Heroes Not Zombies

11am, Saturday, third floor, new residences, just past the Rotonde, Aix en Provence

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I love the sight of the sun shining through a plant.
It not only catches my eye, but it fills me with wonder about how plants capture the energy of the sun, just by sitting there basking in it. We can’t do that! But it also makes me think metaphorically about the life force that shines in all of us. Wonderful.

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doesn’t this freshly cut plum sitting in front of a warm baguette…

….remind you a bit of this sculpture by Mitoraj?

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Here it is….

and now it’s gone….

There’s something very beautiful about these delicate wind-borne seeds. I watched two of them today, firmly entangled with each other, floating high up over the tall pine trees, sailing across the deep blue of the sky to……well, who knows where?
And will this seed fall on fertile ground? And will it push through the soil to become another…….what kind of plant is this? Can you tell? Just from looking at this seed?

I found myself thinking, here it is, the start of another cycle of growth. But then, is it? Is it the start? How do you find the beginning of a cycle?

While you think about that, here’s another one to look at. Isn’t it just absolutely amazing?

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For weeks, there’s been typically little rain in Provence, so now the hillside which is usually a grassy green under the pine trees has become hard and dusty and brown.

But look at this! Right out of the ground, pushing up through the dead, dry pine needles, new, green life!

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I went to a concert the other evening and the sun was low in the sky as everyone headed home. I was struck by how the rays of light mingled between the trees and the dusty air of the hot, dry path, but once I got home, I was especially pleased that, in this photo, the strongest beam of light was shining on two people holding hands.

I like that

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