Almost crystalline.

One aspect of the beauty of African violet flowers is that they are almost crystalline, hewn from stone.

Fortunate.

I was fortunate to be outside when this faint rainbow appeared this morning, otherwise I would have missed its subtle beauty.

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Tickseed abloom.

In bloom.

Many of the plants in our garden are in bloom now. Here, the spirea.

Words fail.

Mere words fail to describe how lovely these crocuses are.

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Blazes

Another day blazes into existence.

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Scarcely guess

Flowers bloom amidst tall grasses.

You would scarcely guess that an industrial facility is behind me.

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Array

Water, ponded around a drain, froze into an array of needles and spikes.

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Patterns

These patterns of frost on the car this morning survived the drive to work. I was compelled to capture them before they disappeared.

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Before

Before going to sleep for the day, the setting moon brightly shines above a still-dark soybean field.

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