Tiny Reflections

a different view

Looking at something from a new angle can share the hidden parts you, knew were there but, couldn't imagine.  Often the important stuff is hard to get to, or covered up with fluff that distracts us.  But if we ignore the stem of the blossom, the flower will die.  A person's core, inner workings, are hidden deeper than that stem, but just as important.

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reflection

It's good to look at things from different angles, but don't forget to look a little closer. If you look deeper than the raindrop on a branch, you can see a reflection of the whole bush, its leaves a flaming red delight.

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It has rained all day. :( This is the photo before I cropped it. Then I cropped in to just the droplet and flipped it.

The red bush sits at the corner of our house - you can see the house on the right, flaming bush with fake spiderwebs wrapped on it (grandkids helped me with that), the nearly all bare trees (really love those 2 yellow leaves sticking towards us from the naked tree), and I was very surprised to see that the gazebo in the backyard can be seen.

Rainy days

I am one of those people who does not like rain. I find it depressing, and well. . .wet. I want to become one of those people who sees rain outside their window, ditches their shoes, and runs out to dance in it.  Meet you there?

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Splash

I'm in a mood. We've had about 2 weeks of rain and I really need some sunshine. I'm at the point that all my photos look dull and drab. I'm not happy with any of them and I really need some sunshine to brighten them up and to brighten my mood. *sigh*

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Macro Monday ~ The Feather

A feather in the grass while the rain was gently falling offered itself for examination.

I found it amazing how the droplets sat upon the feather!

And I wondered what was in the water?

A small pocket (flaw?) along the edge of the feather clung to a drip. The things I see in the rain drops, are they from the rain itself, or something that was on the feather?

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Check out how round some of those droplets are! I guess a feather does not absorb anything, and I'm thinking whatever coats feathers should coat our cars and rain gear.

Turn your thought processes around

While having a conversation about the weather, and that there was an 80% chance a rain today, someone piped up with, "But there's a 20% chance of sunshine". It suddenly struck me, for the first time, that there's an 80% chance of me being dead in 2012. Scary! Isn't it weird how the mind works? Yes, I know the statistics. But to think about them in that reverse way seemed so much scarier. If I hear that there's an 80% chance of rain I will grab my umbrella. I want to turn my thought processes around, and be like the person who claims, "But there's a 20% chance of sunshine, of life!"

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Look closer

It's funny that before my cancer diagnosis I really wasn't interested in photography. Sure I took some photos, but they were quick snapshots, proof that I had been somewhere, or documenting my children growing. After going through chemo, my eyes opened to the world around me and I became interested in trying to capture my view, with the hopes of waking others up.  Too many of us walk through our days unseeing.

I have grown fond of my macro lens, never knowing what details I'll find in some of the simplest things.  I didn't see the spider on the bud when I began to snap some photos of the emerging flower in a gentle rain. Only after lining up a few shots did I discover the 1/4 spider lapping up the rain droplets.

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Wet Macro Monday

It's been pretty wet here lately, pretty on the leaves, but tiring on my head, lol.

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