Backyard blooms
Posted on | May 8, 2006 |
Bean & I trapse around our tiny backyard in the city, where spring is bursting, full force. Everywhere, insects, sunlight, color. Furry yellow dandilions in dappled shade. Mud in crumbled earthworm trails. Fragrant, sweet tasting violets by the downturned wheel barrow. I watch as he plays. Sticks, mud, rainwater in flower pots. He’s occupied for an hour. My notebook pages fill with inked lines and words. My shoulders soak up sun. I adjust aperture and look through the lens at his mud flecked grin, at the pale spider in the bowl of the dandilion bloom, at the swelling chive buds, veined with purple. Click. A smatering of perfect moments.
(A real post, ripe with updates, to follow. Pinky Swear.)
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May 9th, 2006 @ 12:58 am
I love that first one. You can almost feel the leaves straining to release… it’s really stunning.
May 9th, 2006 @ 1:32 am
Have you told us what kind of camera you use? I’m impressed to see you manually adjusting aperture! These shots are gorgeous.
May 9th, 2006 @ 2:53 am
This is a real post, too.
May 9th, 2006 @ 7:00 am
Your photos are lovely as always, I especially love the first one, it’s almost like I can see it unfolding.
May 9th, 2006 @ 9:42 am
Looks (and sounds) like a wonderful afternoon in the sun. And yes, what kind of camera do you use?
May 9th, 2006 @ 12:20 pm
I love that dandelion picture. This is my kind of perfect afternoon too, and you’ve captured it so well!
May 9th, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Beautiful photos, we are little behind you up here, and seeing these pictures makes me all that more anxious for the blooms.
May 9th, 2006 @ 2:43 pm
beautiful shots!
May 9th, 2006 @ 3:27 pm
Gorgeous!