It rained last night, breaking the long spell the sun had cast over us. Dark clouds rolled in last evening and distant drumrolls thundered. I slept to the sound of rain and woke up to the sound of rain. By mid-morning it had stopped. The air smelt freshly laundered. And also of green foliage and wet, satisfied earth. As though the earth was holding its breath in thirst and was now in a deep exhalation of contentment and joy. Everything was rain speckled, as though laden with gems. Photography was a double delight. These dahlias looked especially queenly, fitted out with raindrops.
Category Flowers
Creative February 6 – Daisies textured
Creative February, Day 2 – To bee or not to bee
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Today’s creative attempt is an haiga / haibun.
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The bees have been extra busy around the beam stalks and everytime I go into the veggie patch to pick some veggies or take photos, I find a few buzzing around the bean flowers. Quite unafraid of humans. They’re very difficult to photograph, never alighting on a flower for more than a second, and all the bee photos I’ve got are blurry approximations of bees. Thanks to them, I’ve got a bumper crop of beans this year. We’re going to be eating beans for a long while ….
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You could say I have a bee fetish 🙂
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Bean stalk @ sunset
Orchids at Singapore

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I spent a pleasant hour at Singapore Airport shooting the orchids …

Tulip – haiku
Lotus – haiku
an angel it must be
rising spotless from the mud
wings blooming fragrant
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Kerala Kaleidoscope
Been taking loads of photos of Kerala. Put them into an album, finally 🙂
Watch Kerala Kaleidoscope here
Even though the photos were high quality, uploading the movie on to YouTube compromised the quality somewhat, Even so, view in full-screen, if possible.
