OUR COMMON HOURS

lupines

From Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney:

“You must do something to make the world more beautiful.”

“All right,” I say.

But I do not know yet what that can be.

Two things: if you have never read Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, you are missing out on one of the greatest children’s books of all time; if you have never been to Maine at the end of June when the lupines are in bloom, you are missing out on one of the most beautiful natural wonders of all time.

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[Note: These photos were taken at the house my family rents every summer. If you’re interested in visiting Lubec, I highly recommend this rental cottage and you can get more info here. It’s not a 5 star hotel, but it is a true Maine-living experience and you can’t beat the views.]

blooming right now

From “Afternoon on a Hill” by Edna St. Vincent Millay:

I will be the gladdest thing
Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one.

Right now we have several types of daylillies in bloom: orange daylily; stella d’oro; and two I don’t know the names of but I think they are of the “carousel princess” variety. We also have shasta daisies, coneflowers (echinacea), and some gloriosa daisies that I think are wildflowers but I leave them alone because they’re pretty. Also, honey bees! [All photos taken with my Nikkor 105mm 2.8D “micro” lens].

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10 on 10 // july

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Well, I really dropped the ball on my “photo an hour” project — I only did it once! However, I recently came across a similar concept that sounded really interesting: the 10 on 10 project. The goal is to take ten photos on the 10th of every month, which works out to about one photo an hour for most of the day. The challenging aspect about this project is that my photos seem to vary in quality throughout the day. I didn’t take enough photos to really be selective, and that’s something to consider going forward. Out of the final 10 I selected one or two I like quite a bit, a couple of them are okay, and the rest are not very good. But, I can’t get a do-over! I’ll try again next month.

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lubec // days three & four

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