For Cee’s FOTD challenge, here’s a hardy troop of succulents who weather the dry and hot days of summer with all the resoluteness, even showiness, of their invincible ilk: the oft-overlooked stonecrop.
Category: Photography
Light Showers and Maple Leaves
For Cee’s FOTD challenge, an unexpected summer rain had me scurrying under this young maple tree and wondering, Where do trees go to hide from storms? Or is the canopy of the sky providence enough, frowning though it may be? From it God waters thirsty roots and showers drops of light to hang on parched leaves, and oh, how they glisten and shake with joy in the breeze!
2020 Home Photo Challenge 7-22-20
Joseph at Lillie-Put began a daily Home Photo Challenge today and this beautiful misty fog that settled into a field in the Shenandoah Valley is my entry. This was taken outside the apartment where we used to live not so long ago. Do I miss the view now? Yes, I do! But it’s nice to have memories like this. (See my poem on the “Shenandoah Mist”)
“Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.”
A Gang of Orchids
For Cee’s FOTD challenge, a consideration of how a gang of orchids manages to create a riot of colors right in front of your jaded eyes.
A Rose for Remembrance
For Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge on this Friday, a sad but fragrant queen pink mini-rose, to remind you that those who are gone are only gone from sight.
Nature Abstracted
Sometimes you turn away your gaze for a moment
the light too strong for your eyes
then look back and the world’s changed
into something sharper, more beautiful
something urgent and pressing
but sometimes into something indecipherable
that doesn’t belong in this time, this place
but to a sentient landscape
to a prehistoric race
who knew what they saw
and understanding,
took flight.
Waiting on Ginkgo
Still in winter’s death grip
green buds exposed
to icy blast
the ginkgo awaits
the sun’s warmth
as we watch
to see the first leaves unfurl
like hopes hidden
from the light of day
until the future is now.
Shenandoah Mist
At twilight
the winter day wanes.
In the valley
the blue mist descends
like a blanket
on the trees.
I strain to see
the crepuscular wanders
of nimble deer
bereft of light
and fear.
DP Photo Challenge: Landscape
Nature’s Cold Designs
A good snowstorm was all it took to make clear nature’s cold designs. We were snug and warm indoors until it came time to shovel out from under all the snow.
And then to be greeted by a still to be cleared patio with inviting “snow seats,” perfectly designed by mother nature for pillowy softness. Did I say inviting? Only if you wanted to “freeze your buns off.” Brr.
#Cee's Odd Ball Photo Challenge
This Jolly Beggar 