Sally Russick of The Studio Sublime is hosting a year long challenge which is... sublime... as you'd expect with such a studio name. The challenge is named 'Focusing on Life' and every week Sally is sending a prompt on what should we focus the following week.
This week let's change our perspective and look up!
There is a whole world above us that we sometimes miss seeing
because we simply forget to look up.
I do, actually, look a lot up and have tons of pictures of trees on the sky. I just love that feeling when there is nothing between you and the universe! I haven't done it in a while (I should!) but when I was younger I would just lay on the grass and admire the sky. It is very soothing!
Funny thing is - I had some pictures taken past week with the sky and trees... but as it stands, the weather is gorgeous and yesterday we went in one of the parks that are part of Royal Botanical Garden and this is what we found while looking up.
The branches are heavy with blooms and you can feel the fragrance in the air - combined from all the colourful explosions.
And then... far, far away...
What did you find while looking up?
Please come and check everybody's perspective at Miss Sally's
P.S. Update: today (Saturday, May 18th) we took another trip to the gardens. This time William decided to be the photographer (I'll have a post later this week with his pictures) and I did what I wanted so badly: laid down under one of the trees and watched the sky. Truly I cannot think of anything else that makes you feel more calmer, more free, more happy than laying on the grass and watching the clouds speed by.
Love all the blooms you capture and great shots of the moon.
ReplyDeleteAll so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh how glorious!
ReplyDeletewow ... just love the blooms, but how wonderful to pull back and get the moon as well!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous blossoms and such a lovely capture of the moon. I used to lay out in the grass in my yard as a little girl and watch the clouds move across the sky and I loved watching them change shapes. Thanks for taking me back to that moment!!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos, the colours are just fantastic
ReplyDeleteI can almost smell the blossoms too :-) Beautiful moon shot!
ReplyDeleteI remember the same childhood moments of laying in the backyard, near the apple trees, and watching the clouds. I'll never forget one day - I actually thought I saw God's footprints in the sky. I was quite young at the time. Thanks for the look back!!
gorgeous photos, as always - sister moon and bountiful blossoms - just perfect!
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend :)
Alicia your tree and sky shots are great. I wish I could smell them through the computer. I can hardly wait until stuff starts blooming here.
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful Alicia! Our trees are a month behind. Crazy weather this year.
ReplyDeleteThose moon shots are spectacular! The flowers shots are gorgeous too!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers and love the moon shots.
ReplyDeleteReally pretty. Great shots
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Lovely! Love the blue sky against those blossoms.
ReplyDeleteReally beautiful shots of those blossoms. I bet they smell heavenly! Love the moon shot - wow, just awesome!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos Alicia. I agree, I love the openness you feel when looking towards the sky.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! I can almost smell those blooms. And what great shots of the moon.
ReplyDeleteOh, I love the moon shots! The flowers are quite pretty too.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, how wonderful! I love all the colour but that first shot of the moon,swooooon! I'm with you I loved lying in the grass so much and my "main park" of childhood had several small manmande hills circling the climbers - we would try to roll down one, up the other and so on the whole way around. I haven't done that in ages!! But a picnic planned tomorrow I will absolutely be lying back warming my eyelids. Looking forward to William's view
ReplyDeleteI took photos of Autumn leaves and you have flowering trees, there's a poem in there somewhere :) I seriously love the moon photo!
ReplyDeleteMinunăţii de primăvară ! La noi deja s-au trecut toate florile pomilor, primăvara a venit şi a plecat cu o viteză fantastică, abia am apucat să ne bucurăm de ei şi de ele.
ReplyDeleteAşa că o să mă bucur cât pot de ce ai postat pe blog, cu mulţumirile de rigoare fotografilor !
mama.
I was thinking about doing that this week, just laying in the grass to take some time to look up but this week just got away from, I can't wait for many summer days to come to do just that!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms ,thanks for sharing those wonderful shots.
ReplyDeleteI remember lying on the ground and watching the clouds! Loved that. Your shots are so wonderful and happy. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! The blossoms are just spectacular right now, and I'm thoroughly enjoying them and yours. :-)
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