“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.” – John Muir I’ve been remiss in my posting this past week — time spent reading, thinking, …
Crapemyrtle Blooms – Part II
I thought I’d share a couple of additional photos I made today of the Crapemyrtle (Crape Myrtle) trees. Paul pointed out in a comment on the previous post how the trunk is unique in it’s smoothness and contours. You’ll be able to see that in this first photo. The other photo is of the tremendous …
Crapemyrtle Blooms
I’ve normally seen the name as two words “Crape Myrtle” instead of a single word. However, the reference material from Clemson University used it as one word as do other on-line sources, so I’ll use it as one word for this post. A popular ornamental tree in this area is the Crapemyrtle and it’s the …
Among the details
Perspective is one of the most important elements for healthy lives and yet often it’s one of the hardest things to maintain. I’ll be the first to admit sometimes I get lost in the details of the moment and lose perspective of their importance or lack of importance to the larger picture. It’s during these …
Off the path
I’ve been focusing on my skills with Adobe Photoshop for several months. As part of this graphical skills improvement process I want to get comfortable using a pen and tablet for editing in Photoshop, so I dug out the Watcom Tablet I had, loaded the drivers and set it directly in front of my monitor. …
Grey skies
Winters Reach Grey trees, grey skies and grey outside with mist and rain these last two days. Hopefully there’s nice sunny weather on the way. I’m planning on a visit to my daughter in a little over two weeks and to take in the Spring Festival of Flowers at Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC. Of course …
Weekend Photo
Patiently Waiting It seems I’m stuck on a winter to spring transition theme. Luckily spring will soon dominate giving me new material. This view of a hardwood forest seems still in the grip of winter but if you look closely you’ll find some signs of green beginning to make an appearance.
Photography: He Who Counts
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who …
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