I’m still fixating on the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. Although we have had a few sunny days, the temps have been worthy of a refrigerator and, combined with familial stresses, it is challenging to try and break out of my winter doldrums. Sure glad I forced myself to take that one day off from winter to wallow in spring.
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Catching the light
One of the fascinating things about texture is how it interacts with light. Locally, in winter the mosses and barks take center stage, due to the low angle of the sunlight and lack of dramatic competition. In the other seasons they are just a backdrop for the brighter foliage and flowers.
I especially like how the mosses seem to magnify light. They often seem like they are emitting it instead of catching and reflecting, sort of like the full moon.
Just follow the signs…
Sometimes easier said than done!
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Beam me up!
An omen?!? or just a sucker hole?
I haven’t been posting much of late. Life stuff has been dragging me down of late. This tends to result in speechlessness.
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Lady’s Slipper
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2019-Week 8
A PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING
Welcome to week 8 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2019. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
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An orchid
I don’t know the name of this one. Orchids come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes. This was one of many at this year’s Flower and Garden Show. It opened today and I went to get a breath of spring.
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge 2019-Week 7
A PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING
Welcome to week 7 of the Pull up a Seat Challenge in 2019. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
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The eyes have it
Jenn at Wit’s End Travel has a thoughtful article and challenge about eyes. This has made me really conscious of eyes as I have both taken and post processed pictures this past week.
I was really surprised at how much difference a single eye can make to a picture. Great Blue here is trying to keep warm in a tree. I’m not sure why s/he (I don’t know how to tell with herons) popped an eye out to see what was going on.
I really noticed that the direction the eyes point give a lot of the meaning in a photo. Examples of this below.
Even at that there is something nice about pictures where the eyes are on the camera.
Happy Heart Day!
A couple of weeks ago this display at Fred Meyer caught my eye. I hope at least some of these flowers are making it through our sudden winter-y weather spell.
