pop quiz
can you guess what this is? good luck. i’ll let you all know tomorrow :-)
details revealed
the fleshy plumpness of leaves and flowers often hides many of their finer details. i love seeing what is revealed when these botanicals are left to dry. zooming in the petals in this photo you can see how the pink pigment is carried (or follows?) along the lines of the veins eventually seeping into a stain near the end of the petal. i forget what these tulips looked like when fresh cut. i wonder if those candy stripes were apparent or not? next time i get a bouquet of store bought tulips i will pay much closer attention.
dried tulip
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Paper wasp nest
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delicate curves
lots of heavy wet snow expected tomorrow. wanted to capture these delicate leaf curves on the grasses under my kitchen window before they get sodden and bent. they will be no match for tomorrow weight.
tall grass stems and leaves in winter
snow in the shadows
much of the snow we got last week has melted. but anything north facing in the shade is still plenty snowy. historically, november was always the snowiest month in minnesota. but now, it is december. it is unnerving seeing these historical patterns changing. even if it is in the “right” direction for minnesotans. i will take climate stability and two two extra weeks of winter any time.
blue spruce with snow
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I take your point about climate stability. But just when it seems there is no “average” to seasons any more, I think of Frost’s poem:
“The sun was warm but the wind was chill,
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.”reply
yesterday’s composition bumped with my hip
this is yesterday’s pile of beach rocks gently bumped with my hip. yesterday’s composition felt a little too…tight. i wanted to see the wandering stripe, but i didn’t want it to be the first thing you saw. i wanted it to reveal itself as you looked at the image. i like this image better. how about you? i put these two images, along with a third completely random pile, on instagram and asked the folks over there to tell me which one they preferred. as i type this i already have over 300 replies. i will tally them tomorrow, but so it looks like about 40% tight line, 50% bumped line, and 10% random. it’s been fascinating to read people’s explanations for which they prefer–a very interesting experiment for sure.
striped beach rocks from the mediterranean
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My life has been lived, for the most part, randomly , guess that is why I liked #3. You can hang out your shingle now Dr . Hoffman
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I thought the yesterday was perfect, but I like version 2 better.
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This version is quite perfect! Yesterday’s has a definite feeling of being contrived and this one seems spontaneous.
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Tree bark, but what variety ?
One of those big football sized hornet nests
I think Ginnie is correct