Ed Lehming Photography
From Where I Stand...
“Miracles… seem to me to rest not so much upon… healing power coming suddenly near us from afar but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that, for a moment, our...
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.” ...
“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting.” ― Haruki Murakami When composing this image, my eyes were first drawn to the...
“Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that. “ – Jon...
“With caps of regal purple, the delicate blossoms gently sway, on the tide of warm a summer breeze. The sweet aroma of nectar, wafts in the air, an elixir for butterflies,...
“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. “ – Henry David Thoreau...
“Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.” – Jeremy Bentham A quick shot today of a honey bee stretching for the...
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. “ – John Muir Simple beauty...
“The blues of summer, flowers and bright skies. Days of warmth and laughter, and lakefront evening sighs.” – Ed Lehming This seems to be season of the hoverfly. They are everywhere...
We have to know our place in the ecosystem of which we are a part, and this means living ‘consciously’: being aware of nature and how it affects us and how...
“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” ― Anaïs Nin An unknown butterfly on an unknown flower. It really bothers me...
“Everyone is busy, yet we all have access to the same amount of time.” ― Chris Guillebeau The prevalent activity around here lately is bees and blooms. It’s so nice to see...
“What will remain is neither you nor me but what we shared among each other.” ― Santosh Kalwar Every now and then, an unexpected image just ‘happens’. Yesterday, as I went for...
“You can ponder perpetual motion, Fix your mind on a crystal day, Always time for a good conversation, There’s an ear for what you say Come on the risin’ wind, We’re...
“Not everyone takes action to harvest the experiences of the seasons of life in order to enjoy their bounty.” ― Andrea Goeglein This image is quite similar to yesterday’s Bee and Thistle image,...
“Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the fragrance spreads, and the bees come.” ― Amit Ray I stood among this patch of...
A small black gem, floating on gossamer wings. Flitting and fluttering, till the summer’s end. – Ed Lehming A member of the damselfly family, this ebony jewelwing floated from branch to...
“Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald This one just struck me as funny. So often I...
“And I wonder if the caterpillar at the threshold of death ever knew that she would get metamorphosed into a butterfly that she could fly.” ― Chirag Tulsiani Our camp area was...
“Dream high, beyond the sky; no matter wings so small, keep vision bright; just dare to learn, for you are born to fly.” ― Vikrmn I don’t get tired of these plentiful,...
“The smaller the creature, the bolder its spirit.” ― Suzy Kassem This started out as an experimental shot, playing with the depth of field of my macro lense and trying my darndest...
“It’s just some instinct as old as fear: you seek the dark when you hide, you seek the light when the need to hide is gone. All the animals have it...
“He imagines a necessary joy in things that must fly to eat.” ― Wendell Berry A final look at this fleabane plant and accompanying wildlife. The Crescent butterfly, now satisfied, flies...
“Silence It has a sound, a fullness. It’s heavy with sigh of tree, and space between breaths. It’s ripe with pause between birdsong and crash of surf. It’s golden they say....
“You lift your head, you’re on your way, but really just to be walking, to be out of doors. That’s it, that’s all, and you’re there. Outdoors is our element: the...
“There are 365 days in a year and you will meet all the colours of life throughout the year: The blue, the black, the pink… Only blue is not a life,...
“She glitters like she walked out of a Klimt painting” ― Jandy Nelson I came across this Emerald Jewelwing, who was resting briefly on a leaf just below eye level. There...
“Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.” – James Thurber Here’s another companion from my orchid hike. A beautiful yellow dragonfly,...
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ― Joseph Addison Yesterday...
“Ants always eat sweet food … but none of them haven’t diabetes ?” ― Ali Ghasaby Among the residents of peonies are, of course, ants. Ants of all sizes and shapes...
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