“Nothing Gold Can Stay”
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost
Two impalas were under the shade of a tree away from their herd, which was off eating in the distance. Just as I shot the photo of them in the shade, one of the impalas licked the other one on
I loath mornings, so I should probably be more frustrated about my workday morning ritual. I wake up pre-sun, pitch black early on working days to allow time for my Morning Pages (thank you, Julia Cameron for my daily sanity
Last year, I put together a butterfly garden and learned the benefits of milkweed and the horrible nature of wasps. So, this year, I started my milkweed plants earlier this year. After a long day at work, I arrived home and
I have a thinking place. A small, local beach where I photograph birds and take walks in the frothy waves. There are Thinking Man rocks, and someone is always building a sand castle. It is a close place that feels
I get lost with my camera. I see the trees, and the forest disappears. I follow lizards into the dark, back corners of people's patios and stumble on crisscrossing spiderwebs. This was my attempt to weave myself between their webs
I don't do color often, but I thought this one deserved it. Back in April at Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival, I spent a lot of time in Tinker Bell's Butterfly House. It was beautiful to be surrounded by such
I bought some Marigolds to get rid of the bugs on some of my other plants. I never imagined they would turn into such interesting photographs. Score one for seeing the beauty in the small things. For more photographs, see the
I am obsessed with my garden lately and have been spending a lot of time at Home Depot. I love to bring my camera to the garden center because there are always beautiful flowers and interesting insects. While shopping for Cosmos,
Yesterday, I was finally took down my Christmas decorations. While cleaning up some dead buds in my Christmas plant, I noticed something shiny down under the leaves. When I turned the pot around for a better look, I saw this