I found this gorgeous grouping of sunny yellow while walking with my sister through the grounds of the abandoned mega-church. It is so strange to view the destruction wrought here--and then to find this surprising mid-summer splash of color.
Beauty is there if we but only look. You, your sister, and I have a feeling the rest of your family, have a way of looking beyond the destruction, hardships, bleakness of/in life to find the Simple beauty that is there in front of us if we but only open our eyes and truly See. you are one of God's beauty... Thank you for sharing your sight with us. Love and Light, Nina P
Beautiful catch, sissie. I don't know their "real" names, and probably couldn't pronounce the latin anyway. Given their location and surroundings, I think I will call them "Yellow Phoenix Flowers".
When I see something unexpected, unusual, or beautiful, my focus involuntarily suddenly sharpens and intensifies. The sensation tickles! That's when I say something "fills my eyes." It is the greatest compliment I can give.
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." -- Ansel Adams
Sunset
The Columbia Gorge
"Sometimes it is not the camera as much as the "thing" you chose to photograph." -- Abraham Lincoln
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. -- E. M. Forster
Welcome to my World
I have always loved taking pictures. I took my first and only photography class at West Linn High. The photo lab was located in the bowels of the school near the gym's locker rooms. There we learned to manage typical dark room techniques and procedures for developing film.
Things have radically changed since those days. Today's technology no longer requires pungent trays of chemicals and a dark room.
With the invention of the digital camera, I was set free to capture the amazing, unusual and the unexpected. My camera is always by my side.
I never know when, or where I will be able to capture some delicate beauty, or unexpected oddity.
Welcome to my world!
Statistically, the probability of any one of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in a contented dazzlement of surprise.
--Lewis Thomas, The Lives Of A Cell
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." ~ Anton Chekhov
I am interested in people, stories, art, drama, music, nature, and photography.
I love to photograph the forest, my garden, birds of all kinds, the river, my town, our historical home, the ocean and so much more. The stories one can find are endless.
The seasons of nature are fascinating to me. Every year, time and the seasons seem to vibrate with increasing intensity
~Beth.
A Fairytale Mind
This is a link to my favorite book reviewer. Rena Lanyon gives a well-written review from a youthful perspective.
Art from Trash
by Clytie, Queen of Hearts
Sharp Shinned Hawk
The Incredible Photography of Abraham Lincoln
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.-- Mark Twain
6 comments:
These seem to be happy-go-lucky.
Oh my goodness - I took a similar pic just this afternoon!! I love those black-eyed susans or rudibecia or whatever they are. Just so cheerful!
What a beautiful blooming flowers !
WIsh you have a nice day too :)
beauty is there for those who care to seek it!
Beauty is there if we but only look. You, your sister, and I have a feeling the rest of your family, have a way of looking beyond the destruction, hardships, bleakness of/in life to find the Simple beauty that is there in front of us if we but only open our eyes and truly See.
you are one of God's beauty... Thank you for sharing your sight with us. Love and Light, Nina P
Beautiful catch, sissie. I don't know their "real" names, and probably couldn't pronounce the latin anyway. Given their location and surroundings, I think I will call them "Yellow Phoenix Flowers".
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