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Autumnal Wabi-Sabi

October 14, 2022 XingfuMama 3 Comments

Autumn is the season of wabi-sabi.

Wabi-sabi is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is ‘imperfect, impermanent and incomplete in nature.’
definition from Wikipedia

Illustrations of wabi-sabi from this morning’s walk.

For Nancy Merrill Photography Change of the Seasons, and Cee’s Mid-week Madness: Autumn Colors.

Flowers

Yellow petals

June 9, 2021 XingfuMama 2 Comments

For Cee’s Mid-week Madness: Yellow and Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Layers.

New Zealand

Peace After the heat of the day

June 28, 2020 XingfuMama 1 Comment

We had only one full day in Auckland last January and, being summer it was a bit toasty during the day, but a dusk stroll along the waterfront was perfect.

Wynyard crossing, facing west, building with the arches is the Emirates Team headquarters. — The Wynyard crossing pedestrian bridge.

People walking along the Wynyard waterfront at dusk. — Strolling through Wynyard in the fading light.

Auckland skyline at dusk, viewed from Wynyard, with the Viaduct basin in the foreground. — Viaduct basin with the Auckland skyline, at dusk.

For Nancy Merrill’s A photo a week challenge: Dusk.

Flowers

Time marches on…

May 27, 2020 XingfuMama 7 Comments

Pale pink peony bud just beginning to open.

The pale pink peopny bud is still mostly furled, but a few more petals are opening out.

A pale pink peopny, covered with raindrops is almost open.

I walk the same route most mornings with the dogs. This lets me keep an eye on progress. This pale pink peony bush has been on my mind of late. today’s sunshine brought it out all the way.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day, and Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week: Opening, and the Lens Artists challenge: delicate colors.

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Seasons of change

March 28, 2020 XingfuMama Leave a comment

My maple tree looks pretty much the same all summer, lush and green, and all winter, bare branches. But spring and fall are times of change, it looks a little bit different everyday.

Spring

Fall

For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week: Changing Seasons.

Puget Sound

Perhaps a metaphor?

December 31, 2019 XingfuMama Leave a comment

Low sun angle during the golden hour highlights the textures in the clouds over Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State. — Low winter sun coming through breaks in the clouds highlights the textures of the clouds.

For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week:Clouds

Wordless Wednesday

Africa

Babies at Masai Mara

December 11, 2019 XingfuMama 2 Comments

When I went on a safari several years ago some folks in my group were disappointed that we didn’t experience a kill. I was happy enough that we didn’t, especially since it seemed to be a time of year with lots of babies.

For Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Babies

Puget Sound

Mystic sunset

Image November 6, 2019 XingfuMama 5 Comments

Mystic winter sunset over Puget Sound with silhouettes of trees.

For Wordless Wednesday and Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week: Atmosphere.

Picture Galleries, Snapshots from a Happy Life

In the pinks

July 13, 2019 XingfuMama 1 Comment

Nancy Merrill Photo a Week Photo Challenge: Shades of Pink

home, Puget Sound, Snapshots from a Happy Life

The sky is the view

June 26, 2019 XingfuMama 2 Comments

These are all taken from a little deck off the spare bedroom at my Dad’s house. We were there today and I took pictures, from about the same vantage point, of the changing light and clouds from mid afternoon to after sundown.

The tree and land do not change, but the clouds move and alter the amount and angle of light, and therefore the colors. It is interesting to me that the one taken mid-afternoon looks almost like a black and white and the one taken after sundown has vibrant colors. Maybe that is a metaphor for life in some way.

Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: View