Looks are everything
Sometimes when I'm not bored I just walk around my house looking at stuff.
If I'm not already holding it in my hand, within a minute or two I locate my camera.
I begin taking pictures.
No, the stuff in my house isn't new and my camera isn't particularly new either.
It's just that, being as enamored of photography as I am, when I see milky light float over and through an object in a certain way, or when I ponder the provenance of said object, or merely when I need a creative fix (which is often), I take a picture.
I know you know what I mean. My beloved blog readers are on this page with me or they wouldn't be on this page with me.
So then I'll smile when I remember the day my mom and I found this elephant in an antique store in Newberry, South Carolina.
"That's Alabama clay," she said.
All I knew was, I loved this elephant for his creaminess and his reddish streaks and his posture and the way his trunk makes a whole loop and his attitude and his all-around elephant-ness.
And I love my collection of green glass, and clear glass too, from special antique pieces down to those little bottles your maple syrup comes in at Cracker Barrel when you order pancakes.
I can't throw those away! They are good for holding one small flower to put beside your chair where you read.
Or even ordinary grocery store bottles that once held balsamic vinegar or a small soft drink. They are special and my lens loves them, their shape and their personality.
And there are the Persian limes assembled in their green net bag, draped over the Galas and the Granny Smiths camping out in the rooster bowl in one juicy riot of sweetness and color until they go where they are destined to go, i.e. my tummy.
Back over to the table where hang suspended the two miniature bird cages that hold not birds, but tealights. The "birds" perch on branches outside the cages.
You've seen this piece lots of times but I never get tired of taking its picture.
Back in the front room I leave you with a picture of my amber-beaded tortoise lamp, a gift from my mother many years ago.
Isn't he special? He sits on top of three books that he has never read.
What he tells me is that it's okay to be slow as long as you're lit from within.
That is all!
Happy Wednesday!
Reader Comments (9)
All are beautiful, and beautifully photographed...................G.
I love taking pictures too - and I love seeing your pictures. You are really talented!
PS - It's talk like a pirate day!
Thank you for the tour of your treasures! And YES, I know what you mean!
What a lovely visit, your mom has shared some real treasures with you. Love your elephant, and turtle. I think I may be slow, but I'm lit from within.
I don't have anything here worthy of shooting...except leftovers. And a camera isn't what they need to be shot with...
Beautiful shots. Happy sky watching.
Skywatch
The first line cracked me up. loved it.
Sorry I'm late again...my blog and I are FIGHTING.....It won't DO what I want it to DO...and it's fighting back....sigh
LOVE the shots around the house....especially the turtle that is lit within....I think maybe I need to get lit...within I mean, then Maybe I could get my blog to do as I say!Hahahaa
hughugs
Uncle Dody is right on it.....the first line cracked me up too..Lolol..I got it gir!!!.....G.