Everything Looks Different at Night - Day 16

Buds and Branches in the Streetlight    

Springtime Buds and Branches    

- lit by the orange glow of a streetlight.    

Trees that grow around streetlights have the benefits and disadvantages of two different light sources - sunlight in the daytime and streetlight at night. For a passerby, the nighttime lighting seems more dramatic.     

Close Up and Personal - Day 9

A Flash of Color in a Beam of Sunlight  

Looking out the Window   

- the flower (and me) basking in the winter sunshine   

Someone more knowledgeable than I am says that this is technically a "perlargonium" rather than a "geranium," among the differences being how the plant would tolerate cold weather. Under either name, I'm sure that this fine specimen is happier being on the inside looking out, than otherwise.
Me, too, I'm happy blinking at the flashes of color and winter sunshine that make sitting in front of my window so pleasurable.

Close Up and Personal - Day 8

First Flowers  

The Geranium on My Desk   

- its floral presentation   

Plants are supposed to flower in summertime out in the garden. If I were a dedicated gardener, I would have clipped away this geranium's fall leaves and stems and let the plant sit dormant for months in the dark, keeping its energy in reserve for spring. But if I waited for that, I wouldn't have this opportunity to be so pleased and proud of these first flowers.
As a flower fancier, I prefer to enjoy the growth of the plant now, and its triumph of growth and color over winter cold and dark. Besides, I'm sure the geranium is enjoying its own exuberance, too!
 

Close Up and Personal - Day 2

Budding Anticipation 

Brilliant Sunshine and the Joy of a Simple Surprise  

- the potential of color and light   

What a pleasant surprise I had this morning!
The geranium I have been nursing along at my desk has sprouted several flower stems and in the brilliant winter morning sunshine the plant was showing me these tiny pink flower buds.
Oh, yes, this may not be an earthshaking event, but simple joys are sometimes the ones that carry you through the day.