Tuesday, August 23, 2011

precisely this moment

 an early morning walk in the garden.
still. quiet. sparkling.
 the silence broken only by bird calls and the occasional rooster's crow.
the roosters have just learned to crow and they still seem surprised by it.
 dew-laden spiderwebs sparkling in the morning sun.
 and a clear sense of these precise moments as utterly unique.
 these fine webs have their glittering moment in the sun. 
 the light falling on them will never fall again in precisely the same way. 
fleeting, unique moments, savored fully.

it's what life is about, really.

16 comments:

Viola said...

wow, beautiful pictures!

xx Viola

The Queens Table said...

utterly beautiful

Anonymous said...

Thanks for visiting :-) Sorry, I kind of dropped off the twig a little but came to see you and - wow - what amazingly, breathtakingly beautiful pictures. Nature does it all so perfectly.

will said...

Is that Itsy Bitsy's efforts?

Lisa-Marie said...

Oh j, these are wonderful. Little, rarely seen moments captured!

celkalee said...

to capture this single moment that will never, ever be exactly the same, beautiful.

d smith kaich jones said...

this was a gift this morning. how wonderful it must have been for you. muchas gracias!

Anonymous said...

beautiful spider webs!

stephanie said...

You know, I had never thought about the fact that light will never hit webs (or anything living really) in the same way again. I might have to use that as motivation to take more photos when the light is making things look perfect...it might never do that again.

Molly said...

breathtaking - thank you!

Anonymous said...

So beautiful... and just what I needed today :) Thank you.

Numinosity said...

Stunning gossamer photos. Just really!
xoxo Kim

Kelly said...

those pictures are "other worldly" stunning! as they say, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT???"

Anonymous said...

these are amazing!

Unknown said...

You are right that perfect light is gone in an instant... things never look the same again
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos

jane said...

beautiful j!
p.s. hope all is well!