Encased within a crystalline structure
Translucent
Worlds untouched – unknown
Category: Photography
Letting Go of Christmas
Most people count down the days until Christmas, I on the other hand count the number of days I have until the last decoration is placed gently into it’s designated bin. As of today I sit have one tree fully decorated and floral and pine accents adorning the house. From year to year I usually follow a set pattern for decorating relying on photographs of past Christmases to help my memory. This year I chose to mix it up. I tried to create vignettes that would gracefully flow into a winter theme. I found the most challenging aspect of this holiday season was NOT buying into the year-end treasure trove of holiday decorating sales. I’m still visualizing the white pine bough garland that I could have bought for $6.00 a bough to change next year’s theme. But alas, storage eventually becomes a challenge!
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My Backyard Bird List
Flying primary colors
Sometimes hidden in plain sight
Music to awaken you in the morning or lull you to sleep
Melodic – haunting – beautiful
Currently I have 43 birds I’ve photographed for my yard bird list and 4 I have yet to capture. Some photos are less than perfect but You can still identify the bird. Just go to the top of the page and click on Birds observed in the gardens of Valley View.
Does anyone else have a yard bird list?
All photographs taken since January 1st, 2018.
Skunk Cabbage – the plant world’s modernism
Symplocarpus foetidus one of the first flowers of spring in eastern North America.
Every spring since I began photographing wildflowers I seek out the erotic skunk cabbage in the spring seep behind my home.
The shapes and colors are mesmerizing, reminding me of modernism art.
The Last of the Winter’s Snow
It began as dusk descended, as fine as the sand on a crescent beach
The light from passing cars reflected their crystalline structure
These wind-blown diamonds struck my cheeks It felt as though a thousand pins had assaulted me
Soon the wind died and the snow crystals were attracted to one another as the north and south poles of a magnet
They cascaded bumping into one another combining to create snowflakes
The night was no longer dark – White enveloped the landscape
I awoke to a quiet stillness
The Iris and the Lily 