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Perfect Light

I awoke today to overcast skies. Though they may have looked dreary and dull to you, for me they looked like Perfect Light for flower and nature photography. I hurried up, made a reservation for entry at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, grabbed both cameras (just in case) and a second lens for my Olympus camera, and headed out. When I arrived at the Arboretum I found that it was indeed, perfect light. The clouds acted like a big softbox in the sky, softening the light and eliminating hot spots and shadows. The air was humid but cool and there was Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Turn, Turn, Turn

Today as I walked the path down the hill from my house I thought of the song, To Everything There is a Season. And the refrain Turn, Turn, Turn kept circling in my brain. As I watch a few leaves begin to turn and the days get shorter I feel the turn of the season beginning. To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under HeavenA time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Twilight Walk

Last evening I took a Twilight Walk in the neighborhood. So today I thought I would take you along on my walk to see some of what I saw in the fading light. Walking up the hill in the park next to my house I saw bushes with a few red and gold leaves beginning to show. There were worn and torn, and probably had provided food for one or more insects over the summer months. The lights on the deck railing of a house beside the path glow in the twilight. The Lamps Eight o’clock, no later, You light Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Summer’s End

It’s beginning to look and feel a bit like Summer’s End though I am soaking in every moment of these bright balmy days that I can. The leaves no longer look fresh and new. They’re a bit worn and bug bitten. And lots of summer’s beautiful flowers have come and gone. I’ve noticed that the birds are visiting the feeders more frequently and today I saw a male goldfinch that was beginning to lose its bright neon gold summer color. There comes a warning like a spy A shorter breath of Day A stealing that is not a stealth And Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Just Being Here

I haven’t picked up either of my cameras for two whole days. That is somewhat of an August record for me as I had been making photographs every single day. So what have I been doing today? Just Being Here watching the rain and the sun and the birds at the bird feeders. Also taking an online Soma Yoga class, running errands, taking a walk, and finishing a book. If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower Read more…

By Marilyn, ago