More photos today

Can not help but keep the camera out on days of spring.  First is a yellow rose outside my clay studio at home. The second are two dead leaves from a plant on my front desk that had a traslucent quality that "required" themselves to be captured by backlighting.

Photo... Tree identification day

Last night we had a discussion of things that inspire us in ceramics... On the way into the office this morning I had my camera and captured these details from a tree just off from the dumpster. . . a volunteer. No one planted this wonder and most of the year it is unnoticeable.


The first photo, the seed pod puts most of my desires in glazing to shame...
The second shows what wonders nature has for us if we just look-closely...
The third is the tree in bloom with the seed pods at the bottom of the shot...
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            What is the tree?

Easter Morning

Don't usually "publish" such bad photos (cell phone) but I did not have my real camera to capture this amazing sunrise service on the beach Easter Morning.  The local Lutheran church has been having a service for the past 9 years in the sand...  This year no waves were on the ocean and a beauty of a sunrise with 800 to 1000 I would guess.