Aug 072010
Joy all creatures drink
At nature’s bosom…
~Friedrich von Schiller, “Ode to Joy,” 1785, translated from the German
experiencing the magic in the moment…
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Who am I?
While that question is probably a little difficult to answer in a paragraph (or even in a lifetime), I can tell you that my name is Meredith, and that I love to ponder life's mystery and beauty and joys and then write about them. This blog is all about my interactions with Nature during my walks in the woods, visits to Botanical Gardens, in my own small, organic kitchen garden -- and anywhere else I happen to be when inspiration strikes.
Lovely!
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Isn’t he?
Good Morning Meredith, Clever and Beautifully illustrated! Thanks for your kind comment!
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You’re so welcome, Carol.
Meredith,
Lovely thoughts for a beautiful morning. Enjoyed the photo too! More tiger swallowtails around here than we have seen for years!
Randy, we have had more than usual, as well, and lots of Red-Spotted Purples, too — but I put it down to the addition of our new butterfly bush.
Butterfly: “Take a picture. It’ll last longer!”
I had to share this comment with F., Tony, because he asked what made me giggle this morning.
OK, how did you get a photo of a butterfly’s EYES??? Amazing.
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Kathy, I really have no idea. Can I tell you I was pouring sweat and could not see the screen of my digital camera in the blazing sun at that moment? I had already been out far too long. This was an outing on which the focus of my camera started behaving erratically, too — because it got overheated! Still, I met his eyes and knew he was inviting me to take the shot.
What can I say? Serendipity.
wandered over from twitter…what a beautiful blog, and such perfect photos of butterflies. Wonderful.
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So good to have you here, kaslkaos! Welcome — and thanks for the compliments. It is a pleasure to hear that you enjoyed your visit.
What a great shot!
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Thank you, Meems.
(I’m intrigued by the title of your latest post. I’ll be sure to come by and see…)
Loved the shot, Meredith! A butterfuly stare-down! Neat!
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Exactly, Talon. That’s how it felt, too. He was not afraid to stare directly at me!
i love them! butterflies make my day!
xoxo
Christina, I’m sure you would have been in alt in this garden I visited (more about that tomorrow). It was all a-flutter, everywhere you looked. I counted 9 different butterfly varieties — only managed pictures of 3, of course.
Since I often say I hail from the land of butterflies and glitter..I *love* this photo..and the quote..Magnificent, hope fulled, beauty filled..thank you for sharing!
I didn’t know you hailed from the Land of Butterflies & Glitter, Joy. I ought to have guessed. Such a treat to have you come and visit us here.
All I could think of was.
{ “Hey I’m trying to eat here do you mind.” }
Hehe, nice one, Ellis. That’s a perfect response to the picture.
Now I see what the URL does, it links me to me.
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That’s right! It’s a way of returning the love, so others can easily visit your site if they’d like to, and if you sign in to CommentLuv, it will even show the title of your latest post.
What a cute smiling face.
Drinking joy….and serving it to me as well.
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Oh, Gemma, you are a poet. That last line…
Great photo, and I love those zinnias!
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Thank you, Villager. I’m so glad you liked it/them!
Hi Meredith,
I like how the other flowers show in the background; the butterfly over the flower is a great shot, but the others, out of focus yet there, give much more color and life to the picture.
Raul
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Raul, that’s a favorite photo style of mine, picked it up just this spring by accident. Whenever there are multiples of the same or similar items in a shot, whether it’s bean vines, flowers, yarn skeins or fence posts, grass blades or marbles, I like to focus intently on one in the foreground and let the ones in the background become just a colorful hint of so much more beyond what is experienced in that captured moment. I especially love it when the background gets some bokeh, which is pretty rare and difficult to achieve with a point-&-shoot — yet another reason for looking forward to the day when I can start learning to use a DSLR.
Glad you liked it!