Hidden Charms
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macro details shine
fresh views of nature’s splendor
beauty revealed
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When I was younger, I was focused on the obvious beauty of a sunset, mountain range, or grand vista. Those beautiful sights stirred my passion for nature and photography. Gradually, since living in Arkansas, I’ve learned to look more closely at nature, finding details and beauty that are easy to miss. This has changed my experience of life and Arkansas. At first, I couldn’t really see the beauty in Arkansas because I was comparing to other places blessed with those grand views and charms. As my field of focus changed, I learned to appreciate the subtle beauty of texture, color, macro patterns, and small details. I’m grateful to have learned to find so much beauty right beneath my feet.
May beauty reveal her hidden charms.
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Excellent post and reminder that there is great beauty to be found everywhere….Janet 🙂
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Thank you Janet. May the hummingbirds dance in your heart.
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And in yours throughout this weekend. Janet 🙂
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Beautiful words from a beautiful soul ♥️
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Thank you for the kind words Val. May beauty fill your heart.
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i love how your shift of perspective brad has shifted your experience. it’s such a subtle, but profound way to change our experience of life ❤ beautiful
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Thank you Tania. I’m grateful that I’ve learned to make this shift. It was a survival response to missing the grand beauty of places like Boulder, CO and the National Parks I love.
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you’re welcome. well, i think it is a very wise shift that not everyone would realize or put into action. you’re an inspiration!
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How true are your words and poem, Brad.
There is beauty everywhere if we but look. I love your photo.
miriam
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Thanks Miriam. I’m grateful to have finally learned to find beauty all around.
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I love this, beautiful image and poem. I too relish the beauty in my own neighborhood, and whatever is right nearby. Wonderful post, Brad 🙂
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Thank you Ka. That is wonderful that you enjoy finding beauty in your neighborhood. I had to learn that for survival because I was missing the bold beauty of Boulder CO.
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Such a beautiful reminder of the hidden beauty that surrounds us every day!! Love the poem and the photograph! Wonderful!!
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Thank you Camilla. To finding beauty all around us.
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Lovely, Brad. When I was this image first it looked to me like the cosmos. I love that micro-macro thing that happens in nature, the replaying patterns, each beautiful. I’m so glad you’ve noticed that too.
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I love that you saw the cosmos in this image Diana. It’s so fun to see those macro-micro connections and patterns.
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So beautiful! Indeed there is so much beauty to admire if we keep looking into the finer and finer details – as if magnifying a whole new world.
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Thank you. That’s a great way to phrase it; finer and finer details, discovering whole new worlds!
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My pleasure 🙂 I have found myself lost peering down between grass blades as if I was a giant looking into the jungles – there is so many little things strewn in there and each blade of grass so finely made.
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I can relate! I love to kneel down and explore my garden, and mossy areas in the woods. So many fun details to explore. 🙂
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I love those hidden charms, beauty is everywhere! Your photo reminds me of the texture of a rock, very cool, Brad! Have a good weekend! 🙂
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Thanks Julie. Rocks do have wonderful colors and textures too. And I love your frozen ice crystal close ups! 🙂
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I so agree, beauty is everywhere, not only in the big picture but also in the details! When I’m on holiday in Greece, you can find me regularly squatting in the dirt trying to take a macro shot of a tiny flower, water droplets or minuscule crystals in rocks… I don’t mind getting scraped knees in the process 😉
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That is me too Wendy! Except for being in Greece, although that sounds wonderful too! 🙂
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Ah, yes I do have a love affair with Greece, but indeed the beauty of the very small is… everywhere! ☺
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I can see why, especially the beaches and clear waters.
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I love to go on walks in my neighborhood and practice looking “with new eyes” to see beauty I haven’t seen before in my everyday world. Photography has helped me with this.
Thanks for sharing your photos.
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That is wonderful Ali! And exactly how I learned to look differently; by walking the neighborhood. Thank goodness for photography to help me practice. 🙂
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beautifully
subtle
awareness 🙂
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Thank you.
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My mother used to say that beauty was in the eye of the beholder and boy, was she right. I have a couple of friends who live in Palm Springs and love the scenery there. I joke about the “dirt hills” and general lack of lushness. Glad you’re finding beauty where you are.
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Clearly some places are easier to love and find beauty. Arkansas has helped me learn to look deeper.
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The deeper you look the more beauty you find in nature, that’s my finding too. Let’s continue to explore!!
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Agreed Helen. And I love how you create such wonderful stories to go along with your beautiful photos and discoveries.
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I always love a good haiku that takes me to the precipice of nature. 🙂 Happy weekend! I hope it got nicer there today as it did here…I was enjoying the sunshine. 🙂
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Thanks for being a fellow nature lover. We had a wonderfully nice day that I missed while working. 🙂
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A delightful poem, Brad
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Thank you Robbie. Have a wonderful week full of fun surprises.
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Thank you, Brad, you too.
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Love the photo Brad.. and yes it is all about perspectives, when we take a closer look, we find beauty in the smallest of things, I caught myself bewitched by the rainbows in the soap bubbles while washing up the other day.. We can find something magical where ever we focus..
Have a lovely evening and enJOY your week ahead my friend.. ❤
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Agreed Sue. Bewitched by soap bubbles sounds fun! Thanks for the blessings. Hugs…
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So very beautiful, Brad. There is so much beauty to admire in this awesome world that is created by our Lord and everything is His blessings and He showers His Love on every being. Lovely post, Brad.
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Agreed Kamal. We live in a beautiful world and have much to be grateful for.
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Yes dear Brad and we sure live in a beautiful world.
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To see beauty everywhere is unconditional love in action❤️🌈😘
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You’re full of wisdom today! ❤️🌈😘
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