blossom and bud
i see a mother and a daughter. what do you see?
pink magnolia
firethorn bush
unfurling
leaf quilt
sometimes in our lush midwestern summers, the abundance of foliage starts to seem like single note chorus of green. this little quilt reminds to look closer. the variation is infinite.
fertility
collection of eggs
I see the process of birth, life and death and all the stages in between. The tight bud, the bud that is stretching open, the flower almost ready to bloom hiding behind the one that is almost ready to fade, and the cut ends of the branch. All so beautiful in the stillness of the moment that you captured them…all them on their way to the next stage…
Mother/daughter works for me! And it reminds me that spring is indeed coming, it leaves a feeling of hope in my winter weary heart. And it made me think someone did some pruning on their magnolia and decided a bud might be far enough along to bring inside and force. All very uplifting, MJ. Welcome back, my dear.
Hi Ginny!
I am not back quite yet! I still have a designer updating the WordPress code to bring everything up to current standards. it will be another week or two yet.
These black photos are from the year I did black in 2017 or so.
I’ll be back soon!
xox MJ