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Vibrant
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e.e.cummings When I was a little girl I wondered over the rays of sunshine and how they shone down from…
Read MoreRising
I’ve always loved morning time. It’s my time…….mostly. Recently I started running in the mornings. I begin when it’s dark but by the time I’m finished the sun is peeking over the edge of the small hills on my country road. A sunrise is another beginning. Another chance. Another day to love and laugh and…
Read MoreFloat
This photo was taken on an extraordinarily beautiful day in September. Septembers are normally hot and humid here in North Alabama but this day was more like a mild Spring day. I noticed a tiny feather stuck on a long blade of grass. A baby bird probably lost it when he took flight from the…
Read MoreFences
We have horses and cows in the country. To keep them from roaming all over the place, owners put up fences, mostly barbed wire. Still, sometimes the livestock find their way out. We’ve awakened to a very large mama cow next to our front porch. Or slowed our car down to wait on a couple…
Read MoreMorning Glory
Along my country road, morning glory vines climb fence posts and spill onto the sides of the road. The sun was barely up one morning when I noticed hundreds of them in full bloom. I love the translucence of the violet petals, the lively heart shaped leaves, and the dew droplets………. The morning glory closes…
Read MoreFog
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Creepy.” This is the very first photo I snapped on my iPhone. Let me correct that. It’s the first one I kept. The first shot wasn’t focused at all. I tried again and this was the outcome. It’s grainy, but that adds to the feeling of…
Read MoreHappy Sun
The beach is a favorite place. The place cleanses my soul. I slow down there. Breathe deeper there. I walk barefoot in the soft sand there. Rest, think, and play there. Though the kids are older they still play in the sand. I do too. I build a sandcastle or sculpt something each year.…
Read MoreGrace
“……and life itself is grace.” Frederick Buechner What inspires me? I’ve pondered this and there are thousands of inspirations around me everyday. But the reason for those inspirations is grace. Grace is why we have the things that inspire us. How can a photograph capture the air in my lungs? Or the sound of laughter?…
Read MoreClose Up
This week’s photo challenge is called Close Up. A pine cone has a brand new look up close. We had several pine trees around my childhood home that we called “The Pines”. When we were girls my sisters and I had to pick up the pine cones and sticks and any other foreign objects out of…
Read MoreBlackberries
Summer means blackberries for us here in North Alabama. These blackberries grow in a field and on the fence line near our home. Even though our neighbor cleared most of them out of his field last year, we have enough on the fence line and into our yard that we still get to reap the…
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