Simple beauty
Inspired by a black and white photo of wheat...
How often do we really take the time to stop and 'smell the roses'? And when we do, do we actually see the rose? Do we take the time to appreciate the colors or the delicacy of the flower?
Seeing this one, beautifully simple print of the ripe, ready to harvest wheat, made me focus on the environment around me for a little while. It's a fertile time here in the Midwest and in the fast pace of daily life, it passes by with barely a glance. Suddenly, I was drawn to pay attention to the flowers, the bees, and the wildflowers at the side of the busy highway. There is a bounty of Queen Anne's lace this year. I drive this one major roadway at least twice a week and this was the first time lately that I've noticed that the sunflower field is nearly ready to bloom. When did that happen?
And when did the corn get taller than me?
I noticed today that the bloom-forevers are just starting to flower. The belief is that the first frost is six weeks from the time these flower. From personal experience, it's a fairly accurate predictor.
Frost? Yes, it creates its own brand of simple, lacy beauty on whatever it touches, but I'm not ready to go there yet! So what if the ragweed will cause the hay fever to flare in the coming weeks? It's short term and there are any number of pharmaceuticals to ease the discomfort.
All of these examples of summer beauty are so short lived and winter is SO long that I think I'll make time to go out along the byways a bit more frequently in the days ahead.
In today's world, it's just so hard to find such simple beauty. And just think...it's free!
Dawn
How often do we really take the time to stop and 'smell the roses'? And when we do, do we actually see the rose? Do we take the time to appreciate the colors or the delicacy of the flower?
Seeing this one, beautifully simple print of the ripe, ready to harvest wheat, made me focus on the environment around me for a little while. It's a fertile time here in the Midwest and in the fast pace of daily life, it passes by with barely a glance. Suddenly, I was drawn to pay attention to the flowers, the bees, and the wildflowers at the side of the busy highway. There is a bounty of Queen Anne's lace this year. I drive this one major roadway at least twice a week and this was the first time lately that I've noticed that the sunflower field is nearly ready to bloom. When did that happen?
And when did the corn get taller than me?
I noticed today that the bloom-forevers are just starting to flower. The belief is that the first frost is six weeks from the time these flower. From personal experience, it's a fairly accurate predictor.
Frost? Yes, it creates its own brand of simple, lacy beauty on whatever it touches, but I'm not ready to go there yet! So what if the ragweed will cause the hay fever to flare in the coming weeks? It's short term and there are any number of pharmaceuticals to ease the discomfort.
All of these examples of summer beauty are so short lived and winter is SO long that I think I'll make time to go out along the byways a bit more frequently in the days ahead.
In today's world, it's just so hard to find such simple beauty. And just think...it's free!
Dawn
posted by Dawn | 10:15 PM
2 Comments:
So I kind of started to cry when I was reading because I can picture what it looks like. Send me some pictures of home. I miss it!
Hmm I love the idea behind this website, very unique.
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