December 15, 2009

Photos that reach out and grab you

Scotty Thompson, part of the creative duo at Living in the Gardens, has started a photo blog.

Bright color for winter doldrums...


and photos that make you look twice.
I saw the ocean when I first looked at this photo.
(maybe I'm projecting...)


I sit listening
To the surf as it falls.
The power and inexhaustible freshness of the sea,
The suck and inner boom
As a wave tears free and crashes back
In overlapping thunders going away down the beach.
It is the most we know of time,
And it is our undermusic of eternity.

~ part 4 of Spindrift by Galway Kinnell

In reality, it is fields in Eastern Washington.
Just beautiful.

For more of Scotty's work, click here
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8 comments:

  1. La Petite GalleryDecember 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    Those hens and chickens do turn colors. That is so pretty
    I see the ocean too,

    Yvonne

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  2. Lori PDecember 15, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    Oh my! I thought it was the ocean too! Beautiful.

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  3. Living in the GardenDecember 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    thanks Charmaine. I've lived on the Palouse all my life and I am amazed at the Palouse his eyes see..

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  4. Golden WestDecember 15, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    Lovely photos - they've really worked some magic with their garden shop, too.

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  5. A Wild ThingDecember 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    Love the rainbow hues of the chickens...it's so cold here right now, I'm becoming best friends again with my woolies...now if I could just find one for the toilet seat!!!

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  6. High Desert DivaDecember 16, 2009 at 5:34 AM

    Golden West,
    Best garden shop I've ever been to! Can't wait for our next trip to Eastern WA to visit.

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  7. Amanda at 32˙NorthDecember 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM

    I saw the ocean, too.

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  8. scottyDecember 16, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    Charmaine, Your mention of my photos in your blog has sent my viewer activity to over 300/day. To think only a week ago I didn't even have a blog. Can't wait to see you in the spring. Happy Solstice, scotty

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