Wall Garden

NYBG

Vertical Gardening © 2012 Bo Mackison

Do not judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

When we visited the New York Botanical Gardens in early June, several vertical gardens decorated one of the seating areas. I was fascinated with the many textures and colors that the gardeners fit into such a small footprint. A wonderful example of the seeded earth, created with the gardeners’ vision and love of plants.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo is always happy to find wonderful examples of the seeded earth!

Sunny Flowers

Sunflowers

Sunny Flowers © 2012 Bo Mackison

Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing
There is a field.
I’ll meet you there.
~ Rumi

Three Coneflowers

Coneflowers

Three Coneflowers ©2012 Bo Mackison

We all walk in mysteries. We do not know what is stirring in the atmosphere that surrounds us. ~ Goethe

As I hurry about, I continue to cross off wedding items on my brain list — press dress, pick up extra chairs, need to make lunch for nine, let’s see, rehearsal is at 4, better leave at 3, remember Highway 32 closed at Green Crossing, need to detour, pack the sunscreen and sun hats, and water, bring water bottles, gonna be near 100˚, need to wrap the present yet . . .

It was a gift of calming to take my early morning walk, and think about the beauty of these nearly wilted coneflowers, still growing, still filled with a wabi-sabi beauty as they grow in the midst of a drought. Time moves on, moment by moment.

There is beauty all around us. Beauty in the many mysteries we walk through on a daily basis. Beauty in the many actions we plan and accomplish. Beauty and love in the end product.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo is finally watching the clock. Son’s wedding countdown as of this posting: 30 hours. 🙂

The Golden Hour

Stricker's Pond - Trees Lit by the Setting Sun

Trees in the Golden Hour ©2012 Bo Mackison

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Spending this week with family and friends, but I still wish to share a photo a day with you of my walk around Stricker’s Pond. I walked in the evening a few days ago, and the tree trunks caught the light from the setting sun.

This time of day is the golden hour in photography parlance — easy to understand why!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is balancing wedding plans and photography this week while enjoying both.

Hollyhock in Profile

Creamy Hollyhock

Creamy Hollyhock ©2012 Bo Mackison

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. ~ William Shakespeare

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is currently balancing wedding week and photography, while appreciating the wonder of both.