Nature's beauty, No. 18

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Decorative grasses filled a rather large pot on the patio at Albertina Kerr. I spied this triangle-shaped dew drop formed at the intersection of those two differently colored blades of grass. Although I had stiff fingers from being out in the cold for several hours, I worked at getting at least one decent photo of it. This turned out best. I like the lines and the triangles and the soft curves. Concentrating on that particular dew drop, I didn't notice the others until I downloaded the photos to iPhoto.

Nature's beauty, No. 10

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These dew drops make me think of mercury glass. If you don't know it, take a moment to Google Image "mercury glass balls" so you can see what I mean--please and thank you.



I can't decide which part of these dew drops I like the most--the ones on the spiderweb or the ones on the leaf stem.

Nature's beauty, No. 7

Tensile tenacity. Definitions from Merriam Webster Online: Tensile, relating to the amount that something (such as a wire) can stretch or be stretched without breaking. I amend. Such as a spiderweb. Such as a dew drop. Tenacity, the quality or state of being tenacious. Tenacious, not easily pulled apart--and--tending to adhere or cling to another substance. We all know that we humans have the capacity to shamelessly destroy all that I have photographed. I celebrate those who instead assertively cultivate the opposite, who celebrate nature's beauty so that all who see may hold fast the nurturing of our souls by said beauty.

Thank you to the gardeners at the Albertina Kerr Center in Northeast Portland.