I don't seem to have a lot of words at the moment, but, inspired by
my cousin's blog to search through my camera lens for beauty, I went out last night to see what I could find.
Behold, even as life appears to be fading from the autumnal scene, beauty and hope are still there to be discovered:
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| Yellow wood sorrel flower |
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| Chrysanthemums |
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| Red maple leaf, fading to winter brown |
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| Feathery foxtail |
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| Sweetgum leaf - the showy ones this year |
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| Coneflower "pincushion" |
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| Star Magnolia: a common bush, afire |
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| next year's flowers!! |
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| What I saw when I looked up: notice anything odd about this dogwood branch?! |
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| Lilac - how I wish I could distinguish the flower buds from the leaf buds, to properly gauge my hopes .... |
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| Pennsylvania smartweed |
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| Crepe Myrtle buds, biding their time..... |
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| entrancing shadows |
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| Hibiscus seedpods |
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| Honeysuckle and Ivy |
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| summer's abandoned lawn chairs |
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| Persimmons & pears |
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| how those leaves catch the light! |
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| Chives seedpods (drying in a bag, to catch the seeds) |
It only took standing up, and walking around with the camera, searching out the eye candy hidden in every beam of late afternoon sunshine. Even after the sun had set, I was still finding treasure upon treasure.
It's always there, His goodness. It just requires faith, and focus.
