My heart grows strong.
My heart grows healthy.
My heart is happy.
My heart is well.
My heart grows strong.
My heart grows healthy.
My heart is happy.
My heart is well.
The ice cream truck is covered; chairs are aligned to face the winter winds. Cape Cod in mid-October. Evidence of summer activities is transformed to “See You Next Season” signs on local produce stands. Fewer footprints in the sand on the beach. People walking dogs where they were forbidden during season.
As places close down and shutter up, the Cape opens its arms to its locals.
The ubiquitous ice cream shops close in October. You can get great bargains on the end-of-season flavors, hand packed in pints or quarts.
Shadow trails, defiant standing shapes, the sands of Cape Cod are ornamented by their fences.
An intriguing part of looking at plants is following the paths of veins, those carriers of nourishment to the far reaches of the leaf. The Bird of Paradise has a long, straight, prominent red vein, right down the center. In the colorful caladium, the veins form a pattern to enchant the viewer, as do the veins of the coleus. Regal veins, veins traveling out over pancakes leaves, Porterweed ridges…all wonderful pieces of the experience of looking at leaves.
Ron Mayhew, my Florida photography mentor, and I went to a nearby pottery farm where pots are so plentiful it appears they grow right out of the ground. Tall pots, squat pots, pigment lush pots, painted pots…all gather in rows or stand alone, waiting for a passerby or potential customer to notice (or salute) each and every one.