ladybird gem

ladybird gem, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Doing a lot of transplanting of perrenials in the front yard and found this ladybug in the leaves of a plant I had just used the watering can to drench.

only slightly dramatic

only slightly dramatic, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

We went looking for goslings, my oldest daughter and I, but they were hidden away already, even though it was only early evening.

Wandering around the pond for a bit, she suddenly caught her breath and pointed...

muskrat love.

P.S. Scriv is right, the video that is linked to, is INSANE. Click at your own peril.

sky mountains

sky mountains, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

for ampersand.

lit chalice

lit chalice, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Unexpected find.
In the backyard, the evening sun barely touches the centre of the crabapple blossom as the wind drops away and the branches stop swaying...

snap...

This little light of mine...

shape of the lilac

shape of the lilac, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

This shot is not the one I thought I would blog about but it is speaking to me somehow, so here it is.

I love lilacs.
Especially the deep purple ones.

Their heady scent can transport me back in time.
All I have to do is close my eyes and suddenly, I am 8 years old and up before anyone else. I have slipped on my yellow sweater and buttoned it up and slipped out of the house on one of those really shiny weekend mornings and I am standing under branches heavy with flowers.

Maybe that is why I made this black and white.
That memory of looking up at them and blinking as the brightness of the sky and sun bleached away all the colour and just left their shape.

Maybe.

safe with mama

safe with mama, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

there were actually three more goslings in those feathers with this one.

the button on his jacket

the button on his coat, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

He has had this jacket for years and only today did I notice the decorative details that encircle the button on the cuff.