Dogwood In Jar Of Water

     Return is the movement of the Tao.
     Yielding is the way of the Tao.

     All things are born of being.
     Being is born of non-being.

From Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Lao Tzu and Stephen Mitchell

Weekly Photo Challenge: Transmogrify

These fiddleheads remind me of an animal embryo.  I suppose in a way they aren’t that different; newly forming leaves that aren’t fully developed yet.

This seemed like an appropriate post for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Transmogrify.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract

Here’s my Abstract submission to the Weekly Photo Challenge.  I’m calling it Bananascape.

Weekly Photo Challenge – Future

Hopefully in a few months these peony shoots will grow into flowering bushes.

Goldfish And Water Lilies

Goldfish and water lilies at the Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, VA.

Mountain Stream, Dark Hollow Falls

The fixed, hard stone provides an ideal path for water to rush down the mountain.  The stone may seem immobile and rigid but in time it will be defeated by the steady pounding of the water and the quiet, patience of the moss.  For now they share this space and offer a beautiful, peaceful spot to sit and rest.

Ferns, I

This post was inspired by Brenda of A Meditative Journey with Saldage.  When I saw these ferns they reminded me of the type of image she frequently posts.  That being said, I’m sure she would have done a far better job with them than I did.

Canada Violet

Canada Violet

This Canada Violet was growing along a hiking trail in Shenandoah National Park when I was there last May.

Daisy Fleabane

Daisy Fleabane

This daisy fleabane was blooming along a hiking trail in Shenandoah National Park at the end of May.

Knowing “bane” loosely means something that is hated by or makes something’s existence more difficult, I thought fleabane was an interesting name for a wildflower so I looked it up.  Folklore has it these plants can be dried and used to keep fleas away.  That explains the name.

Blackberry Blossoms

Blackberry Blossoms

The bees in Shenandoah National Park were busy pollinating blackberry blossoms growing along the Dark Hollow Falls trail when I was last there.