nursery therapy

Today was a day that I needed to run to one of my favorite local plant nursery and smell the dirt, see the green and be tempted by the "summer is coming" colors. It's always a therapautic outing. I'm enamored by the tried and true plants, tempted by the things that are new to me and totally satisfied to look and not buy. But honestly, I really needed some healing time with my camera to enjoy and capture the time of year that I'm fond of. Not too long ago, I was gifted a box of old film cameras and vintage lenses. They've been a box for months now under my bed.  But recently I remembered a blog entry on the Clickin Moms Forum that was written right before I received my box. The two finally met in my mind and I dug into the box. I started with a solid Olympus 50 1.8 one day last week. I freelensed with it. Freelensing is a technique to take photos with a lens unattached. The results are interesting. But after that personal session,  I wanted more from the lens. I loved its haze and colors. So that led me to a $10. adapter investment. So now I can mount the lens to my camera and shoot it using manual focus. That's how I used the lens today. The old vintage film camera lens- mounted to my digital camera. The results of my trip to the nursery. 

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solitude in the pitcher plant bog- Weeks Bay, Fairhope Photographer

For some time now, I've been wanting to take a fairly quick trip to a local pitcher plant bog. This is a state protected wetland preserve that is home to an usual and fragile environment of rare and diverse flowering plants. Most specimens located here, including the pitcher plant, are carnivorous- they capture and eat their nutrients. They bloom in late spring and summer. I was only finding small early patches of their blooms in the red variety. There are several varieties of the pitcher plants here, but even more varieties of orchids that come out in the summer. My walk was so peaceful. Birds, butterflies, a lizard and the refreshing cold blowing western wind hosted me for almost 2 hours. I definitely feel the need to visit again and perhaps the next time I'll see even more blooms and rare plants in action in their habit that has been protected for our enjoyment.