I always appreciate the coffee art of my morning mocha and what better edges to inspire me to wake up 🙂 and as anyone who knows me can tell you, I am fascinated with the light in drops of water on the edges of leaves so one more photo of raindrops – I won’t promise it will be the last.
Today was an indoor day with the unceasing rain. This is the edge of a crystal bowl.
Today it stopped raining, at last. The sky brightened just enough to catch the pink edges of the dogwoods.
Todays picture is a peony, a riot of waffle edges and glowing color.
Well I decided the theme for June will be “Edges”, over the edge, on the edge, at the edge. My first photo is actually water flowing over the edge of a fountain, but to me it looks more like an abstract painting.
there seems to be a theme emerging for May, with the sunshine and showers the drops of water sparkle like jewels on the bright green leaves.
A dear friend of mine, who is an amazing photographer, is doing a photography project where she takes a photo everyday, with a different theme every month. It has inspired me to try something similar for myself. I need to decide a theme so I will start on June 1st. But for now I am going to just take some random photos of things that I notice.
Like this double rainbow out the window after the torrential rain on wednesday, or the evening light through the water bottle at the cafe last night. My challenge is to break out of my normal style and see though different eyes. This is going to be fun.
We have discovered Seward Park just a few minutes drive from here and its now a favorite outing with Hana in the mornings. Three miles around this 300 acre park with an excellent coffee and a constantly changing visita is the perfect way to wake up. Starting froma view to the south of My Rainier depending on the weather you get to see Mercer Island, then the I90 floating bridge and Seattle. Â Thank goodness people had the foresight back in the early 1900’s to create these beautiful natural spaces – you would never be able to get agreement today to annex such stunning waterfront for public enjoyment. Its one of the few spots left of old growth forest 200-250+ years old. When Seattle was settled the forests here were over 1000 Â – 2000 years old. 
Spring sprung early in Seattle and its been just lovely, the brisk days, blue skies and blossoms and the chance to gloat while the rest of the country is still shivering in snow storms. Just last night a blizzard hit Fort Collins and Denver and we have woken up to 55F and sparkles of sunshine on the water. A couple of weekends ago on a particularly nice day I took my camera and visited Kybota Gardens, Georgetown which is a funky old part of Seattle and then Pikes Place market downtown. An eclectic mixture of photos emerged see what you think.
