What is your point of view?

Remarkable and lovely weather here in Michigan is keeping me outside quite a bit this month, a month which can often be gray, damp, and chilly. Not so this year! When the temperatures range daily from 50° to 65° I can still have my coffee on the deck, and tinker in my gardens getting ready for winter.

Over the years I have been inspired many, many times by simple things in my garden: luscious, bright yellow iris (Big Bird is the variety) and dappled sunlight through the butterfly bushes. I love the radiant golden Hosta leaves ready to be cut down, and even simple vignettes of finding a bright red or yellow fallen leaf on freshly cut grass. It turns out that I love the beauty of the ordinary.

The Roman poet Horace said that “Nothing’s beautiful from every point of view.” He was right, so look at things until you find a view you like, or one that inspires you. If I didn’t love the radiant Hosta leaves, I would change my pics to B/W and admire the strong, hard lines of the deep veining. Cool.

Beth