The amount of rain puddled on the wood kinda obscures the details, but this is an awesome piece of wood. It comes from a small grove of sassafras trees that appear to have suffered from a disease, causing them to become filled with knots and lumps.
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Two strings of crystals, in a pile. These are vintage crystals, with cut facets, so they can be uncomfortable to wear on the skin.
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This is an old fern/ashtray stand. I got it cheap at a yard sale years ago, and find it useful for lots of different things.
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I have tried so many ways to get a good capture of these awesome weed seed pods. Here I threw some in the bottom of a kiddie swimming pool thinking the blue background would look nice. The weeds are mostly OOF, and the pool ended up looking very mouldy. I still love these weeds, here they come acros...
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Notice the colored rainbows cast within the shadows by different facets of the beads.
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Koi just filled the pond below the waterfalls at the park; I loved the spiral stems of the plants, and the shapes of all the stones at the bottom.
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Yes, this is how this picture came out, no touchups- really horrible job! But my grandson was so proud that he was in the play, that I had to keep this shot even though I chopped his head off! To say nothing of the movement blur, the horrible color, the bad framing...And yet for some reason, with ...
I kept trying and trying, but I couldn't get a shot of her face. She was having such a good time with the ball, but it seemed like she always had her back to me, or the ball in front of her face. This is as close as I could get to the expression of pure joy she had, but the picture is framed prett...
