Beautiful Brereton

Sun

The sun shines on the back lanes, too.

Look Up

We pay nothing.
We just need to look up.
Look up.
See the beauty that is in our skies.

Stroll

Resonate

New Day

It is a new day.

And that is grace.

Sunshine

There's sunshine just down the street.

Catching Sunshine

We've had a stretch of overcast and rainy days here in Winnipeg. Yesterday the sun returned and this morning for a bit as well. The forecast is for the sun's hiding over the next several days so I made sure to get out there with my camera for at least a few minutes this morning.

There is a patch of sunflowers not from from us. The faded flowers share space with some corn and a few other things in a community garden.

I got in close and then once on my computer I cropped even closer. The way the sun shone through the tired flower was so pretty. The f/4 aperture was just right to catch the detail in the flower and seeds both, and allowed the stem to fall off into blur. I shot at a speed of 1/30. Because I did not have my tripod it was really quite a fluke that I did not get camera shake. I usually don't go slower than 1/50 or 1/60, depending on the lens choice. All in all I think the image turned out as I hoped.

Life

Life is marked with suffering and sunshine, both. There is chaos and also calm, dreams and sometimes dread. Life is not one or the other. I wonder if how we walk through the days that have more suffering and chaos determines our ability to see the sunshine and feel the calm.

Sunshine Outside then In

It is a mild winter day here on this patch of the Canadian prairies. I geared up and hit the trail this morning before the sun would hide and the winds would blow hard.

Sheltered from the gusty winds, I found some sunshine indoors this afternoon.

 

Sugar Dusting

This morning I woke up to see sugar dust sparkling on the grasses and flowers and leaves. It was such a pretty sight. I got my macro lens and headed on out. As is often the case, the lighting made the shots. The brilliant sunshine as a back light was just what was needed to make the outer edges of the frost covered leaves or grasses sparkle even more.