Fallen maple leaf July 20, 2022
Rescue
a leaf,
curling and dry,
tumbled through the night storm
into an outstretched limb of spruce;
catching.
July 20, 2022
In the morning, after a night of rain, I took my “big” camera out with the macro lens attached, looking for small subjects. Whenever I do this, I am startled by how many little things I see. Here is a leaf that fell from a maple tree above the Timberbluff cottages and was caught by its stem on the limb of a blue spruce. It was chance that it caught just like that, chance that i saw it, but it felt like a message. I got you.
July 22, 2022
I looked up the story behind the name a long time ago. Queen Anne (Anne Boleyn, who was later executed by Henry VII), was apparently stitching some fine lace one day when she pricked her finger. A single drop of blood fell on the white lace, leaving a tiny purple stain. Not all the flowers you see will have this tiny little mark, but it was because of those that do that this pretty wildflower got its name. I don’t know if the story is true; but ever since I heard it; I look more closely at the blossoms.
July 24, 2022
I got caught in a rainstorm while running, and noticed (once again, because I’ve noticed before) how the drops fall in puddles and create bubbles on the surface. I stopped to try to catch one; watching them forming, floating, bursting until my timing was just right … I finally caught one. Am I caught in there too?
July 25, 2022
I often see natural compositions so perfect that they seem “meant”. This heart-shaped stone and its two little pebble companions sunken in the smooth sand were like this. It feels like the universe reaching out to be heard…love every little thing…appreciate every little beauty…
July 26, 2022
So many little things calling for my attention. The empty nest that fell in the grass. The red mushroom pushing itself through the dirt in the woods. The tiny grasshopper that jumped inside the barn just as I was about to close the door. So many little things forming, dissolving. So many little lives pushing, pulling, falling, breaking apart, jumping in, jumping out, being rescued, being smashed. How will I ever get any work done?