I had a serious need for stress relief over the last few days. And I had seen some advice online that recommended visualizing a quiet stream or lake and going there in your mind. Bunkum says me but it did set me to thinking of how certain photographs help link places and mood and remembrance together. I find the photographic process therapeutic and rarely stressful. Its not real work and maybe not real life after all. An illustration is the image of a common Jay above. The picture was taken from the bank of Granite Lake in California, just above Lake Tahoe.