I don’t know the actual name of this rose, but the glorious colors remind me of a vivid sunset. I had a day I was particularly down about something that had really gone wrong with work. Blaine arrived home at the end of the day with a bouquet of these roses. Can we say, Awwwwww! I don’t even remember now what had me so down that day. The roses are the memory now. The colors were so spectacular that I had to take a picture to preserve the beauty.
There is just something wonderful about the quality of light in the woods coming down through all the tree branches or breaking free in a meadow by the forest. These items on Etsy all captured the feel of a day in the woodlands from sun up to sun down. Enjoy!
I rounded a curve in the pond and took this picture of the ducks starting off swimming. From this direction, the water has changed to reflecting cool blues, deep greens and charcoals from the sky and trees.
Here is the second water reflection photo today showing how the first painted water image changes with the duck flapping its wings and moving the water.
Today, a photo study in water reflections. On May 8th, I shared a photo of napping ducks I had taken at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. The pond they are in is round and I took many pictures of them as Blaine and I walked around it.
In just a few minutes, I caught shots as they slept, as they woke up and flapped their wings and then started to swim on the pond. I was snapping away taking pictures of the ducks and not really taking in the reflections and changing colors of the water that were there from the different directions of the shots.
It was amazing to open up the photos full screen size on the computer and see this lovely impressionistic painted landscape showing the blooming spring trees reflected in the water. I will post a couple more photos from that day later on today. One shows the difference to the painted water landscape when one duck begins flapping its wings.
Etsy has a Treasury Challenge NonTeam that has a challenge beginning each Thursday at noon running through Sunday noon for treasuries to be created around one chosen item. Read more details about the nonteam challenge and participating if you have an Etsy shop: http://treasurychallengenonteam.blogspot.com/
Click on this full image of the treasury to go to it on Etsy to see these items
Beads of water running down and dropping into a ladyslipper orchid
Since I think in images, I have created a couple lovely treasuries today. Switching to pictures is the most natural thing for me to do when I find my energy level lagging a bit. It is like dropping back into my native language. Enjoy!
Red Pitcher Plants - Atlanta Botanical Gardens
For Mom who so wanted a picture of the butterflys - Atlanta Botanical Garden
Rock a Bye Duckies - Atlanta Botanical Gardens