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Luscious

I picked up a bouquet of flowers at the Farmers Market yesterday. There were so many in the bouquet that I couldn’t fit all of them into a single vase. What fun I’ve had arranging them and photographing them. It’s a Luscious bunch of flowers! Other words that come to mind to describe them are sumptuous, resplendent, jazzy, vivid, dazzling, cheerful, luxurious, enchanting, and gaudy. I am soaking them in and celebrating their beauty as the season slowly turns to fall. It is on days like these that I would like to stop time, and savor the beauty of the Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Photographing Frozen Flowers

Yesterday I worked on Photographing Frozen Flowers I picked a cluster of begonia flowers, immersed them in a container of water and put the container in the freezer. Later, when the water was completely frozen, I removed the block of ice from the container, placed it on a glass plate and began making photographs. Though I have seen other flower photographers’ images of frozen flowers, this is the first time I’ve tried it. I always have a hard time taking something so beautiful and alive and hastening its demise. It was only because I picked only a small sprig of Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Wandering With Camera

This morning I took a walk at Fish Lake Regional Park in Maple Grove, MN, with my camera. Bikers and walkers passed me by as I stopped here and there to look more closely and make photographs. A woman walked by me talking animatedly on her telephone. I wondered why she bothered walking by the lake since she didn’t seem to be paying any attention to the beauty surrounding her. Perhaps she got more enjoyment out of the walk than I imagined. I often call my walks more of a Wandering With Camera since I stop often and get lost Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Imagination

Yesterday while finishing up preparation for the painters’ arrival today to paint the downstairs ceiling and bedroom, I made a few photos of a hummingbird through my kitchen window. And I also photographed the flowers of a pretty little begonia plant. The photos didn’t look like much to me when I first downloaded them to my computer, especially the somewhat blurry hummingbird photos. But with the help of Imagination I transformed them and added them to my collection of photos featuring Mary Oliver quotes. Later this week I plan to print a few of them and see how they look Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Sail Away

Happy Labor Day my friends! What a string of gorgeous days we’ve been having. Doesn’t it just make you want to Sail Away to somewhere beautiful? I didn’t make the hang gliding photographs in this post. They are of my son-in-law doing one of the things that he loves (taken by a friend of his). And I offered to edit them for him, bringing up the shadows as much as I can. I love the sense of freedom I feel when I look at him gliding through the sky. Though I know I don’t have the skill or strength to Read more…

By Marilyn, ago