Saturday, May 3, 2008

In the wind

Puffy white clouds tumble past as a wave of steel blue, layer upon layer floats in the eastern sky. A badly needed rain teased us with passing droplets yesterday afternoon--falling in torrents in the night. By noon, the wind had dried all but a few puddles in the grass.

In the lush green pasture, the dandelions have turned their yellow heads to seed.


Ballerinas, toes pointed, reach out to catch a breeze.











I understand why there must be this rhythm of spring-
Wind and rain and wind, again.

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9 comments:

Lisa at Greenbow said...

I love to watch birds pull those fluffy seeds from their moors. They then take the seed in their beaks and chew off the seed and let the fluff drop. They look cute with those fluffy sprigs sticking out the side of their beak.

Chris said...

What beautiful picture, I would have never noticed such great detail with my natural eye...thanks!

Anonymous said...

such stunning macro shots! I just love the detail in each of the seeds!

Mel said...

Those pictures are amazing! All the details you get to see! wow

Mary said...

Best dandelion I've seen. Your camera and you are one.

Anonymous said...

What great shots. The mechanisms of the dandelions are really interesting. Plenty to learn from there.

Anonymous said...

Love the photos! (Hey, did you notice I started a new page on my blog? Blogs I read.)
Hope I have time to update it regularly... Anyway, you're on it!

Kerri Farley said...

WOW! These are Stunning!

Jackie said...

Your camera brings a whole new view of dandelions, amazingly beautiful closeups.