Living Alaska — Drops of Jupiter

Random Acts of Mother Nature

I was riding this morning in Ketchikan, Alaska, and stopped to turn around. As I sat on my bicycle, getting ready to ride home, I took in my surroundings. I noted the sound of the creek, the colors of spring, and the calm solitude of the forest. So calm was the forest that drops of water sat in meditation on top of green leaves.

The simple beauty of mother nature caught my attention. I needed to photograph the simplicity of morning dew, undisturbed by crime, politics, or war. The drops of dew sat unmolested by time and temperature this morning. They lived in harmony with the forest, waiting for a precise moment to evolve, dissolve, and dissipate into the atmosphere.

The drops of water represented a balance between gravity and life. Held in suspended animation by the osmosis of life and universal gravity pulling them to earth. The interaction of elemental nature, chemistry, and physics stood before me in all its glory.

An hour later, all would change. A degree of wind, an increase in temperature, or a drop in humidity, could end this delicate balance. I felt the need for quiet, calm discretion in my photography. I took a picture and then zoomed in to capture the momentary essence of molecular adhesion.

I sat quietly, the surface friction keeping my drops of Jupiter in perfection. Some people will find my fascination with drops of water perplexing. I find beauty in random acts of Mother Nature. From Ketchikan, Alaska, with love and drops of Jupiter.