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This Week’s Theme: Green. It’s Spring! We’re going for the obvious but feel free to be sly and subtle.
Website of the Week: Let’s try something different this week. If you have a personal blog where you post your photos, leave a link to it in the comments section. We’ll visit our fellow floggers’ sites starting with next week’s flog.
AndiF Goes Green
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Green Roof I
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Green Roof II
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Cheap and Easy Green Pun
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olivia’s Green
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Leaves
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Leaves
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And more leaves
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- Next Week’s Theme: Noise. Things that have sound, might make sound, or suggest visual noise.
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Previous Friday Foto Flogs
I especially like the bird — a gentle hint of green. What kind of bird is it?
Hi Andi, It’s a great crested flycatcher, and both male and female look similar so it’s hard to tell who’s who. They come back every year like clockwork.
the site, http://bobx327.deviantart.com/
Thanks!
Hey Bob – I was anticipating the greens of your swamp, but you surprised me with “subtle greens” – a delightful surprise.
Choosing favorites is always difficult, but I really like the frogs dancing. “Froggie came a courtin'” popped into my head. Is that portulaca?
BTW, I really enjoyed your discussion with wilderness wench last week.
Thanks, unfortunately I haven’t been able to get to the swamp. I’ve been fighting urinary infections since November and have been in-out of the hospital, turns out it is a stone, hope to be on the mend soon after surgery and back out. Comes with the territory of SCI. Most of what I’ve been posting is either old work or just outside the door.
It sure is a portulaca we grow them in the base of the potted palms as a cover.
I did too, enjoy the conversation, I feel there is much more to what we see, we just need to look deeper.
Hi Bob. Love the subtle green idea. And the bird too — quite the slim physique … 🙂 The sunflower is very cheery.
Hi, thanks, I like your greenhouse shot, it looks like two separate shots stitched, cool.
BobX,
The shot of the impatient bird is great.
Are they always that demanding looking.
I had a friend over today who was telling me about a mockingbird who had taken over an ATM, & whacked anybody who used it with a nice crack to the head.
It was not really all that happy with me as they are nesting in the box, the closer I got the more it got agitated, so I retreated back behind the bbq grill. And oh yeah, we’ve got a mocking bird in the front yard that does not like me riding the mower and dive bombs on a regular basis, makes lawn care interesting. Taken my cap off a couple times.
They seem to be quite inquisitive, especially of us.
This is a great shot. I love the bird’s expression. It’s kind of like – “May I help you?”
That’s part of Blake’s ode to my favorite type of flower. Your image illustrates the same poetic sense of movement beautifully.
Hi Bob,
Great pictures! Hands down though my favorite is the great crested flycatcher. I agree with Knucklehead about it looking impatient.
The hidden greens in the flowers are my favorites.
The day lily only lasts a day, but the green in the center is fantastic. I tried to get it as close as I could.
but I see hints of green…
And it’s a cool picture.
So I know you have a blog … gonna link to it?
Yeah, I guess I could do that.
http://phillyphoto.wordpress.com
Let me see if I can add a signature to my comments.
Thanks!
Added the economy signature link until I can think of something a little more witty or interesting.
Yeah, he does. Nice.
This is fantastic shot, stand strong. 🙂
What a great image! Love the clarity of his expression.
Thanks for the link, too!
I can’t help but think of The Grapes of Wrath when I look at this picture. It really is stunning.
Great shot, stand strong, & remember one thing, when you shoot wildlife or in my case aquarium species, as long as the eye of your subject is in focus, you`ve nailed it.
That`s why the turtle is perfect.
Hey & you got green.
Excellent picture Stand Strong. It’s probably just me, but he/she looks pissed off. 🙂
Really nice use of depth of field.
A little bit of green from this morning.
I’ve forgotten how to run my stitch program, so maybe later on when I figure it out I’ll have the whole pond.
Hey FM! Your pond is looking especially lovely. Or maybe “absence makes the heart grow fonder”..:)
Hi SN,
I think it’s probably absence. I can’t even remember the last time I took pictures out there.
FM – these are really lovely! I like the top one with a bit of morning(?) sunlight and the reflections. Very calming.
Hi tampopo,
Thanks. Both of those were taken this morning just after sunrise. The pond is part of my backyard and it is pretty calming to sit on the patio in the morning or late afternoon and just take in the pond.
That sounds wonderful.
w00t!!!
And the top one is especially good with its wonderful light.
Hiya Andi,
Hah!!!!! You thought you’d never see the pond pictures. Of course while hobbling out to the pond my leg gave out and I went to the ground. I bravely clutched my camera and crawled out to the pond saying over and over, “Andi wants these pictures.” I’ll tell ya, the lengths I go to to keep ya’ll happy. 😛
Yeah I think the top one is my favorite also. I’ll have to go out this afternoon and see if I can get some better shots in a different light.
Well of course you collapsed — you always gotta suffer for your art. ;P But your extreme bravery is duly noted and more than duly appreciated.
Yeah Andi extreme bravery, that’s me, yeah bravery. Did I mention that I have to crawl by a den of snakes too!
Are you buy any of this? 🙂
Lassie (or George) to the rescue!!
I really like the top shot; you captured the reflection wonderfully.
Glad you made it back to home base with the goods!
Hi ID,
Yep it was a torturous journey out to the pond, but I knew Andi wanted those pictures and I couldn’t let her down. 🙂
Lovely FM, and a nice treat. You’ve made Andi’s day to boot. 🙂
I love the trees in the bottom shot … it looks so peaceful, I can imagine relaxing under one of the trees. <— no snakes allowed. 😉
Hi Olivia,
Yep it does look peaceful down there, but don’t be fooled, the snakes have their international HQ down there. Hah! 🙂
Wow! FM Pond graces the pages of BT at last! What a lovely spot and the early morning lighting is a nice accent.
Yep the lighting was a little different. I’m going to try to get some of the same shots during different times of the day, but yesterday was a huge nap day, which today might be turning out that way.
Very beautiful, especially the framing on the second.
Hi Bob and thanks. I’m still trying to figure out the stitching program so I can show the whole pond. Maybe one day it will all come back to me.
What, no hammock?
🙂
These are really lovely, FM. Beautiful light & quietude. Please don’t let us wait long for more.
Good morning WW,
One of the things I like about the pond is that it is so peaceful. It is definitely conducive to slackerhood. 🙂
Family man,
I didn`t know you had a pond.
Hot diggity damn.
It`s beautiful.
I`ll be arriving on the late bus.
Hiya Head,
Arrive anytime
day or night
the door is always open.
Thanks FM
What a lovely place to take a nap in a hammock! But would you have to be surrounded by DEET infused mosquito netting?
Hiya Jim,
Yep, sad to say the mosquitoes do get kind of bad from time to time. You just have to pick the right time of day and then it’s no problem.
Green and “green” – temporary sculpture made of sunday newspapers (Nature Boy is 6 ft. tall)
Cloud House at the NC Museum of Art
Cloud house approach
Nature Boy in the center
“Collapse” sculpture (I often feel this way)
Fern along the scultures
Unknown plant that I call baby kiwis
Crap, my captions are off. You’ll have to puzzle them out and it will be fun!
It was fun to puzzle – really interesting subjects. I’m thinking I should get out more to museums.
Very cool pictures SN. What is that on top that Ben is standing in front of?
That caption is right – it’s a sculpture in the outdoor section of the art museum made of newspapers. It’s cool because until you get really close it looks like layers of sandstone or something. It’s designed to weather and deteriorate back into the earth. It’s very cool.
It does look like sandstone. I agree, it’s very cool.
Well I’m off to the first nap of the day. Since I didn’t sleep last night this might be an all day nap today. 🙂
Have a good one SN.
I don’t have to worry about the captions since I just look at the pictures and go “oh wow”.
I really like Bigfeet — makes me think of Jim. 🙂
I should have included something else in that big feet photo for scale. The feet were about the size of me.
The cloud house is mesmerizing. You walk in and close the door and it’s completely dark inside. After a while your eyes begin to adjust to the darkness and you can see an image of the trees and sky above projected on the ground. It keeps getting clearer and clearer. Of course there are often people making out or smoking pot in there….
The cloud house sounds like something that would be really wonderful to experience (with or without the pot).
I love the newspaper sculpture.
Here is a better shot of how well it blends in until you are right on top of it
And that view makes it look even more like a rock formation.
The newspaper sculpture is amazing. What a great idea.
Looks like a wonderful place to wander around.
Love the kiwi lookalikes.
What a cool spot! When I first saw the newspaper sculpture, I was reminded of those huge termite mounds. The big circles are interesting too.
Great images, SN! Your greens are truly luscious. The art is delightful.
It’s probably safe to say that Nature Boy hardly seems like a ‘boy’ any more ..
don’t tell him that. He’s my baby…
OK, Second Nature,
First, tell Nature Boy to step away from that pile, about 50 feet should do.
Holy cripes, whose idea was that.
The cloud house is a beauty.
Your little baby kiwis had me laughing.
Nice postings.
Neat set, SN. Cloud house is an interesting structure. Were the stones mortared into place or were they dry stacked?
Jim, have you MET me?
Seriously, I bashed it with a sledgehammer (they encourage that at the museum) and the stones didn’t move. So it is pretty damn sturdy. 😛
I wanted to live in that little gnome house…it was at least 15 degrees cooler in there and completely silent.
I didn’t mean did you lay the stones with mortar or dry stack them. I figured that there was a plaque by the house. This was a museum after all. What else do curators have to do but write those informative little pieces of text that they stick up somewhere near the exhibit? But maybe in these troubled times they just had a sign next to it saying “Not For Rent”? 😛
Green Rosella
Green dog (Luna can’t resist freshly mowed grass and the opportunity to muck up her coat)
Green politics (I didn’t come up with the idea for the anthropomorphic mailbox, I just painted it on the wall)
keres – the Green Rosella is spectacular!
Considering the variety of things you dog people have mentioned your dogs roll in, freshly mowed grass seems pretty good to me. Of course, I don’t have to do the cleaning up 😉
We’re very fond of our local parrot. A flock of about eight birds visits our yard on their daily rounds. Since they live in our valley and their voices carry we can hear them all day long as well.
Yes, grass clippings are low on the smell meter, but they do leave a lovely green stain on her coat that takes days to wear off.
Looks like the grass has enjoyed the rain it’s been getting. So lush.
The bird is gorgeous.
The grass is in Luna’s favorite park along the Derwent river. It’s a designated dog park and always a good place for dogie meet, greet and play time. Since it’s on the main road in/out of Hobart we usually stop for a walk.
Did Lily/Lilly like it as much as Mom?
This photo predates Lily/Lilly, who will be 4 months old next week and already weighs 22 kilos (nearly 50 lbs) – big pudge ball. I haven’t taken her to that park yet because I couldn’t manage two of them on long leads at the same time. We’ve walked our bush with both of them a few times, but then I have Imogen to look after Lily/Lilly. Tomorrow we’re going to the Million Paws Walk together (along with Neo, Luna’s son).
Gorgeous bird!
And lol at Luna’s new coat colour … 😀
Can’t help grinning at the pic of Luna. It’s a picture of joy.
Whenever she does this (which is often) Imogen and remark that if there was a dictionary entry for “big galoot” this would have to be the illustrating picture.
Hi Keres,
I think you and Imogen have nailed the dictionary/picture entry. But I think also that there would have to be more than one entry for that picture. WW nailed it too with pure joy.
Beautiful Rosella pic, Keres
Wildlife shots are the hardest to take, & still be artistic.
You have mastered both.
Luna looks like she is enjoying the rolling green. Do white dogs get grass stains?
Do they ever. The Montrose Foreshore Reserve has acres of grass that gets cut regularly with a tractor pulled brush-hog. This contraption doesn’t have a catcher. Instead, it disgorges big clumps of soggy clippings. After a few days these clumps have gone even darker green and become slightly fermented. That’s when Luna picks out a particularly big pile and does some gleeful rolling.
So is this [LINK] what Luna looks like after her roll in the hay?
Exactly! (Only a less “attractive” green)
red and green:
blue and green
clik images to enlarge
Not sure what the red thing is in the top photo. I have been trying to put into words why the photos shared here are so valuable. Your photo helped me clarify my thoughts. I have been with people who would only notice and say something like, “Who didn’t put the broom away? Ticks me off!” They experience a kind of energy from the anger, but it is empty energy like we can get from sugar – ultimately very draining and unsatisfying.
Instead you and others pause to see in a way that provides real soul satisfying sustenance. And then you make art! Thanks.
Also, I don’t know if you recall, but you had posted a photo of hay rolls and I asked about the time of year because of the angle of the light. I wanted to share two photos of the same tree taken around the same time of day:
Taken about 7 weeks after the fall equinox:
Taken about 7 weeks after the spring equinox:
Very interesting to see the different quality of the light.
Nice photos. It’s really fun to do those shots of the same place varying the season or time of day. The more things seem the same, the more they are changed. 🙂
thanks.
the ‘red thing’ is the steel railing on a stair that’s behind the glass. there’s a gap in the tree canopy that lets just enough sunlight thru that really lights it up for a few minutes this time of year. l thought it made for an interesting counter to the deep shade and mottled lighting of the ivy.
Absolutely. A beautiful ‘catch’ ..
Nicely done tampopo.
Love seeing your inspired works. 🙂
Love the sense of movement in these shots, tampopo. They also tell a story of the movement of time. Really great.
Gorgeous lighting on both of them but the top one is the most gorgeousest. 😉
Nice eye … and interesting to learn the source of the red.
I love the way leaves glow when taken from underneath, in your second photo.
I agree about the lighting. Though I think on the top picture, the red is what really brings out that shot.
dada,
A striking use of complimentary color to accentuate it`s opposite.
Very cool composition, & timing, in the use of light.
Nice composition in both. What is the plant in the second picture?
JimF,
I`m guessing grape vine.
it’s a ginnala maple. the wiry bits that make it look a little vine-like are the old seed stems from last year…or the new ones forming…l’m not sure which.
My first thought was poison ivy, but the leaves weren’t quite right. My next thought was box elder, a member of the maple family. Regardless of what it is, I like the blue and green.
Old Damascus
Vegetable Seller, Bab Touma
Just Outside the Old City
The shot with the penants is especially wonderful — the composition and color are striking.
The other shot that really caught my eye is market shot with its beautiful flow of green in the center.
Love the green in the vegetable seller photo … and all the growth you captured around the city.
Thanks. I am really kicking myself for cutting off part of the guy on the right!
Hurria,
I love the hanging Bougainvillea.
The vegetable seller is a terrific shot, but I like the first picture too. It reminds me of shots I have from the Southwestern U.S. where plants grow in surprising places.
I thought of the same kind of thing when I noticed that very healthy bit of foliage growing there all by itself.
In Qaymariyyeh, Old Damascus
Shrine of John the Baptist (Prophet Yahya), Inside Prayer Area, Umayyad Mosque, Old Damascus
Some of the Objects Inside the Shrine of John the Baptist
In Front of Mariamieh Church, Old City, Damascus
Modern Statue of Salaheddin (Saladin) outside of Damascus Citadel, Old Damascus
The green glow is picture 4 is both beautiful and eerie.
Were you referring to picture 4, or to picture 3, looking inside John the Baptist’s shrine? That is the one I find quite eerie, more than the following one of the tower outside the Mariamieh church. I wanted to take more pictures of the inside of the shrine, but there were a lot of people who were there for religious reasons and who wanted to touch the shrine and look inside, and I deferred to them, of course, plus I was very tired that day and not inclined to try to impose my selfish will on others.
The level of emotion at that shrine is exceeded only by the level inside the shrine of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. I have not taken any pictures inside the Hussein shrine partly because the only thing that is truly interesting inside it is the people, and it is virtually impossible to take pictures of them in a way that is either unobtrusive or respectful. One of the realities in the Middle East is that if you behave badly sooner or later it will come back to bite you, either because you will see the same people again in another context, or word of your bad behaviour will get back to someone who knows you and you will be shamed in front of them. I cannot act there as a one-time tourist who will never encounter those people again, so have to be a bit more careful about what I do and how I do it.
It was #4 — there’s something about a somewhat strange glow from an entryway but I could see how being bathed in the green light of #3 would be a very eerie experience.
Taking pictures of people at places that matter to them — I don’t think it matters if they are religious or just personally meaningful — can be very intrusive so I can definitely understand and appreciate your being so careful.
Wow – that is a gorgeous glow.
Hi Hurria,
I agree with Andi and Olivia. The green glow is both beautiful, eerie and gorgeous.
Hurria,
Do you know what this Statue of Saladin, is made of, or treated with, to achieve this unusual reflective quality.
It can`t be paint, right?
I know the statue is made of bronze, but I do not know more than that about the materials. I will see if I can find out.
Cherries are happening:
Summer’s umbrella:
I love the way you shot the cherries — the angle and framing really draws your eye in. And the shadows on the second picture do a good job of heightening the green.
The cherries look like olives at this stage … 😉
There’s that glowing green again … it’s amazing.
I like natural light coming through leaves, both of your posts are fantastic examples of light play.
Your ‘eye’ really shows in these ‘under-leaf’ images!
What I like about them is the way we can perceive both the subject-as-subject & also the abstractions at play in the light & shadow– which is especially easy with a limited color palette. Very cool.
Tampopo,
You certainly captured “green” in your second image.
There is so much detail in that one color, it`s hard to fathom how many colors of green there are, because just in this one, there are countless shades or tones of green.
I love the sunlight that comes through green leaves.
Kendra Kirsonis
That’s a very regal caterpillar you have there! KH, you’re a hard act to follow;-)
Indianadem,
You are much too generous.
This huge dog was spotted on our tomatoes. We decided he could have them. It`s easier for me to buy tomatoes than to kill such a beast for the pleasure of my palette.
If I`d posted after you, you wouldn`t have been able to phrase your praise so eloquently.
Timing is everything.
I always enjoy your postings also.
Thanks! Your deep purple shot is delicious, I might add.
See I told you that you wouldn’t have any trouble with the Green theme. 🙂
The third from the bottom has such exquisite color and lighting it’s irresistible. But Coconut with the grape is giving one hell of a competition for favorite.
AndiF,
That shot which I think is also the one Indianadem is talking about is the open mouth of one of my corals.
Yes Coconut is always a favorite of mine. He`s a really nice friend.
Fantastic as always, the elephant ear is a hit.
Bob X,
I think if you click on it, you`ll find other animals pilfering food from it`s closing body. Then if you look at the last pic in that series, you`ll see how dangerous it really is.
That image shows a Spotted Goby, who was not quick enough to escape with it`s stolen merchandise & paid dearly for it.
With it`s life.
Another gorgeous set, ‘Head. The range of your greens is truly wonderful.
Thanks Wilderness Wench,
I`ve never seen so much green as with one of my mega herb crops years back.
Hi Head,
I love them all … esp the second photo down and the one of Coconut eating a grape. 🙂
I look forward to your sets each week. In the second picture are the purple flowers lupine and what is the yellow plant on the hills?
JimF,
Yes lupine, & the yellow is Mustard Grass.
The hills are yellow with it every spring. It can be 6/8 feet tall, & great to run around in, creating your own maze.
Does the mustard grass create fuel for the fires that plague California in the dry season?
Jim,
I never really noticed.
The fires are usually fueled by brush like creosote that has not burned in years. The mustard grass dries very fast & seems to disappear. It would be burnt in a flash though, leaving nothing to burn, really.
Green hats
Green machine
Green summer hillside
Those guys in the hats don`t look like they`ve had a good time in a while.
Pity.
I love that 30`s model A (correct?)
It looks like “British Racing Green”.
Yeah, I’m guessing farmers have a lot to worry about these days.
I think you’re probably right about the hot rod. I spotted it at a car show down the street, so I’m not absolutely sure.
the radiator cover/grille, would peg it as a ’32 model A…a very popular hot rod. they’re a lot nicer w/ fenders, imo.
Really nice set as always.
The car is too cool for school.
So the guys in the hats — a portrait of cheerful citizens at your office?
Is that hillside out in the park? It reminds of the 10-o’clock line trail just down from the firetower.
I’m really intrigued by the “hat guys” painting. The owner of the coffee shop it hangs in told me she picked it up at a garage sale. The guy on the far left is such a great portrayal of many midwestern farm types I’ve been acquainted with for a lifetime, but rarely are they so somber.
The woodsy shot is part of the western slope of Lawson Ridge, off Wallow Hollow Road, off Clay Lick Road. Don’t you love those names?
The guy on the far left is, in fact, my doppelganger.
o .. m … g.
At least it’s not the guy on his left. 🙂
Not yet ..
LOVE the guys in the hats!
Yeah, me too. For some strange reason, I relate it to John Mellencamp, who records and has a long history here.
These are great shots, ID. Naturally, those lovely woods attract me the most. That type of play between deep shade & sunlight is always impossible for me to resist. In a photo, they create real depth; we’re completely drawn in. Very inviting!
NIce photos ID — love the green summer hillside and the painting of the hat guys.
Is the “Green Machine” the car that the county provides its public servants? 😉
Ha! I wish! No interns, either:(
I guess you’ve got to be a township trustee to rate perks like that. That what MyManMitch told me.
Ah hah, you sure know how to beat out my pictures of mayapples. Nothing I’ve got can compete with the combination of mayapples and Andrew. 😀
Love number two with the bright yellow boots!
Andrew’s ‘path’ realy seems to lead through the green things. His affinity for them is so clear in these photos!
Lovely shots Toni … the yellow of the boots and the yellow of the inner bits in the flower.
Oh look what you found growing in the woods, a yellow booted cutie!
Is that first picture a white trillium?
The first picture is indeed white trillium.
You wouldn’t believe how quickly I had to move to capture shots of the yellow booted cutie. This creature is in near constant motion.
Creature in constant motion, I thought that was the definition of our dog, Bebo. We need to get Andrew and Bebo together and see which one collapses first.
Sounds like a good idea to me.
Poor in some,
wealthy in others.
The only wealth is life. — Thoreau
The first photo is very effective at creating a mood — I feel like I’ve just stepped into a noir novel.
But the barn is the one that really moves me; I love the details of it — the muting of the red and green through the scrim of fog, the slightly open door giving a glimpse into the dark, the curve of the stacked wood, the hint of trees.
So glad to have your thoughts, as always, Andi.
Yes, the noir novel. I say again, the story of my life.
🙂
I’m sure you can tell that I’ve developed a real affection for the old barn here. In terms of photographs, I think it creates a nice, open focal point, with its beautiful color. The ‘green’ here is actually the wood — tho’ the lumberjack said it wasn’t. Ergo it’s parked outdoors.
the b&w is really wonderful, ww. beautiful range of tones. to my eye, it has an almost ‘depression era’ feeling.
and speaking of depression, your seemingly ever present fog/mist must get depressing…but it makes for lovely, moody photographs…here’s hoping you see some sun soon.
well done…kudos.
Thanks for your thoughts, dada!
The b/w image is one of my first experiments with digital imaging. I was lucky to have the use of a good camera.
Thankfully, our climate is very, very wide-ranging, not continually foggy at all; however, I do like to take my camera out in it, for the reasons you name.
A local poet referred to our valley fog thusly:
The silence of the fog also allows for a meditative ‘looking’, since both sound & visual field are reduced.
I love the one with the old building with the tin roof. I feel like I’m looking in on someone’s whole life – like I’m intruding almost. The fog/mist is so moody and lovely.
This old farm is a lovely place because of so many things that hint at another life so intimately, but are now just part of the landscape, growing into it organically, as ‘private’ as the trees or grasses.
The tin-roof building was the chicken coop, now stores gardening stuff & bits of long-gone barns.
The mist is gorgeous ww.
I think so too, Miss O. I thrive in it.
🙂
The misty barn shot is my favorite. I just want to hang out there and watch the world go by for a while.
Of course, you’d be very welcome. I love to hang out there myself — such an interesting place, full of old farm tools & hints of the building’s former uses, like the massive cross-post stretching overhead, still tied with a heavy chain for butchering cattle.
The most fascinating thing (apparent only from the inside) is the mode of construction, the way very heavy posts & beams were notched & fitted together with large wood pegs. Not a single nail was used & the building has been standing for over 150 years. It’s just now listing a little.
That red barn, with the door open just a sliver, pulls me right to the place. With a curiosity that is just overwhelming. I must know what’s inside.
I may be able to ease your mind a bit next week — though the tools are generally silent now.
Lovely set.
Thanks, Jim! Encouragement is highly appreciated.
ww – wonderful!
The bottom photo made me smile – a message from the universe in nature’s calligraphy, “S” for Spring and two green leaves.
I am also enjoying the poetry you have been sharing. A friend recently introduced me to the poetry of Mary Oliver. Here’s one which I think you could have written:
Mindful by Mary Oliver
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for –
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world –
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant –
but of the ordinary,
the common, the very drab,
the daily presentations.
Oh, good scholar,
I say to myself,
how can you help
but grow wise
with such teachings
as these –
the untrimmable light
of the world,
the ocean’s shine,
the prayers that are made
out of grass?
What a beautiful poem, tampopo! Thanks for sharing it.
What I like most about her style is the short line — kills me / with delight — that surprises. It bears an almost physical impact.
I think about a traditional form of Zen teaching that involves an actual whallop from the Master: instant attention! Instant mindfulness.
Very cool. Thanks again.
Glad you caught the shape of that twig.
What intrigued me about it was that this pine twig clearly grew around something else, but didn’t break when it disengaged.
I also thought the s looked more like a $, so it made a nice end-bracket for the set.
Andi & Olivia: your shots of green-in-nature inspire my love for it all the more.
Thanks ww. 🙂
I’d say we get quite the payback from the pictures you take.
So nice of you to say so, Andi. Thanks.
Green ravine (Brown County, IN)
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A very green tree (Redwood Creek, Redwoods NP)
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Fern Canyon lives up to its name
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Gorgeous proof that a love of green is a family trait. 🙂
I’ve been waiting for Jim’s set for that reason.
These are truly gorgeous. The variations in form that green beings display are just beautiful here.
I think this was a brilliant theme. Timely color-therapy for the weather-worn wench. It’s been so bleak here, despite ultra-vibrant green.
We’re ending a streak of rain (about 6″ total) and heading into several days of sunshine. Lovely change. I hope it comes your way.
It should, if the usual pattern holds. I’m looking forward to it.
I’m glad I helped with your color therapy.
Yes, absolutely!
The very green, is that resurrection fern? Good either way.
According a website (It’s on the internet so it must be true.) “The narrow canyon walls rise 50 feet or more and are almost completely covered by thick mats of bright green ferns. Five-finger fern (Adianthum pedatum), lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina), and sword fern (Polystichum munitum) are the most common.”
Oh, lovely!
The moss covered tree is amazing … and Fern Canyon sounds like heaven.
Jim’s tree looks as if it could almost feel at home in one of KNUCKLEHEAD’S reefs;-)
Love the little waterfalls in # 1!
The cascades are over on the camp. We only found them in March.
IndianaDem,
It would be real welcome in a reef.
That tree is a Big Leaf Maple. They live up to their name. The leaf is easily over a foot wide. The Fern Canyon hike was one of our favorites ever.
Jim the Fuzzy Wuzzy tree is amazing, & how beautiful is the cliff of ferns.
Our valley’s true religion shows at the top of the local church steeple.
From Fish Weather Vane – Claryville Church, Inez George Gridley.
Love it.
Beautiful little church and a neat quote.
Olivia & Andif,
You`ve outdone yourselves once again.
Thanks for a great place to hang on the weekends.
You`ll soon have to get more seating or open up the outdoor patio, to accommodate the growing crowd.