flowers, haiku, humor, love, philosophy, photography

Gift of Silence

Posted on 2019-01-25 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Words ~ Pic and a Word Challenge

As Susie left home to start a new life with Dale, her mother watched and wondered. Would the mixed marriage work?

Aware that sharing her worries would be unwelcome and unheeded, Mama let her words of warning remain unspoken and unheard.

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Wisely, Mama kept silent despite having words to say. Unwisely, some people run afoul of Wittgenstein’s Laws by breaking silence despite not having any sensible words to say.

Memo to Mystics
|Unless you can grab
|bubbles, you cannot put your
|wisdom into words.

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Visual Rondo

Posted on 2018-12-10 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close Up or Macro

In music, a rondo is a piece with successive segments that go A-B-A-C-A-D…-A, where contrasting segments B, C, D, … are bracketed by repetitions of A that may vary slightly. Let’s arrange some colorful closeups like a rondo that goes

A-B1-A-C-A-D-A-E-A-B2-A.

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flowers, humor, photography

Vibrant Synergy

Posted on 2018-09-22 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vibrant Colors

I like the synergy when a few good things up their game by working together, as with peanuts and chocolate. When they do not clash, bright colors can work together in vibrant synergy.

Pink and Green:

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Magenta and Yellow (with a bee):

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With help from blue and green, the pink and yellow flowers in the following photo team up to illustrate a deep truth about statistics. Really.

Outside of CFFC, I posted the photo along with a beautiful image found on the web that espresses the same deep truth in another way. Both ways have no equations, no jargon, and no saturated fat. Click on the photo to see the details.

(reblog), flowers, haiku, photography

Calm, Cool, and CollectING

Posted on 2018-09-172018-10-21 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Carpe Diem’s Quest For A (New) Masterpiece
#3 the quest continues

My latest haiku came quickly when I saw a superb photo by Cee Neuner. While I gave the haiku a title to make it intelligible w/o the photo, I also requested and received permission to share the photo in a post.

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Red and Yellow Dahlia
|Amid swirling flames,
|pollen and nectar beckon.
|Bee stays calm and cool.

flowers, photography

Red Trillium

Posted on 2018-09-15 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red

I often look at things from an odd angle. Red trillium plants like shade, grow low, and have flowers that face downward. Now is your chance to get a from-below view of a red trillium flower, in a mix of reflected and transmitted sunlight:

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Figuratively, I sometimes “look” at a neat little thing from an odd angle to shine some light on a messy big thing with a subtle similarity to the little thing. For example, there is a parallel between the history of a little word puzzle’s instructions and the history of a big idea in economics.

Some of my photos with prominent reds were used outside of CFFC. The following images link to posts that use them in ways that may be surprizing. Can U guess what ideas they illustrate before following the links?

flowers, humor, photography

Threesome of Floral Threesomes

Posted on 2018-09-06 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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In response to One Word Sunday — Threesome, a threesome of floral threesomes pushes the envelope of what flower pix can illustrate.

As Susie left home to start a new life with Dale, her mother watched and wondered. Would the mixed marriage work?

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Other floral threesomes can illustrate a poem and a point that go beyond flowers. The following images link to earlier posts that use them. Can U guess what the posts are about before clicking on the images?

I used 3 clusters of rhododendron blossoms to illustrate an abstract haiku.

In about 40 yrs of making bouquets from the many daylilies in my yard, how often have I seen 3 flowers blooming on just 1 stalk? Exactly once, on the left in this bouquet.

With 3 separate stalks, the commonplace floral threesome on the right is a freebie, beyond what my title promises. Buy 3; get 4.

flowers, haiku, photography

Lavender and the Flag

Posted on 2018-06-03 by Mellow Curmudgeon

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flags or Banners

Late May in my part of the USA is a time for blooming rhododendrons and several days of observing Memorial Day in various ways. On 2018-05-30, I found good conditions and a good angle for a composition with my new flag and old rhododendron. Tho not a color many would choose for a flag, lavender goes well with red, white, and blue for Memorial Day.

Memorial Colors
|Lavender salutes
|red, white, and blue of our flag.
|Pride and gratitude.