tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84130806879677237012024-03-13T13:41:55.096-07:00From This MidlifeWhat I'm Noticing NowCheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-33131498256742838592018-08-23T11:48:00.001-07:002018-08-23T11:48:18.870-07:00Texture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These feathery Japanese Maple leaves epitomize the lush green of summer. All too soon they will begin to blush a deep burgundy-crimson.</div>
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These celery heart rosettes are so lacy in this black and white context. I'm enjoying the patterns of nature today.</div>
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These dark photos -- I know -- my old cell phone's camera never does the moon justice, but it hasn't stopped me from trying when the sky is roiling with drama and the lunar orb is peeking in every window and won't be ignored.<br />
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Ah -- I love this photo anyway. I also took a short video, and a shot of the moon setting in our backyard this morning a mere 9 hours from this photo. Since videos haven't shown very well in the blogger format, I shared it on my Instagram: <span id="goog_816179006"></span>@midlifelight<span id="goog_816179007"></span> -- take a peek if you like.</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-47918340044197941992018-02-10T10:04:00.000-08:002018-02-10T10:04:27.453-08:00Whimsical<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yes, I placed him by my stepping stones many years ago, but now he has witnessed many things and taken on a patina all his own. He celebrates his living, croaking brethren around and within the babbling waters of the nearby creek.</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-81128281307306727322018-02-06T11:43:00.001-08:002018-02-06T11:43:27.219-08:00A Holy Hue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Maybe not for everyone else, but for me this vermillion shade is holy. <br />
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Coming across it in nature is a communion of sorts with my Mom.<br />
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My sweet OA had always noticed it everywhere -- these berries, cardinals, flowers -- It was a pigment she well employed in her art, and utilized in self expression with the wisp of a scarf, or upon her painted lips.<br />
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When the brilliant cardinals emerge from these pyracantha bushes, I know that she's here.</div>
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I was lucky to catch a glorious moonset the other morning as I rose for the day. The orb was sinking so quickly behind the treetops. As I scrambled outside, I realized from my vantage point it had already set. Back inside, so focused on capturing the moon, I didn't even notice the reflection of the interior room is more prominent. Such is tunnel vision.</div>
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Amidst a sea of dormant brown, opportunistic spores have beautifully filled this patch of lawn left barren from summer shade. It loves a chance to glow in the winter sun.</div>
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Lifelong friends, live jazz and a nightcap~</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-41766380815610748212018-01-18T08:38:00.000-08:002018-01-18T08:38:22.392-08:00Camoflage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ellie blends seamlessly with our snow-dusted lawn.</div>
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On a dreary morning, this still-bedecked fig tree is the first light.</div>
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Clearing and freshening now, but still noticing the light.</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-80728526474782613732017-12-26T08:18:00.000-08:002017-12-26T08:18:21.279-08:00Still Basking in the Glow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Preparing<br />
Hoping<br />
Wrapping<br />
Cooking<br />
Cleaning<br />
Worrying<br />
Bedazzling<br />
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Days run together, balance is tenuous-<br />
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Praying<br />
More bedazzling<br />
More worrying<br />
Pausing<br />
Noticing miracles<br />
Remembering<br />
More praying<br />
Connecting<br />
Noticing more miracles<br />
Thanking<br />
Basking<br />
Glowing<br />
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Angled lower in the sky now, the rays easily reach the forest floor.</div>
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Right at home, I'm grateful for my front row seat.</div>
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Just this . . .</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-49757702475524830242017-11-01T11:17:00.001-07:002017-11-01T11:17:14.551-07:00The Light Within<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The afternoon sun dances through windowpanes, enlivening our interior.</div>
Cheryl Allen Salinashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02672670928601163856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8413080687967723701.post-25101023385638929572017-10-19T11:32:00.000-07:002017-10-19T11:32:00.311-07:00Light Effects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'd never been very good with African violets. Mom always had a natural way with them. This year, maybe she's helping me out because I'm having luck! Our recent cold snap prompted me to bring them inside. <br />
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These two photos are both unfiltered, but the first is lit with canned lights and the second is natural light. I was surprised at how the different light sources change the colors. I like them both. <br />
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These are Mom's favorite colors -- purple, aqua, robin's egg, cobalt. Yes -- she's definitely had a hand in this.<br />
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Fallen leaves at the surface, upon layers of reflected trees and sky, water and stone~</div>
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The deer come down to the Wooky Hole every day for a drink.</div>
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For a brief moment this artistry caught the sun's rays effectively enough that we could see it from indoors, but then it quickly faded from view. Looking closely here, some of the mid-air gossamer strands are still visible.</div>
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After 17 years in the same spot, my elephant ears got too big for their britches. The lovely fronds were hanging over the driveway so our tires had been making a mess of them. <br />
I gave the plants a haircut, and chose some of the prettiest leaves to bring indoors for a while.<br />
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This morning, only several hours after giving these dramatic specimens a drink of water and a place of honor, the grand stems' response was clear. Arya's statement to her direwolf came to mind: "That isn't you~"</div>
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The sun's face, no longer shaded by the moon, presents in the round once again. </div>
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Half an hour earlier than expected, a darkness outside was perceptible. I was surprised to see through the glasses that the moon had already begun to occlude the sun. I didn't use the glasses much, only to check the progress of the eclipse. The atmospheric changes of my little spot in the world were much more interesting. Very quickly, reality seemed to slip off kilter in a way that is difficult to explain. The light was just . . . wrong. The strangeness and darkness of our space aren't adequately conveyed in my photos. There was always a slight sliver of sun for us, so we were never able to see stars, but crickets and light-sensing landscape lighting noticed the change. The hot sun became cool and comfortable, without a breath of breeze.<br />
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I almost forgot to look for these crescent-shaped shadows. I'm glad I stumbled upon them.<br />
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It defies logic that beams of light peeking through a leafy shroud would present in these perfect eclipse-shaped patterns, but these unfiltered photos are proof.<br />
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And then it was over.</div>
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I've got my lovely specs in preparation for today's eclipse. Honestly, I can see nothing at all through them at this point -- 85 degrees F at 11:00 a.m., and, luckily, not a cloud in the sky. <br />
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If we wanted to see totality (100 percent occlusion of the sun) we'd need to drive about an hour and a half north. We'll see only a partial eclipse, but still about 97 percent. <br />
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Legends abound during memorable moments such as these, but I've heard our temperature will drop 20 degrees today and Bill Nye the Science Guy says our mid-day darkness will allow us lovely views of a sky full of stars. I've also heard dire warnings about vision loss and ruined cell phone cameras, so this midlife lady is planning to view responsibly. <br />
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Things should start to change here in about an hour or so. I'll share any content I deem worthy.<br />
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