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Four days ago, when I entered the flower shop, one goal was to find white tulips to photograph.  I finally selected a bouquet that looked mostly white with just a few petals here and there laced with pink.  I figured that was okay.

But as the tulips  sat in the kitchen window bathed in sunlight, more and more pink appeared across all of the flowery surfaces.

At first I was a bit chagrined.  You see, my last experience with pink tulips had been fun but I really had been trying to photograph something different.  Luckily, one of my mottoes in this life is “go with the flow.”  😉

Today, I noticed that the tulips had more fully opened revealing once more that interior beauty.

I really don’t have a flower budget, so I am not sure how many more bouquets of non-pink tulips I will try to buy.  But I’ll ponder that challenge later.  Right now, I’ll just enjoy the tulips that are present.

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For a while, if you visit The Shop at Trinity Church in Copley Square, Boston, and wander over to the children’s section, you will see an array of paper cranes dangling from the ceiling…

… like a wave of birds in flight …

… colors bright and warm …

… shadows cast upon the ceiling in the wavering lights.

The birds were made by Anulfo Baez, a guest contributor on this site before.  Upon learning that Shop staff were contemplating a new window display involving birds, he donated his origami creations.  Several hundred in number, he had originally intended to make 1,000.  Do you know the lore surrounding One Thousand Cranes?

Even if you do know, read Anulfo’s story, One Thousand Paper Cranes for Japan.  While he did not reach his original goal, I think what he did create will bring a bit of brightness and joy into the life of anyone who has the opportunity to see his art repurposed.

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After work today I revisited that parking lot I mentioned in an earlier post.  I am still quite amazed at what’s to be found in the narrow bands of greenspace of an urban office park.

And finally can you see the two hawks on the poles?  Since I didn’t have the equipment to shoot them clearly at a distance, I just enjoyed standing and watching them fly around for a while. 😉

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Tulips are not my favorite flowers nor do I usually select pink-budded anything.  Yet over the weekend on a whim I picked up a bouquet of pink tulips, narrow heads still tightly closed, to fill an empty vase in the kitchen.  For days, as the flowers slowly opened, I kept focusing on the exterior, admiring the loving pink tones of the petals, thinking I might take a few shots at some point.  Then this morning I caught a glimpse of each flowers interior.  Of course, there went my morning. 😉

 

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… it was to a lovely, if chilly, new spot for us, the Cutler Park Reservation.   We managed to do a loop around Kendrick Pond before the cold was just too much.  I’m looking forward to revisiting, especially in warmer weather.

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I often write about light dancing on water.  On Sunday, I was drawn to the light bouncing around a plate of oranges and tomatoes.  The plate was assembled as a midday snack to fuel up for a hike.  But then just as we were about to grab our forks, the sun shone through the window in that special way.

And so we had to pause for just a bit. 😉

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