I have proof, incontrovertible photographic evidence, that spring has finally arrived in our backyard: There are buds on our lilac bushes….Happy May, everyone!
I have proof, incontrovertible photographic evidence, that spring has finally arrived in our backyard: There are buds on our lilac bushes….Happy May, everyone!
It’s cold. And changing my antidepressant from Cymbalta (which was helping my fibromyalgia but had quit helping my depression) to Fetzima (vice versa) isn’t helping my grumpy mood any. I have developed strange food cravings (carbs, sugar, and more carbs) and I am frighteningly grateful for cable TV and Law & Order reruns.
My parents have been dead a long time. Or not so long. It depends on my mood, how long it seems. My mom died in April 2007, my dad in January 1993. I often wonder what advice they would give me now, about being childless, being disabled and in chronic pain and often frustrated and depressed. Then, by chance, today I came across a quote that spells out what I know in my heart they would both say to me so perfectly, it gave me chills. In fact, I can hear my mom’s voice…
Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling and they’re falling like they’re falling in love with the ground. Andrea Gibson
One fuschia plant, photographed and processed three ways:
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More fun freelensing with my Lensbaby Velvet56 lens and my coneflowers and a zinnia thrown in for good measure…
Freelensing with Coneflowers (my first attempts, so please be kind):
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A passionate photographer with particular interest in nature photography, wildlife photography, macro photography and all things Lensbaby.
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