WRITING PROMPT | PHOTOGRAPHY | NATURE
Look Towards The Sky, What Do You See?
A camera, a new perspective and photographs
Pleased to join Anne Bonfert’s new challenge, “Looking Up.” Following her prompt, “Lift your head towards the sky and tell me what you see,” here is the view of my world this week, captured on an iPhone.
Keep looking up in search of a new perspective. — Anne Bonfert
feathers in the sky
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Feathery green locust leaves colour a blue sky in a golden-yellow hue. Pretty confetti, these tiny streamers float to the ground and signal the arrival of autumn’s colour festival.
beauty, thorns, and a tick magnet
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A row of Japanese barberry, above, creates a natural boundary—a thorny deterrent to keep trespassers away.
Last year, we removed the shrub because of reported links to Lyme disease.
Did you know? To keep ticks away, the Farmers Almanac suggests a DIY spray made with lemon, orange, cinnamon, lavender, peppermint, and rose geranium essential oils.
a leafy canopy
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When I look up from our neighbourhood playground, I am in awe of this crimson-orange tapestry of overhanging tree branches.
sunlight hues, autumn brilliance
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A serene morning with dappled sunlight. A maple tree is ablaze in vibrant shades of burnt orange, yellow-tinged reds and deep earthy browns.
a golden sway
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A view of golden-yellow tall grass reeds. Their feathery plumes sway, blow in the wind—a complementary pairing with clear blue skies.
ivy trails
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Follow the trail of green ivy as it climbs a tree trunk upwards to a yellow treetop spray.
If ivy is native to the environment, it will form a beneficial relationship with the tree. Their union fosters growth for both to flourish, and their relationship will benefit all those around them, from insects to wildlife.
Beware of nonnative climbing plants and vines. This unhealthy union will harm the tree — choke, stress and block the tree’s light. A healthy, respectful relationship neither competes nor blocks the light of another, essential for their growth.
water reflections
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Standing in the creek, I caught the reflection of trees, fluffy white clouds and a blue sky bouncing off the water’s surface.
a curved view
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An old warehouse is retrofitted as a coworking space for creatives and receives a facelift. The building’s front facade is a graphic black and white line art drawing of a cityscape.
staples
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Hundreds of staples break the wooden surface of a telephone pole. They are the remnants of old flyers once posted, removed, disintegrated or blown away over the years.
A Note of Thanks
Thank you to the Editors at SNAPSHOTS — Allan Rae (alto), Dennett, Sherry Kappel and David Montgomery.
Thank you, Anne Bonfert, for this challenge, “looking up”.
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