Needing balm, something to soothe and cool, I turned again to the simple task of looking. Fired up and blasted off like a rocket that morning, by the end of the day I was dragging myself around.
Too many stories had caught my eye. There were so many burrows to explore. Strategies and crucial questions filled my brain. The simple task of looking would freeze the urgency.
The bracken still had tinges of green. The sky filled the frame with navy blue. Droplets held calm worlds within their lens.
Even now the smell of the earth and the undergrowth is a sweet memory that will get me through the busy days ahead.
Swallow Barn says
such beautiful photos
Louise says
Beautiful photos, lovely words too.
Esther Montgomery says
Cool. With a double meaning.
Helen says
Such pretty focus and I love the blur abstract photo 🙂 The top photo with the web is just lovely 🙂
Amélie says
Yes, I can smell the earth after the rain, feel the silence after the rain. Beautiful deep blue and clear drops. Thank you for this magic moment.
Willow says
So crisp and lovely !
Madge Bloom says
SO lovely and refreshing!
greenthumb says
So very pretty, we have had so much rain of late.
Janneke says
Beautiful pictures and words again. The last few days are very dull, grey and wet outside here too. But the atmosphere and beauty during a walk is overwhelming, the gloominess, silence and smell of the earth and dying plants is een experience in itself.
wendyroomcreations says
It's so good to hear a different perspective on what ordinarily is seen as negative. Philippa xx
Gotham Girl says
It is the "simple task of looking!"
Barb says
It's beautiful and it's a matter of perspective, isn't it? Some people feel the rain and others just get wet. I JUST, like 15 minutes ago, took a 20 minute walk in a misty down-drizzle. It was soothing.
Donna@Gardens Eye View says
You have such a superb way of taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary…..the droplets on the branches…I too can smell the earth and rain.