Sunday mornings have a routine for me. Awake around 8:20, get ready for the day,
possibly water the lawn – though not needed today due to the nice rain over
night – and then head to Roy Rogers for breakfast before church. Often I’ll try to get there early enough to
just take in the Patuxent River, and the goings on at Solomons Riverwalk.
Today I didn’t end up with as much time, and needed to get
in to church, hoping for just a few minutes to see if the Mallards and their chicks
were still inhabiting the water front along the back of the church. They weren’t there and time was up. Practice with the band was getting
started. I did have time to notice some
flowers on the way in, and put that in the back of my mind.
Rehearsal was done pretty quickly actually, so I did have
time to wander around with my camera before the service started.
There are some really pretty flowers I noticed for the first time in
front of the church. I had thought of
them simply as bushes until today. It
turns out they are some variety (or maybe varieties –plural) of lacecap
hydrangeas.
The structure of this flower is extraordinary. The center section has numerous small buds
with 8 flowers surrounding them. What I
had not noticed until looking at the photos was that each of the small central
buds were starting to bloom as well though much smaller than the surrounding
planets. That’s what it seemed like to
me, that the larger flowers were in slow orbit around the center, or maybe they
were sentries guarding the young in the center.
The sound of a small plane became noticeable and I turned
toward the river. Sure it was a plane
but, not just any plane. It was a very
small float plane that was buzzing just above the water. It flew UNDER the Thomas Johnson Bridge, and
you can see that it was lower than the tops of the sailboats it passed
by!!
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| Yes, I can read the tail number if I enlarge the shot |
That seemed crazy, but after he flew off, I walked over to
the parking lot and snapped a shot of these Snapdragons. Bees were busy landing and quickly taking off from flower to flower on what I believe are Blue Salvia.
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| Again, I just love the structure of these blooms. |
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| some Sanpdragons |
Then while chatting with a friend in front of the church, I
noticed an Osprey flying towards us, coming in over the water. It was quickly evident he had a big fish in
his claws. Firing away on high speed
shutter, I managed to get a few, and here is what I think was the best shot.
Thinking about this later in the day, I realized just how
fortunate I was to be in the right place at the right time to take in all of
this. If you slow down, listen, and look
around, you can find a lot of beauty and witness the craziness of life as
well. Blooms, bees, birds, boats and bat
crazy airplanes – all brought joy this morning.
I hope you too, had time to slow down, and see, hear, touch
and maybe even taste the beauty around you.
Blessings,
Brian
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