snow in july

A new friend from a current garden photography project i’m working on. It was a snowflake I was happy to see in the heat of the summer.

208/365: yellow-fringed water snowflake

and now

One of the things I love to capture in my garden photos is the juxtaposition of the plants and flowers that are fading away and those that are just emerging. It’s a more honest way of seeing the garden and I find there is beauty in every part of the cycle.

147/365: azalea petal and lily pad

09.24.13 on beauty

‘beauty is its own excuse for being’ – emerson

267/365: pink water lily

innocent criminals

Once, in the heady, early days of falling in love, we paddled this same water and joyfully plucked up the pristine ivory blossom of a water lily. Delighted, we basked in the beauty of the flower, of the day, of our lives unfolding petal by petal in each other’s gaze.

It was only later that we realized we’d broken the law, led astray by our ardent desire to possess the beloved. Ah, well. Call it a crime of passion. We have since learned to admire from afar. At least, where lilies are concerned.

water lily