On our way home, as we passed through Grays Reef, I snapped this image of the abandoned lighthouse. Something about this old structure gives me hope. When I ponder the troubles we face due to overpopulation, global warming, mass extinctions, I can get overwhelmed by it all. I love the metaphor presented in this scene. The top of the old light looks like a bird cage, yet now that it has been vacated by man, the birds have taken over. Free. Uncaged.
