It's a Beautiful and Sublime Sunday!

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I woke up to find a light rain falling.

This is beautiful because we really need some rain, and even more importantly, to me, it might help my eyes! The pollen has been killing me and my eyes are so sore and itchy. I hoped the rain might help knock the pollen count down a little.

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The ever-practical Cathy points out "Maybe if you took your face out of the flowers for five minutes your eyes wouldn't be driving you crazy?"

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"Just a few more" I replied. I've got macro fever! (Along with hay fever...)

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I've fallen in love with macro photography lately, but I realize she has a point. Fortunately there are more things than flowers to point my lens at...

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For example, there is moss...

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and snails...

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The sun came out and we took a trip to the park where I spotted this lovely deer.

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A squirrel stopped by to say hello.

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The hummingbirds were enjoying the flowers.

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After a while I started thinking about macro again... like this fiddlehead fern.

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Plenty of the flowers were still soaked from the rainfall we had.

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I even took some home to play with... This is from a chestnut tree.

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By now my eyes were killing me again and I just had to get the two types of medicine that could help me. Number one: coffee!

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...and number two: Visine eyedrops for allergy.

Oh the feeling! It's both beautiful and sublime! Thanks very much for viewing my post :-)


All photos were taken by me, @keithboone. This post is for #SublimeSunday by @c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday by @ace108.



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Oh, I love it when the macro fever hits you! Nobody does it like you do. It's a fact! First off, the hummingbird picture was insane! It was like you were trolling for hummingbirds.

All of your flowers are jaw-dropping gems. I do love your snail though. I get slugs here, but no snails. Gross and no fair. :)

The fiddlehead is so cool. So absolutely awesome, Keith!

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Aren't you just the sweetest thing... Thank you, Denise! :-)

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You are always a pleasure!

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A rain is always welcome now that they are becoming rarer, at least here where I live. Your photos are wonderful, as always, and I'm glad to see them again. Thanks!

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Thanks so much, @bluemoon, I'm happy you like the photos! Yes, the climate seems to be getting more dry here as well. This is supposed to be a rainforest but it doesn't seem like that any more. I'm worried that we will have more forest fires this summer.

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The deer is nice but I love the snail and the humming bird shots.

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What wonderful shots even if your are suffering for your art. 😊

Your macro photos are great. I am a bit addicted to macro especially where flowers are concerned.

Have a great week ahead Keith and remember that a wise man listens to his wife. 😊

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Thank you very much! Yes, I'm listening to Cathy... No flowers for me today. :-)

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