The Heaviness of Rain - Grasses In The Wind II

The Heaviness of Rain - Grasses In The Wind II, originally uploaded by TomRaven.

...a loosening and sweetening heaviness,
not sleep, but nearly sleep, not dreaming really
but as ready to believe and still
unfevered, calm and unsurprised

From The Journey by Eavan Boland (1944 - )

Second in a series on the simple pleasures of watching grasses blowing in the wind. ... Grasses In The Wind Series - #2 ... First in series is here

Best Viewed Large On Black - Rainy Day in Otaki Beach [?]

• Available high res and unframed at tomraven.com
• Prints, Cards and Posters available at RavenRedBubble

Enjoy!... Bee Happy!

The Lightness of Being - Grasses In The Wind I

The Lightness of Being - Grasses In The Wind I, originally uploaded by TomRaven.

...nothing while so much is being
felt, his hot lightness of spirit
in being free to walk around
while other are nailed above the earth.
From Bible Study: 71 B.C.E. by Sharon Olds (1942 - )

I have let the grasses in my garden grow again this Spring. My lawns are now a magical meadow of grasses, flowers, bees and birds. Its amazing what joys of nature we miss by mowing our lawns… ツ

So I thought i would post a series on the simple pleasures of watching grasses blowing in the wind. ... Grasses In The Wind Series - #1 ... Second in series is here

Best Viewed Large On Black - The wild meadow of my back garden [?]

All shots are manual focus, high shutter speed shot in RAW with some minor post processing made in Photoshop and/or Picassa. Framing added last, in Photoshop CS3.

• Available high res and unframed at tomraven.com
• Prints, Cards and Posters available at RavenRedBubble

Enjoy!... Bee Happy!

Bee’s Flight to Delight

Bee’s Flight to Delight, originally uploaded by TomRaven.

Come, O come, my life’s delight,
Let me not in languor pine!
Love loves no delay; thy sight,
The more enjoyed, the more divine:
O come, and take from me
The pain of being deprived of thee!

Thou all sweetness dost enclose,
Like a little world of bliss.
Beauty guards thy looks: the rose
In them pure and eternal is.
Come, then, and make thy flight
As swift to me, as heavenly light.

My Life’s Delight by Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)

Best Viewed Large On Black - The universal power of love & attraction :-) [?]

• Available high res and unframed at tomraven.com
• Prints, Cards and Posters available at RavenRedBubble