and so I hold them up to the light …
and let them spill upon the table.
Quite beautiful but I am glad that some petals remain upon the stem.
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
more petals have fallen …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, botanicals, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, Photography, tulips on March 13, 2014| 3 Comments »
there are some pinkish petals in the house
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pink, pink tulips, tulips on March 12, 2014| 4 Comments »
Picked up a small bouquet of pink tulips on sale at the grocery store.
They are slowly opening up.
like a candle burning bright
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, imagination, Inspiration, nature, perspective, Photography, tulips on March 11, 2014| 4 Comments »
During the photo shoot for the white series, a petal became dislodged. And what an unexpected treat.
a series in white
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, botanicals, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, photograhy, tulips on March 11, 2014| 6 Comments »
an interior light
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, botanicals, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips on March 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
peering into a vase of tulips
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips, white tulips on March 6, 2014| 4 Comments »
A splurge at the grocery store. I probably needed butter more but somehow I could not walk away from that bouquet of white tulips.
new posters available
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged being present, flowers, Inspiration, James Baldwin, nature, petals, Photography, posters, sensuality, snow on February 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »
New posters available in my zazzle shop. Just a few African violet petals, some shadows resting on snow and a rainbow cupped within a shell. As I originally studied these images, I thought them sensuous and I was reminded of something James Baldwin wrote in The Fire Next Time, “To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.” I sometimes worry that I am procrastinating as I watch sunlight settle upon a leaf … but then I just shake myself and become thankful that I could be present in the moment. 😉
in winter sunlight …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby's breath, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, shadows on February 20, 2014| 5 Comments »
I sat in the hallway trying to find some focus as I shifted between writing projects. But focus was not coming and so at last, a bit agitated, I started to rise. That’s when my eyes fell upon a clear vase. In fact it was a drinking cup that I’d turned into a vase after the plastic had begun to crack. It held an inch or so of water and a few sprigs of baby’s breath.
The sunlight shone through it magnificently, and somehow that light brought a great sense of calm.
I shook the vase to let the light dance.
Then some petals fell in casting their shadows.
And then I could not resist … I dunked in several sprigs, curious to see what new shapes would emerge. New shapes did and so did several rainbows.
Soon the light shifted as it always, eventually does. I crumbled the baby’s breath on top the soil of another growing plant. The empty vase I placed back in the window.
I share these photos of that light-filled moment with you. And now I am off to write. 😉
it still blooms
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged african violet, colors, flowers, nature, petals, Photography, pink on February 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
a dark series in monday morning light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, serenity on January 27, 2014| 4 Comments »
When I first went up the stairs there were no shadows cast on the wall, no dark silhouettes in the air. Then the sun peeked out for just a short while lighting up my little corner of the world.
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