Truly, Madly, Deeply Inspiring

Just taking a few moments out of the pre-school year (yay!) runabouts to look at something beautiful. In this case, four somethings beautiful.  I grew up on old movies, and the amazing silver images below still inspire me.  Those films and especially the extraordinary portrait work done at every studio taught me how to see, how to look at light and shadow, how to hold my breath and fall into an image.  I've yet to come up for air.

I was going to talk about these images.  But they more than speak for themselves.

Another reason to love my iPhone

Well wouldn't this stop you in your tracks?  Saw these today in Home Depot of all places -- Blue Mystique, the first blue phalaenopsis orchid.  So I ask you, is this necessary? No.  Could the world have survived without blue orchids? Sure.  But the Aibishter was just in a good mood that day.  "Hey, here's a blue orchid for ya! Enjoy!"  (I paraphrase.)  He puts all sorts of things in the world for no reason, it seems, other than to give pleasure to His creations.  In Elul we're told that "the King is in the field." Well, today, He was in Home Depot.  Happy Elul!