Stars and Planets
Walking down the porch stairs this morning
      I see the last of the night sky:
an intense dark blue
      with stars and planets visible above.
Driving south towards
       Lexington the sky warms
to pale blue with shades of pink and gray.
Making the turn towards
       Winchester the sky is dominated
by a sun that blinds me:
the stars and planets now invisible
till night comes again.
        
                   

It's hard to believe, looking at the greys and beiges of early March, that THIS is right around the corner, but it is. Mmmmm...thunderstorms! Mowing lawns! Pollen! Also, flowers, ripe tomatoes, bare feet, and swimming pools...and don't complain about being hot, until at least August.  Promise.

God's Time
Many people believe in the inerrancy of the Bible,
        "God said it, I believe it, that settles it."
In Genesis the Bible says that God created day and night
        and "it was good."
So tell me how it is that we tamper with God's time?
We call it "Daylights Savings Time"
       and claim that it makes children safer
       and businesses more profitable.
Is God not capable of making those things possible?
So tell me again,
      why do we have Daylights Savings Time?

For Miles Along I-75
It's early March
      the grass is dry, brown and dead
            for miles in all directions
the trees are brownish gray and lifeless
      from this distance
the 'evergreens' seem to be on life support
     and even the sky is gray and dull.
Ah, but this is March:
     soon the rains will come
           and then everything will green right up
                causing one and all who travel the interstates
                     to know exactly why this is called
the "Bluegrass State."

Overthinking
Thinking too much
    about the obvious: my hair is going grey (because I'm getting older)
Thinking too hard about
    the ridiculous: the Kardashians or Duck Dynasty
Thinking too much
    because I can't fall asleep
Thinking too much
    because I am asleep (it's called dreaming)
Now, if I could just dream up a way
    to get rid of my grey hair,
    forget the Kardashians' appearance on Duck Dynasty
    and fall back asleep!

The Last of Winter
Out tromping through the woods
               below our house
                              we saw the first signs of spring:
snow melt water falls trickling through

              leaves and mud and then down the hill
trees are beginning to bud;
days are warmer.
Soon spring be here
               and we'll yearn for something else.
           

Moon in Dead Tree

When I first got started taking photographs, what inspired me were odd things that would catch my eye around the place. Without a camera I would look and look, wishing to capture it in my memory; but then I couldn't share my visions. Now I can show you what I see.

Like this--the moon hangs like a white orb spider in her invisible web spun between the branches of this dead tree.

I don't fiddle with filters and special effects, because what happens naturally is amazing enough to me. Beautiful world we live in...what a gift.

Jeanine