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A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams...
~From Endymion
by John Keats
We got a FOOT of snow yesterday (I'm going to try to get out and take some pictures this afternoon!), and as I shoveled the walk I uncovered a hydrangea blossom, brown and withered, yet definitely evading the state of nothingness.
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Monika niemczyk, Kansas Poetry (Patrick), Big Sky Nik, leone., and 33 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Monika niemczyk (52 months ago | reply)
Wauw.!
This is really gorgeous.! :-)
malluboy (52 months ago | reply)
Very apt poem too. Loved the pic !
Kansas Poetry (Patrick) (52 months ago | reply)
Can't you just hire me as your butler to take care of such mundane tasks?
It is gorgeously poetic....I think it's in a thrall...
I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall!”
~From La Belle Dame san Merci by John Keats!
lynne_b (52 months ago | reply)
What a colorful surprise for this time of year that is, come spring we wont want to look at anything brown. Careful shoveling all that snow Audrey! Lovely photo!
leone. (52 months ago | reply)
you always find great images in simple things....
welcome back.
Gregg Zivney (52 months ago | reply)
I did kinda the same thing except I discovered the missing snow shovel rather than a hydrangea blossom. Now, if I could just find the good ice scraper...
We've had snow on the ground for a couple of weeks and it's getting a little old. Don't get me wrong, I love winter in Oregon but I'm definitely ready for spring. Woke up to above freezing temps this morning... yeah baby!!
~Scott_1~ (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image...great take!!!
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muledriver (52 months ago | reply)
great find!! welcome back!!
IrishPics (52 months ago | reply)
Love your PHOTOGRAPH, great clarity,
most beautiful work Audrey..
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Sparky2* (52 months ago | reply)
I'm glad you paused in your work to get this pic - it's wonderful - a poem in itself and perfectly paired with Keats'...
abbietabbie (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Aud ..... a delicate skeletal blossom frozen in time.
( Preserved thanks to your careful shovelling !!! )
Wrap up warm and have fun in the snow .... I look forward to the pictures!
Breakwater {Kelly} (52 months ago | reply)
Ah, a gentle reminder that this winter too, shall pass and spring will once again assert itself against the bitter but yielding frost...those burnt golden veins are such a nice detail.
ry-o-vision (52 months ago | reply)
mesmerizing shot...glad to see there's some life left underneath this relentless pounding of the white stuff. Enough is enough, Mother Nature...we get it.
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contemplative imaging (52 months ago | reply)
Even in the frozen snow, it's amazing how this poor blossom conveys such a sense of warmth.
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supermoe (Alan Moditz) (52 months ago | reply)
Beautiful.
Charlotte Augusta (52 months ago | reply)
Yes, a perfect pairing! The fragility beneath the snow.
(Erik) (52 months ago | reply)
Simply beautiful...
Wanderin'EYE [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
Hey. The enigma returns. This is great. I love the textures and starkness. Good stuff.
!!WaynePhotoGuy (52 months ago | reply)
Frigid beauty...
amazing Audrey...
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Lampy [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
You have a special gift for finding and making these special photographs. Nice work, Audry. We all have missed you!
FotosdeManuela (52 months ago | reply)
Great image
avtost (52 months ago | reply)
Nice cold/warm contrasts.
TippaTree [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
Awesome picture, awesome words... like Keats.
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Peter Szawlowski (52 months ago | reply)
Lovelly image and a fitting quote!
giovdim (52 months ago | reply)
making poetry, with snow and petals, so simple,
so silently beautiful, already a memory.....
Oncejakphoto (52 months ago | reply)
Nice PP.... amazing isn't it? .... how dead things can have such an aesthetic about them.
tillnet (52 months ago | reply)
exquisite image.
joesflickr [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
love the simplicity! well done!
Christina loves Santa [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
wonderful image! love the treatment :)
Lynn Morag (52 months ago | reply)
This is beautiful and super with your quote too!
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♥ Colpo di fulmine ♥ (52 months ago | reply)
Beautifully done! Have a great weekend.
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*007mission* [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
beautifully uncovered and photographed...love to know we are sharing the same snow now...:-)))
QuantumJedi (52 months ago | reply)
Meant to comment on this earlier, but keep having to do work here at work (go figure).
A nice shot and treatment, the whole worn/torn parchment look.
We did not get a foot, but we did get a few inches. Got lucky and the worst of it went around the South Side. I still had to shovel all that heavy stuff, but what are you gonna do? It's winter!
Angelika S. (52 months ago | reply)
"...whose name was writ in water..."
Or in ice, like in this case.
A lovely etherial beauty, Audrey, for an immortal poet!
.Happy.C. (52 months ago | reply)
love the treatment you've done with this one!! i start to play around with textures and layers now, too =)
jilleatsapples (52 months ago | reply)
ooh nice.
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aud... (52 months ago | reply)
Thanks to all for your comments and faves and invites and stuff!
Patrick, you always have an appropriate verse at your fingertips. Yes, I'll hire you as my butler (I think personal assistant is more PC these days, though) if you promise to quote poetry to me on the hour.
Linda - Shoveling burns off LOTS of calories! If I shovel I can eat Snickers. At least that's what I tell myself. C'mon, let's have some more snow!
And you're right - if you see brown in the spring it probably means you stepped in something you shouldn't have.
Leone: You are tooooo sweet, my darling.
Ziv: LOL. I hear ya. 33 degrees sounds warm right now.
Denis: What happened to the candy floss? Oh well, beggars shouldn't be choosers - I'll take the champagne, and thanks!
Adrian: Enigma? You make it sound so appealing.....
Jim: Dead things? You have such a knack for romantic verse.
Roger: And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullabo,
It helps to think we're sleeping right above the same big snow....somewhere, out there......hum hum hum hum hum hum....la da la dee da dah....somewhere out there, out where dreams come...slow
Did I miss a hum or a dee or a da? Something's just not right about the way I sang that.....and wait, what is a lullabo, anyway? Who writes this stuff?
John: Work? Where are your priorities?
Angi: you always have a way with words
Carol: I noticed, and you're doing a great job, too
Paul Dallgas-Frey (52 months ago | reply)
Bbbrrrrr!
peterleix.net (52 months ago | reply)
beautiful discovery, love the treatment, great words to match, something quite poetic about it
kayleigh.s (52 months ago | reply)
This is beautiful, and so well preserved. (Most of what I find in the ice is frozen in unattractive states of death.)
Yug_and_her (52 months ago | reply)
you have very nice work here
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darkenergy777 (52 months ago | reply)
Wonderful work.!!!
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