it begins...

...with a bud

a beautiful - closed - tightly bound together... bud

that then - ever so slowly begins to flourish - opening gently into the flower - spreading its petals so to offer its glorious color - and folded delicacy of scent to you - a process not to be rushed - one to be enjoyed every step of the way... even into the way the petals age and eventually start the browning of flower death - there is extraordinary grace and beauty in it all...

and it has been as i reach my 900th blip today - a process of beauty as i've found my way in the life of photography... not to be rushed - enjoying one step at a time - offering up what i am able to capture - for all to see - knowing there has been delicacy and grace involved - and that, no matter what - through these 900, i have experienced many...

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happy day.....