Friday flowers

Hydrangea flowers; one from the archive. image: Su Leslie, 2015

Wordless Wednesday

Nature’s lace. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

DP Photo Challenge: elemental, take 2

Image: Su Leslie, 2015

Daily Post Photo Challenge | elemental

A peaceful co-existence

Snail on grapefruit leaf. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall. — John Berger

Or perhaps traverses a leaf?

I picked our remaining grapefruit this morning, and found this little creature on a leaf. Not welcome near my vegetable garden, I found it a new home amongst the ferns and Pittosporum in the farthest corner of the yard.

DP Photo Challenge: textures, take 3

Heart-shaped stone. A gift from the Big T, oh so many years ago. Image: Su Leslie, 2016

Daily Post Photo Challenge | textures

DP Photo Challenge: texture, take 2

Tactile and textural; a stray piece of bubble-wrap. Image: Su Leslie, 2016

Who can resist bubble-wrap?

And is the texture more apparent in black & white?

More obviously tactile in black & white? A stray piece of bubble-wrap. Image: Su Leslie, 2016

Daily Post Photo Challenge | textures

The Changing Seasons, July 2017

Staying aloft. Image: Su Leslie, 2017

It seems that July just hasn’t been a photographic month for me. Which I think is really a way of saying I haven’t felt inclined to lift my eyes and gaze upon the world.

It’s not that I’ve totally abandoned my camera. More that I’m disappointed in both the quantity and quality of the shots I’ve taken. Knee pain has kept me from the morning walks that provide both inspiration and some inner calm, while the struggles of those I love best have occupied my consciousness and spilled over into the darker recesses of my own psyche.

My July has not been a visual feast, but I’ve reached August knowing that I have enough. Enough strength and enough sunlight and enough support to stay aloft.

Like the flower, I am attached — though neither you nor I quite see how.

The Changing Seasons  is a blogging challenge hosted by Cardinal Guzman with two versions: the original (V1) which is purely photographic and the new version (V2) where you can allow yourself to be more artistic and post a painting, a recipe, a digital manipulation, or simply just one photo that you think represents the month.

These are the rules, but they’re not written in stone – you can always improvise, mix & match to suit your own liking:

The Changing Seasons V1:

Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery.
Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.

The Changing Seasons V2:

Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
Each month, post one photo (recipe, painting, drawing, whatever) that represents your interpretation of the month.
Don’t use archive stuff. Only new material!