Moonlight

Had to get out and photograph this radiant sphere. What a beautiful glow! I will probably be out again tonight doing the same. Happy Blue Moon! 

"Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, 

and the stars, and the sun."

~John Lennon

Pale Pink

Soft, pale, pink petals growing up the vine. The sunlight glistens off their rosy blooms. Every flower is uniquely designed and perfectly created. What a wonderful canvas to explore and capture.

"I will be the gladdest thing

Under the sun!

I will touch a hundred flowers

And not pick one."

~Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sunlight Reflections

Light is important for just the right shot. Sunlight just makes it easier to capture those great shadows. Nothing poetic today...just God's handiwork. Beautiful!

"In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. 

My garden of flowers is also my 

garden of thoughts and dreams. 

The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, 

and the dreams are as beautiful."

~Abram L. Urban

Nature In Abstract

Searching longingly for the sun 

They swirl... twist... and stretch 

Little white tendrils spiraling in the light.

 

Reaching to the heavens grasping

 Like long quiet fingers 

Hoping to find something solid to clasp. 

Whispering softly into the wind

They curl...twine... and extend

Tiny cream springs bouncing between the greens.

"My green thumb came only as a result  

of the mistakes I made 

while learning to see things 

from the plant's point of view."

~ H. Fred Dale

Monday "Blues"

It's the Monday "Blues" again. Where does the time go? Summer is over... traffic is buzzing... and school has started. Those lazy days are gone and it's back to the busyness we call life. Not! Take time to stop...smell the roses, gardenias, plumbago, lilies, or whatever flowers that bloom. Leaves will change colors and flutter to the ground a sure sign that Fall will becoming soon.

"But then fall comes, kicking summer out on its 

treacherous ass as it always does one day sometime 

the midpoint of September, it stays awhile like an old friend 

that you have missed. It settles in the way an old friend 

will settle into your favorite chair and take out his pipe 

and light it and then fill the afternoon with stories 

of places he has been and things he has done 

since he last saw you."

~Stephen King, Salem's Lot

Bird Watching

Another morning of bird watching on the shore of the lake. 

"A lake carries you into recesses of 

feelings otherwise impenetrable."

~Williams Wordsworth

Esperanza

Golden stars and yellow bells glisten in the sunlight. Canary jewels twinkle and sway in the coastal breeze. Butterflies perch  and cling to delicate petals while bumble bees attack the centers packed with pollen. Above tiny heads the azure sky blankets this buzzing community in summer light. 

Fame is a bee.

It has a song

It has a sting

Ah, too, it has a wing.

~Emily Dickinson