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. 🙂
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Hope the weekend goes well for you all Bo x
I know just what you mean about the calming power of photography, and flowers.
Yes, I can lose myself with my camera in hand.
There is a beautiful rhythm to those hot hours as you count down to the wedding. A kind of slowing of time, when you remember your son as a baby and as a teenager. And then, suddenly, time runs fast again, and the wedding is over in a flash. What a gift to have, to walk among the flowers.
No matter what, a walk through a prairie bright with flowers makes the day a gift.
I love the trinity of coneflowers.