Fresh is overrated

A little deviation from my usual 1:1 square photos.

Green

Not on a damp rock on the edge of a stream

That is what I was thinking about when I was up 15 feet on a ladder cleaning my rain gutters.

Transition

Leaf shadow

As I look back at my posts over the last few months I see a lot of green and leafy images. I am at the point that I would like to photograph some other palettes. I am not saying I am tired of summer but those fall colors bring a nice change. But then I will tire of oranges and golds. Winter is interesting for a few weeks, but certainly not months (and months).

In one of my posts earlier this I year joyfully declared the tentative arrival of Spring. Cedric commented "The contrast from one season to the next is something I still miss..." and that got me thinking. He is right. It is not so much the season, but the changes from one to the other that are most enjoyable. I guess there is some truth when we say "variety is the spice of life".

Chlorophyll

It really is magic if you think about it.

In high school biology it seemed pretty simple... green chlorophyll converts light into energy.

But when you read about how that happens you come across phrases like "resonance energy transfer" and "electron transport chain" and "chemiosmotic potential." Suddenly you realize it is really complicated. Seemingly a miracle.

Without that extraordinary pigment we would not exist, nor would any life on Earth as we know it.