A leaf found in a field on the way home. I let it sit in the window a few days to dry. I still have it, tucked safely away, so we’ll see how it continues to evolve.
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When I made my way to the Charles River Esplanade after lunch, I anticipated photographing a few ducks, a tree or two and some reflections in the water. Amazingly enough, my plans went awry as I found myself mostly fascinated by blades of grass. Imagine that. 😉
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I received an unexpected gift today. A package from a family member who has been dealing with great tragedy. Yet she’d taken the time to send me something out of the blue. On the back of the package she had written that she had found the enclosed item in her father’s effects and thought that I might like it. I opened the package to discover a magazine celebrating African American history. The words quoted on the cover struck me, and made me want to share (and pair) with an image I took of a dusty toy. Old words but still quite fitting in these times. Have a good day, folks.
“We may have all come in different ships but we’re in the same boat now.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I photograph a lot of leaves. Today I have decided I will one day write an essay about these things. I may reference the sensuous as an ode to Georgia O’Keeffe.
Or I may give a nod to Walt Whitman who described a leaf (or at least a leaf of grass) as the journey work of stars.
I can write of spidery patterns and blood-filled veins.
Of jagged ridges and rolling hills.
Of silhouettes in blue and green.
Of people protected and hidden half-seen.
Of autumn’s first leaves submerged and later frozen …
… and then go on to describe the new growth that emerges each spring.
And what sparked this thought of writing about leaves? A note from my brother who wrote, until he paused in his day and sat outside with his 2-year old son, he never really noticed the simple beauty of leaves blowing in the breeze.
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Words + Images 