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Abstractions and close-ups

Note—I’ve got LOTS of posts this week, so scroll down… there may be more than one that is new to you! Cheers, Sarah. Now, on to this entry:

While visiting my mom in Marin County (on the north end of the Golden Gate bridge, facing the bay, San Francisco and the Pacific), California, I took walks around the carefully manicured grounds of her retirement community. I love pattern and repetition and line, and I love pictures that make you stop to wonder what it was that was photographed. Not all these photos fit that bill, but there is (I hope) a certain cohesiveness to the images.

The first photo is, obviously, a close-up of ivy on a wall….love the interplay of line, light, shadow and shape.

This second photo is of what we called (when I was a kid) “rattlesnake grass”, so named for the pod at the end that looks like a rattler’s rattle. I had forgotten about this grass, which grows wild just about everywhere.

On the way up a small path to a bench and overlook, a tree had been cut down, leaving these wonderful lines:

And then, the ever-popular sworl/close up of a plant from above (there will be more of these in “Artichokes,” a posting to come later this week). Not sure what succulent this is, but love the radiating lines.

Finally, undulating foam (hmmm…..looks kinda gunky, but the lines were cool) in the duck pond. I liked the curve of the shore embracing the curves and sworls in the foam, the vertical lines in the grass, the light and reflections on the water:

One Response to “Abstractions and close-ups”

  1. Deb R Says:

    The “artichoke” succulent is a type of sedum, but I’m not sure exactly which variety. I love all these photos, Sarah! Excellent. My personal favorite is the wood. I love the lines of it.