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Three Blossoms, Three Perspectives
“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher
“The age I’m at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot.” ~ Liv Tyler
“People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.” ~Yoko Ono
Monday, Monday: The Goldfinch Edition
Today it’s Monday, gray and gloomy.
My antidote? Photos Zippy took a month ago.
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~Pablo Picasso
Pink Is the New Black
Friday Five: The Motion Edition
Grackles touring the neighborhood:
Zombies on the move:
Water falling:
Ball dropping:
Nesting doll balancing act:
In My Head and Out My Window
I’m drafting a scene in my YA,
slightly confused about the sequence of events.
Then thunder rumbling in the distance brought me to the window
and I found reassurance in the sky; there’s confusion up there, too.
Me and the sky, just two peas in a pod.
Backyard Photographic Safari
We just had a gentle rainfall and then the sun came out
so I ventured into the backyard with my camera,
searching for some images.
Here’s the untouched documentation (you may click photos to enlarge):
Bumblebee and Lamb’s Ear
Valerian and Moonshine Yarrow
Wild Rose
Apache Plume
When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything
else in the universe. ~ John Muir
Twofer Tuesday: The Woodpecker Edition
Glanced out my window to see a dark shape at the suet feeder, and assumed it was a grackle. Instead, it was a bird I’d never seen before: a Lewis’s Woodpecker.
Here’s the one photo I snapped before s/he flew across the yard:
I ran to the other end of the house and took this photo from my standing-desk window:
Such a delightful start to this day. As Tom Robbins wrote in Still Life with Woodpecker: “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”
Life: It’s Always a Matter of Perspective
I’d forgotten that these photos from a couple weeks ago were on the camera and when I looked at them just now, I realized they held an important reminder for me.
When life feels crazy and overwhelming, I often only see what’s right there in front of me
but when I can take a breath and take a step back, I get a better sense of what’s going on.
Which means that when I take another few steps back, I see even more of the big picture.
Breathing is good. Stepping back is good. And, by golly, every single day has its moments of good.
Pooch Portrait
I was warming up the camera before taking Zebu’s senior pictures when I captured this Zoey moment:
The girl always looks a bit worried.
Tracy Abell 