• Cityscapes/Urban,  Photography

    Your Pants Will Dry

    Wet Seat

    It’s always best to check the seat before you sit down after it has rained. I say that not because I’ve heard that before but with the voice of experience and admittedly more than once. We only attain the voice experience from our trials and errors. This is so true with our photography. It reminds me of Ray Ketchams’s post where a spark of an idea and a little bit of action allowed him to light up the forest in an unusual way. He makes a couple of powerful statements in his post: “Fail, fail and fail, no one ever learned anything by only knowing success”  and “When it comes to an idea or a photograph don’t ask someone else what it will look like, go out and try it.” So go ahead and try, your pants will dry.

  • animals

    Baby Bunny

    Little Bunny
    Little Bunny

    When I arrived home last night around 10:00 p.m. it was raining cats and dogs, BIG cats and dogs. This morning has presented another gray sky with rain continuing to fall. Rain tapping on my window seems to help me sleep, so I had a good nights sleep. In contrast to the amount of rain I do not seem to have many words this morning. As for an image to post I grabbed this one. I encountered this little one last week at Inniswood Gardens.

    Thanks for the comments to yesterday’s post. I loved Steve’s answer! Not sure about any of you but even half the $2000 would be wonderful. I hope everyone has a super day!!

  • Metro Parks,  reptiles

    On a Morning Stroll

    On a Morning Stroll
    On a Morning Stroll

     Out for a morning stroll. He’s a bit shy, in case you hadn’t noticed, as he made sure to stay close to the plants. After a hard rain the night before there is a wonder in the air the next morning. Don’t know about you but the freshness that is around us when walking among nature after a rain sure can perk up my senses. A smile comes to my face, well maybe a smirk. Wonder if it’s the same for the turtle. Do you think he’s smiling or smirking?

    I could hear the frogs croaking along Frog Pond. I could smell the moisture and rain. I could feel the dampness in the air and in my clothes. For eye candy I had rain droplets hanging from leaves and flower petals. There were sun beams breaking through the trees. All these make for a good morning stroll.

  • Cityscapes/Urban,  Metro Parks

    Sunbeams

     

    Sunbeams
    Sunbeams

    After a night of rain a blue sky and bright sun greeted us in the morning. We had several inches of rain and some strong winds. I headed for Inniswood Gardens in search of images as well as spending this wonderful morning among nature. In my mind was a vision of raindrops hanging from leaves and flowers, so with camera and tripod off I went. After a couple of hours wandering around I did get few images of raindrops. However, I was not expecting to find these wonderful beams of sunlight coming through the trees.

  • flowers,  Metro Parks,  Plants

    Music from Within

     

    Iris
    Iris

     

    I sure don’t sing very well. Practice would probably help but I doubt I could make a living at it. I would most likely loose a few friends if I sang too often. I also do not listen to much music since the radio in my car and my home stereo went “kaput.” I have an iphone but have not music on it. The music I enjoy at this place and time in life is sounds of nature: wind as it blows through trees, birds sining their morning song, water flowing in a stream, leaves crunching under foot, rain falling and even the quiet of snowfall.

    But there is another enjoyable music in my life. I find at times while riding in my car or on a walk, that a song will rise up inside me and my spirit will quietly sing. There are those songs from the past, stored in my memory, that rise up and every once in a while a newly created song will flow forth. So when my spirit wants to sing, I do. It’s music from within, not from my ipod.


  • flowers,  Plants

    I Got Wet

     

    Wet Tulip
    Wet Tulip

    I got wet! It was raining when I arrived home from a 4-day trip yesterday morning and discovered it had been raining for the last couple of days.The ground was soaked, spongy to walk on, there was lots of standing water and many of the creeks were full and over-flowing. Later in the afternoon the rain stopped so I headed to Inniswood Gardens in search of rain drops on flowers. I was not disappointed and got in some nice shooting time. Needless to say, after bending down on my knees with camera and tripod, my pants were soaked from the wet ground. Photographers can get lost with time so before I knew it the clouds moved back in and it started to rain. I made a mad dash to the car. Well, I had walked farther into the gardens than I thought it took me a while to reach the car. Yes, I got wet but it was worth it.

  • insects

    Spring Comes Then…

    Butterfly
    Butterfly

    …comes thunderstorms, rains, the beauty and fragrance of flowers and blossoms, birds singing in the morning to brighten our days. But, right after Spring comes summer and of course butterflies. Can’t wait.