stories, photographs, adventures…the next chapter
I was grateful to see the sun yesterday…and apparently so was my hibiscus. It rests/grows in a pot in front of a large picture window and if I’m lucky I catch the big reveal – one bud at a time. I have learned it is a live-in-the-moment blooming plant; as the flowers show off their colors for maybe a day or two before starting to wilt. Obviously my Sunday to-do list needed to wait. Several buds had burst open overnight…and the light was just right. How could I resist?
I am always (well most of the time) rewarded when I look up at the sky. One day this summer I was greeted by a mysterious vision during an afternoon walk.
Click!
Was this bee making a mess or just doing its job?
I caught a bee in the act last weekend during a visit to a local museum in Portsmouth, NH. It actually photo bombed my shot while I was focusing on the flower. I took an extra few seconds to refocus.
In an instant it was gone.
Quick work!
Flowers were in full bloom yesterday afternoon on the grounds of the Strawberry Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH. I’m not sure what kind of flower this was, but it immediately caught my attention. The yellows (and reds!) always do.
Happy Monday everyone!
BeckyB’s July Squares: Treesquare
Six Word Saturday
Today is the last day of Becky B’s July Treesquare challenge and I can’t let it end without including some of my favorite trees. Callery Pear Trees line the street into my condo development and bloom in bursts of white for only about a week every Spring. This photo was taken April 26, 2021. A yearly photo opportunity you can’t procrastinate about or else it’s too late and the petals fall…blanketing the grass below.
BeckyB’s July Squares: Treesquare
Photo a Week: Reflection
What is it about a Weeping Willow tree? I couldn’t take my eyes off of its massive, yet delicate presence the day I discovered it on the grounds of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Branches reaching down…almost brushing the pond below. I don’t think I’ve even been in a more peaceful spot.
A painting come to life.
BeckyB’s July Squares: Treesquare
Becky B’s July Squares: Treesquare
Looks like stained glass…he said. Yeah, I guess it does. The color editing settings had a mind of their own yesterday…reminding me of the Ouija boards of years ago. My computer mouse just did its thing and when it was done, I thought…yes that’s it. The square tree I captured during a walk now looks a lot like my life these days. A study in hidden contrasts of dark and light…real and unreal. Bits of blue. Shots of red.
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