Abstracts in Nature

7 images Created 25 Jun 2012

Shapes, lines, and curves can often confuse the eye. Like a child's game of finding figures in the clouds, the abstracts found in nature can stimulate the imagination to see things differently than what they really are. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Ruth's Abstract, Ca3079
Abstract in the Garden, F0312
Merging Rivers of Ice_Ca3120
Gatliff Bridge, G2613
Lacy's Splinter, E0705
Standing Out in Crowd, B0715
$“Shroud of Ice”<br /> Delphi, Indiana<br /> 2003<br /> <br /> Mother Nature amazes us with her antics. She sends us storms and rainbows. Winds and clouds. She protects, yet destroys. Early spring in Indiana is proof of Mother Nature’s indecision. Robins return, buds emerge, and the air warms. But one early spring morning nature mixed cold with rain. An emerging bud on a beech tree was nurtured by moisture, then encased by ice when temperatures fell. One moment being nourished, the next being laden with heavy ice. Will the ice grow burdensome and cause the budding branch to bend and break? Or will the ice provide protection for the bud from the dropping temperatures? The early morning light shines on the ice-covered twig. The refracted light causes the golds, browns, and reds in the twig to be accentuated. Will the icy beauty lead to damage? Mother Nature enshrouded her buds with ice to ensure they would emerge in the following days of spring to provide Indiana with shade.$

Shroud of Ice, A3419