Ed Lehming Photography
From Where I Stand...
“It’s an odd thing, happiness. Some people take happiness from gold. Or black pearls. And some of us, far more fortunate, take their happiness from periwinkles.” – Patricia A. McKillip While...
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” ― Anne Frank A few days a ago I went to a large grove of these early spring bloomers...
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ― Marcel Proust I found this interesting plant last year, growing in an isolated patch....
“Life is a first impression. You get one shot at it. Make it everlasting.” ― J.R. Rim Another ‘first’ flower. This one was completely unexpected, which makes it all the more special....
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke One of the unique features about the area that I live is that...
“In this delicate and unpredictable life, the future is unwritten. Do not take someone for granted today, for once tomorrow dawns upon the indigo night the only remaining trace will be...
“This is a story about the color blue, and like blue, there’s nothing true about it. Blue is beauty, not truth. ‘True blue’ is a ruse, a rhyme; it’s there, then...
“When I see a dancing butterfly, When I see a half blooming flower, Their eager wish to make this world happy, My mind dances with joy, My soul emerges in happiness.”...
“Daffodils are an optimistic flower, and foolproof. You know what Shakespeare said: “Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.” ― Tasha Tudor The...
“That which I cannot hold is that which I can treasure the most because it affords me no burden other than to enjoy it.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough As those who...
“And suddenly you know: It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” ― Meister Eckhart The feeling is there, the air warms, and bird song permeates the...
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” ― Luther Burbank A new day, a new flower. As with the pink...
“I tried to abandon my tenacity, but I just couldn’t let it go.” ― Tim Fargo The nemesis of dog owners, common burdock, with it’s supernatural ability to stick to fur...
“Just keep hope within you and your path will be lit.” ― Isabella Poretsis It’s spring in the northern hemisphere and the flowers are blooming, or getting ready to bloom. So,...
“Because you don’t notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.” ― Libba...
“When you know that something’s going to happen, you’ll start trying to see signs of its approach in just about everything. Always try to remember that most of the things that...
“There are just two directions in life, the one which is safe but boring, and the other which is delicate but exciting. Now ask yourself, which path will you go?” ―...
The appearance of things changes according to the emotions; and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.” ― Kahlil Gibran I...
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow-man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” ― Ernest Hemingway I’ve been invited to participate in a workshop with...
“Our days are spent…, Time withers and fades, Yet, for he who has perception Beauty, yet remains” – Ed Lehming Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 (272ENII)@90mm 1.0 sec,...
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head,...
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.” ― Mandy Hale My previous image of the tulip, with two petals missing...
“Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.” ― Rachel Naomi Remen I know, this gets done a lot, but I could not...
Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 (272ENII)@90mm 1.0sec, f/40.0, ISO 200 Hi Resolution image on 500px For more images like this, please visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EdLehming or my website (some images...
“I have lived long enough. My way of life Is fall’n into the sere, the yellow leaf, And that which should accompany old age” – William Shakespeare The words to the Beatles,...
“It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them.” ― Edgar Rice Burroughs Many-coloured Polypore, to be more precise. Finally, after several weeks, waiting for the ice...
“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.” ― Henry David Thoreau The beauty of simplicity. I’ve been having fun with these tulips this past week, watching them slowly opening...
“I KNOW A LITTLE PUSSY” I know a little pussy Her coat is silver gray She lives down in the meadow Not very far away. Though she is a pussy She’ll...
“I love tulips better than any other spring flower; they are the embodiment of alert cheerfulness and tidy grace” ― Elizabeth von Arnim Spring is still playing hide and seek, but...
“Make decisions even with incomplete info. You’ll never have all the info you need. What matters is what you do with the info you have.” ― Ziad K. Abdelnour This is...
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