Sunday Softies….

…from the garden…after the rain…

(please do click on an image to get a better view and start a slideshow thingy)

Sunday Softies

An afternoon spent in one of my favorite places….a little pocket of wildness in the heart of the city….with one of my favorite lenses….

…a hand-cut shaped aperture lends a little shimmer…

…and a spectral kind of sparkle…

 

…where the Bergamot….

…and other…

…wild things are…

 

 

Now I understand….

….why Claude was so enamored.

Possibly the most photogenic flower.

Water Lilies.

Took my one of my newest pieces of old glass (the Minolta 75-300mm, f3.5-4.5 [The “Big Beercan”]) to….

The Jewel Box, Forest Park, Saint Louis, Missouri.

A lot of images, I know, but I couldn’t help myself….they’re just so damned purty and the light was so soft and lovely….

(For larger views, on a nice, juicy dark background, just click on any image)

 

Critters in Squares

Just that.

Really.

Twelve of them.

(Although, to be fair, some of them are repeat visitors.)

Within the garden.

Within the frame.

If only for a moment.

Doing their Critterly things.

A dearth…

 

…of activity, that is…

…around here…

…on this here blog.

Working on changing that.

Working on entering the world of Trying To Get Published.

So…not so many poems to share for a bit…

…but some assays into essay in the pipe…

…and the photos….always the photos…

…to maybe spruce this place up a bit.

Green things are growing.

Critters are creeping.

And beauty?

It’s there…

…if you look close….

 

Tulips….I’ll tell you later….

…later…when the summer comes again…

 

(All images found using Lensbaby’s Velvet 56 lens and a Sony a700 dslr)

(Thank you for looking)