As a delicate shower of petals fell on my hair and shoulders while I was photographing plants in my fishing buddy's yard today, I had the sense that I was being watched. No one was in evidence on the street. No one was at a window and in any event, I was down behind bushes and truly out of sight from any residence. Yet as I focused on a rhododendron, the feeling grew stronger. Then I turned my attention to the flowering cherry so lavishly in bloom above my head. As I brought the lens to bear on one particularly lovely cluster of blossoms, I spotted a face in the viewfinder. The Cherry Faerie tossed a final handful of petals in my direction and disappeared. I believe, and so shall you. See here evidence that the faerie folk exist!
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Believing Is Seeing
As a delicate shower of petals fell on my hair and shoulders while I was photographing plants in my fishing buddy's yard today, I had the sense that I was being watched. No one was in evidence on the street. No one was at a window and in any event, I was down behind bushes and truly out of sight from any residence. Yet as I focused on a rhododendron, the feeling grew stronger. Then I turned my attention to the flowering cherry so lavishly in bloom above my head. As I brought the lens to bear on one particularly lovely cluster of blossoms, I spotted a face in the viewfinder. The Cherry Faerie tossed a final handful of petals in my direction and disappeared. I believe, and so shall you. See here evidence that the faerie folk exist!
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