the roses were not doing well so early in the season. They needed rain. The colors were faded with brown at their edges, so I removed the color to show their beautiful structure…
Year: 2014
the rose garden
the rose garden at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens yesterday, May 28th, looked as it does in late September. Everything was struggling, nothing was being deadheaded & I could hear the calls for rain. However, i was lucky enough to be there while the sun was low in the afternoon sky, casting its most precious golden…
it is hard standing beside her…
said the fading rose. However, the late afternoon sun made both spectacular to me.
spotlight on a superstar
she may be fading, but she is still got it.
ok, so this is how life works…
in America…simplified by me. I think of America as a game of Monopoly. I grew up in the small State capital of Vermont–Montpelier. A town where all business were owned by my neighbors. Everyone knew that if we wanted Montpelier to thrive, we needed to support our neighbors. Easy enough, there were no giant Wal-marts…
black & white flowers
sometimes the color is too much for the eyes & the beauty of the flower’s structure is lost.
the light bathes the sheep
can you see the light rays?
the stone rabbit
are you winking at me?
WordPress Weekly photo challenge: Twisted
Twisted is a word used to describe something evil & life threatening. The Boa constrictor kills by twisting around a living thing, crushing the life from its victims. The winds can become twisted & when they do, they destroy everything in its path. A human being can be twisted & can cause pain to anyone…
