a new perspective

these daisies were sort of begging to be shot from the side, as a bouquet. they were also begging to be snipped from their stems and placed in an interesting two dimensional pattern. they were also begging to be isolated in a close up, macro-style. but i have done all of those things before, which is part of the reward of STILL blog’s dailiness. i’ve seen a lot of daisies already after 5 1/2 years, and i’ve photographed them in the most obvious ways, and then a couple of less obvious ways, and today, it was a top-down shot of a vertical bouquet, which i’ve never tried before, and which has some interesting life and movement that i wouldn’t have noticed, if i hadn’t been forced to try Plan D.

wild roadside daisies

minneapolis, minnesota

pom-poms

let the record show that for a brief time, i shook pom-poms to the beat, as the certified worst cheerleader in the history of american middle schools. be. ag-GRESS-ive. got. to be ag-GRESS-ive.

lilies

minneapolis, minnesota

4th of july

god bless america and all that, but if all goes well, after a week packed with events, i hope to be home for the 4th, doing exactly nothing, and that the slow motion explosion of this carnation bouquet is all the fireworks i see.

bouquet of dusty rose colored carnations

of course you’re pretty, honey

this is the podium at the finals of the ‘miss grapevine beetle larva’ pageant of 2017. it was a strong year, full of beautiful young women. but these three just had a little something extra special.

grubs

turtle lake, shoreview, minnesota

thataway

i seem to have lost my youth, i told the timothy grass. have you seen it? can you point the way?

tall prairie grass (either creeping foxtail or timothy)

turtle lake, shoreview, minnesota