Food for Thought

I once read a book about writing. The author said, "when you see yourself as a writer, the whole world is filled with stories to be told." I think the same is true for the moments when I see myself as a photographer. My whole world is bursting with images to be captured.

This is the ordinary beauty that captured me over the past few weeks:





A field trip to a 25-acre green house. It was like walking in Spring for a little while. Baby seedlings and hanging baskets by the acre. It was warm and quiet and sunny. Spring will come!



My kitchen counter was full of texture and flavor. There's been a lot of soup and bread here in these cold, snowy weeks of February. The sun made even this lowly onion sparkle.




The view from two different kitchen windows. Those icicles keep growing and changing. Even winter doesn't hold still. And this Cardinal has been one of many fantastic, colorful, visitors outside my octogon window. This bird feeder was a mother's day gift from a few years ago and it's truly a gift that keeps giving. Just below the window is a Midwestern Bird Guide and just outside the window is an on-going reminder of the tenacity and resilience of nature. It's an entertaining show for just the price of bird seed.



Finally. My friend the amaryllis. She's been bursting out of that lowly bulb and reaching toward the light for about 5 years now! I bring her out of rest in my cool, dark laundry room just after Christmas and she is another green and red reminder that spring will come and from loam leaps life. Again and again. I'm treasuring the light and the green. The ordinary that's finding me and asking me to capture it, to hold on through these last few weeks of winter. To cultivate persistence and gratitude and to find a way to grow.

This is a cool blog I found in the last week. It's been blowing my mind. I added it to my "inspiration" list on the side bar. Take a minute or two to explore and be inspired.