Linking up today to my friend Lori at Lori Moon Studio and her photo a day challenge.
flowers
Photo Friday: garden update
I just LOVE watching these flowers bloom! My backyard blooms practically change by the hour it seems. Our daylillies are just starting to open up too.
You know, I always took gerber daisies for granted. They seemed so plain to me. Not that I see them in each stage of their life, I am amazed.
Still a work in progress. I had to add a couple more shelves because they didn’t all fit on the shelf I painted once I took out two of the shelves. I lined the shelves with a clear plastic drawer liner so I can actually water them now (lost a couple already). I am still shopping for little doodads to embellish the space. Pretty soon I’m going to figure out how to hang these pretty decorative wire flowers on the brick wall behind the shelves. They’ve been sitting out there for several months now just waiting for the right drill bit, poor things.
If you listen – a John Squadra quotation
First I read this quotation a few weeks ago because someone chose it for their One Little Word’s page. When I wanted to pair it with a photo, I immediately thought of this one from our trip to Italy last summer.
As soon as I saw these flowers growing out of a concrete bridge in Rome’s Villa Borghese gardens, I was reminded of all the children, flowers, and communities that thrive and even blossom despite overwhelming odds against them. I’m drawn to them… to appreciate their random placement regardless of logic. How lovely that they bring a spot a brightness to a rather simple path.
Share what resonates for you in this picture or this quotation.
53QSDK88DQMQ Related posts: Tapping into stillness A day of mindfulnessPhoto Friday: flower bunch
My daughter needed to bring a flower to school this week and so I got another chance to capture some amazing natural beauty. The tiniest of details here fascinates me… the little petals on the green flower that turned out to be tube-like; the cilia-like fuzies on the purple one. Enjoy!
All images shot with my 50mm compact macro.
Photo Friday
All images shot with my 50mm compact macro.
Come alive
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman
Dish of purity
I’ve never thought to look at the inside of a Magnolia tree’s flower. It is fascinating! I researched them a little and found that they give protein-rich pollen rather than nectar. Look at this gorgeous picture I came across… 
far better than mine. Just look at those red stamens! AND, if you’re a complete dork (like I am), you’ll love learning more about its fruits, seeds, and anatomy here.
“Very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet”
Spring has sprung
“And the time came when the risk it took to remain in a tightly closed bud became infinitely more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
~Anais Nin (Ripples)
Who says these are weeds?
Poetic Aperture 
