I gathered these seeds when we visited the Bay Area Discovery Museum with the grandbabies last April.  I find the star and cross shapes in the middle so charming, I just had to photograph them.

It will be forty-one years next week.

The theme today is ring- and I chose the vows we made as the backdrop for my wedding ring. Episcopalians, take note: it’s the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.

Photography note: I used my speedlight today, so that I could have a fairly wide depth of field for this macro. The aperture was f/14.  I hadn’t used my flash since starting the photography class in April (not allowed), and it was comforting to not have to be concerned about getting enough light onto the subject.

I sat outside waiting for my fine-feathered friends to fly in for a photoshoot today, because today the theme is, indeed, feather.  I finally gave up, and came in for lunch, only to find on the floor a tiny feather which had worked its way out of a couch cushion.  I set it on the cabinet by the open (for natural light) front door, but the breeze caused it to dance and skitter around on the surface.  I managed to capture these images of the dancing feather with my trusty macro lens.