A TALL ORDER

"A Tall Order" (8-30-10 031v5) is one of those re-discovered during my on-going archiving/deleting project. The original is almost five years old. I did very little to it when I came across it a few days ago. Just some minor cropping at the edges, straightening it a wee bit, and "painting" out a small distraction in the sky. As with yesterday's photo, it took the passage of all these years for me to decide it was fine just as is. Well, that straight palm trunk may be a little distracting, but not so much that I don't enjoy the pic as a whole. And I keep trying to convince myself that it's balanced by those canna blooms right next to it.

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CAN I COME OUT TO PLAY?

I've had this original pic (yes, this wasn't even cropped today, only re-sized for posting and ever so lightly color saturated) for almost three years. I'd made a not very satisfactory crop of "Can I Come Out to Play?" (9-16-12 12148) back when I took it. (I'd not liked that blue railing in the foreground.) But when I saw this original during my archiving/deleting work, I decided I like it just as it was as first taken. I've many pix of this particular stand of cannas. I pass them just about every day and love how they never look the same for even two hours in a row, much less for two straight days. Unfortunately, I think these cannas are being negatively impacted by the drought. They're a lot less lush this year and the leaves are smaller overall. Management here is being very water responsible. They've been putting in drip irrigation for some gardens (like our memorial rose garden) and covering the ground with mulch to help retain water. Where an old large tree had to come out (its root system was invading building pipe systems, I heard), they filled the area with drought resistant plants. And life is about constant change, whether due to a drought or something else. But it's still sad to see beautiful growing things like these cannas in distress.

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SHINING THROUGH

"Shining Through" (3-3-10 10003v3) is from the growing number of photos I've been reclaiming during my archiving/deleting project. The original pic's over four years old, but this version was just made a few days ago. I could wish for a slightly more balanced (without it becoming static) composition. But I so like that rainy effect and the way the blossoms almost shine out of it, that I'm posting it anyway.

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DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

"Days of Future Past" (5-12-15 003v5) was taken two days ago and just finished (as finished as any pic or poem of mine ever really is) this morning. The title references the story trope of a society with future technology that has reverted to patterns of a past time. Oy, I do get caught up with the interiority of a photo sometimes, don't I? This one clearly goes deeper for me than it might merit in most people's eyes. I have a few other versions but like this rather sunset-like version the most.

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ARTEMIS AT HER BATH

Yesterday I posted a new version of an old pic of a garden statue that's long gone from our grounds. Then later stumbled across the original years old pic for today's post of yet another favorite piece of statuary that no longer graces our promenade garden. This figure was part of a tiered bird bath. She always put me in mind of "Artemis At Her Bath" (5-7-15 11035e4), not yet aware that Actaeon is spying on Her through the foliage. I tried this pic in various color combinations, but like the inverted black and white most. It best brings out the sheltering fern branches, without overwhelming the central female figure/bird bath.

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DREAMING OF WATER

The garden statue in "Dreaming of Water" (8-10-10 10018v5) has been gone from our promenade for a long time. I miss her and all the efforts I used to make to get good shots of her. She was moved around on occasion but always wound up partially obstructed, or with distracting background windows or equipment against a wall. So much so that the original shot for this pic was actually just a fast toss off. One I had no real hopes would work out. And it didn't. At least not until I came across it in my on-going archiving/deleting project these almost 4 years later, and refused to give up on it. I had great fun making other versions of this crop, but like "Dreaming of Water" the most. (And, yes, that title does partly reflect the drought here in CA.)

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DRINKING IT IN

The original pic for "Drinking It In" (4-8-15a 039v2a) is barely a month old, taken after our last rain fall of any note. I just ended my spring break on my dreams & poetry blog this morning. In looking for an appropriate photo to go with today's poem there, I came across and felt drawn to crop and clean up this one for posting here. As I've said before about rainy day pix I've put up, may it act as a bit of rain magic. Weather reports are teasing us again with the possibility of rain in a few days. May It Be So! This pic also meets my need to acknowledge Mother's Day. My mother loved yellow roses. And there is at least a hint of yellow in this one, not far from it's heart.

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