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Make a Joyful Noise

The sun is shining and the snow that fell for several days is beginning to melt despite the cold temperatures outside. The angle of the sun this time of year has power! I had a recurrence of vertigo last night. Every once in a while my balance goes wonky so I’m moving carefully today. But despite this little setback I am determined to Make a Joyful Noise on this bright beautiful day. The ranunculus flowers that I bought last week are still beautiful though some of the flowers are beginning to wilt a bit around the edges. For days I Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Fleeting Beauty

Looking out the window this morning when I woke up, I saw huge snowflakes drifting down so beautifully. I didn’t even bother to get dressed. Quickly, I put on my robe, grabbed my camera and began making photographs of the wonder-filled world outside my windows. I’ve learned over my years of making photographs to never hesitate. The world is full of Fleeting Beauty that will be gone before you know it. The light on the thin skin of ice on the pond gave the pond surface a beautiful color that I’ve seldom seen — a soft blueish color with maybe Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Extraordinary and Beautiful

  It’s March and that means that I can find bunches of ranunculus flowers at some of the local markets. They are one of my favorite flowers, full of layers and layers of papery textured leaves and dark textured centers. I find them both Extraordinary and Beautiful in all stages of their short lives. Today was my fourth day of photographing these beauties. And I will probably continue to work with them for a few more days. I love photographing ranunculus flowers and never seem to tire of them. Their curving irregular stems and feathery leaves give them a beautiful Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Hello Snow! Hello beauty!

Looking out my windows this morning towards the pond I saw such beauty. The ground was covered with snow and snow still clung to tree branches and covered the neighbor’s small pine tree. All I can say is Hello Snow! Hello Beauty! I’m grateful for the mild winter we have had and today I am thankful for the much needed moisture last night’s snow brought to our parched ground. Though I would have been happy with rain, this beautiful snow-covered landscape also brightened my mood today. I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Lake Walk

Finding beauty this time of year in Minnesota can be challenging, particularly this year with the strangely mild and snow-free winter that we had. Still I found beauty in small things on my Lake Walk last week. We live very close to Medicine Lake. And while the lake is in the middle of the suburbs now, at one time it was surrounded by small cabins that were summer getaways. Very few of those tiny cabins remain. Instead there are a lot of large homes overlooking the lake with signs that proclaim “Private Property” beside any docks or lake-front access. Sometimes Read more…

By Marilyn, ago