Photography

“My Bird Plant”

Zoom to tall, thin plant on right.
Athena Stairs, June 5, 2023

When I purchased this lovely after going back and forth in my head and to the store a couple of times, it was centered with its fronds going different directions.

Now that I have given it a new home, it seems to seek more rays of light and has moved it fronds to gaze wistfully out the window.

Is it happy here? For the stalks are not leaning. It needs the protection that I provide and is tall and straight as it watches, as if it is dreaming.

Perhaps, afterall, it is happy with the view.

Photography

“How Cool Is That?!”

May 20, 2022

I stopped by a store to return an item, and while waiting, I noticed someone had left this small package out of place on the line’s pole in deciding that they did not want it.

I had been desiring exactly this type of product, but had given up trying to look for it some time ago.

There it was before my very eyes, for my eyes, without my having to strain them or exert more effort!

Myths & Legends, Photography

“Bishop’s Peak”

Athena Stairs, May 12, 2022

Maybe an inch and one half long, I found this pretty baby while hiking my favorite low altitude, once lava-cored mountain in San Luis Obispo, California.

Along the sides of the mountain, veins of quarts mixture could be found, with small pieces broken off along the trails.

I can still smell the deep earth there, and the sweet scent of scrub sage brushed against on a hot summer’s day.

I love that from this angle, the rock looks like a baby dragon’s head.