was taking, thus he can appear partially or fully in the self-portraits I took there.
The state parks in Texas reopened on Monday, April 20th as a part of the first phase of reopening the economy with online purchase of limited number of passes for day-use only. I was lucky to get three passes for Thursday, Friday and Sunday in Palo Duro Canyon. The first day was a long 4-hour hike. We chose The Litghhouse Trail leading to the icon Lighthouse, the most famous rock formation created by erosion in Palo Duro Canyon.
This self-portrait was shot after coming back home. There was still some daylight left in the evening, so I attempted to take a few pictures for the project "My Life Is a Picture" documenting my life.
