Friday, August 21, 2009

TRUE COLOURS


I managed to take one picture before this exquisite example of creation escaped back to bugland.
I'm assuming that he was a little misguided in the quest for a sunset mosquito feast , and inadvertently spent the night trapped on the inside of our sliding door screen.

I played with the saturation and sharpness as the original was a little muted .
I was thrilled to see a more stunning and alive dragonfly emerge .

This past week was jungle humid . Clients' gardens that are near the lake, buzz and hum with white flies, moths, butterflies, mosquitoes. Snails , slugs, and spiders tenaciously rebuild and reclaim.
Sweat drips from all the nooks and crannies of a body. Dust clings. Energy wanes.

I found myself on more than one occasion grumbling about left in the way pool toys, crowded pathways, awkward plant groups in tight corners or on sloped rock formations.

I sneered at unrolled hoses and storm strewn patio chairs.

I cursed the limp and tedious daylily foliage and Annabelle Hydrangeas.


It was all I could do drag the soggy debris bags and tools and myself back home.

Flat . Blah. Muted.

The true colours of my impatience showing through in the glisten and itch of perspiration .

I wish it was as easy as adjusting the tones and hues to make a vivid elegant me pop on demand.

That when we're trapped with little control over the outcome , between the dark and the light, someone would see it there. Free us and know we radiate.

So we can get back to riding the breeze and staying close to water.

Shining.



8 comments:

  1. "I wish it was as easy as adjusting the tones and hues to make a vivid elegant me pop on demand.

    That when we're trapped with little control over the outcome , between the dark and the light, someone would see it there. Free us and know we radiate."

    Beautiful thoughts...beautiful words...beautiful writing! Thanks so much for sharing your heart with the world.

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  2. Wonderful post... and beautiful dragonfly. Thanks for blessing...

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  3. Yes, the last few days I feel my colors and edges are either too sharp or too muted. Oh how I need God to continually adjust not only my visible image, but my hidden components such as my mouth, tongue, attitude, gratitude...

    Thanks, Deb, for sharing bits of your world. And your heart.

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  4. great photo, and i love the post. it would be so great to hit the saturation button and enhance all the colors of our lives! :)

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  5. Lovely post. And fabulous image!

    Do you think there is something about the end of August? I'm pretty even keel but had a full-day meltdown recently. Too much heat?

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  6. I wish that too.

    Another beautiful post!

    The picture is AMAZING.

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  7. Thanks everyone! Now that I know I'm going on a short vacation, I think I'm brighter and lighter.

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  8. Lovely thoughts and picture.
    Thanks for your kind words and rememberance of us. It's been a hard year with a lot of pain and loss. Knowing He is always with us and the fellowship of others means so much.

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