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The sky is the view
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.
Flowers we take for granted: Leeks and Parsley
Cee’s Pick Me Up Post today inspired me to put together this post about flowers that we don’t usually think of as flowers. The quote is:
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfullness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
Thich Nhat Hanh
We were eating them as recently as two months ago. Then they got woody and the tops began to look like the tops of old Russian churches. Then they started to get a bit bumply under their caps …
… and this week they are popping out.
I think they are rather pretty. I also like the flowers of parsley. In the background of the photos above.
It is, I believe, a cousin of Queen Anne’s Lace. I like the subtlety and delicacy of it’s green tinged flowers. Sometimes, when I bother to bring flowers in from the garden, I will put them with roses in a vase, like some folks use baby’s breath. But mostly I just enjoy them when I am out in the yard.
Raindrops on Rhodies
Images taken in my yard during a shower this morning. It is just a little early for roses here.
From Sea to Shining Sea
Our walk along Hadrian’s Wall Path last summer took us from Solway Firth on the west coast of England to (after a short metro ride from Wallsend) to the North Sea at Whitley Bay.
Solway horizon to the northwest in the evening.
Solway horizon to the northeast in the morning
North sea horizon at Whitley Bay facing to the northeast.
Horizon at Whitley Bay facing southeast.
At the start of the 12 day walk we were up late (sunset was around 10 pm) and early, due to a combination of jet lag and adrenaline. The day after the walk we just went out after breakfast.
Faster than a speeding bullet
It’s been a long time since we had a puppy in the family. Boy is she fast!…and fearless.
I wish I had that much energy.
Posted for Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Movement.
All wet
Yakima River
Puget Sound
Puget Sound
Rain
Snow and waterfall, Myrtle Falls Mount Rainier
Delicate strength: Avalanche Lilies
This delicate flower lives in very tough conditions.
Posted for Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge
Shedding Light
As Nancy Merrill says in her Photo a week: street lights post. Streetlights are part of the unique experience of a location. Here is a gallery of street lights from here and there.
Dublin, Ireland
Weifang, China
Weifang, China
Beijing, China
Weifang, China
Takayama, Japan
In some cities in China each street has its own unique streetlight design. It is a tremendous aid in navigating, especially at night.
Spring Gold
More vibrant than doubloons!
From a distance these yellow and orange flowers seem golden.
