the world with redbuds and with war/hunger/falsehoods/and you name it

          After the Quaker Ladies photo,  I'm sharing some of my redbud photos over the years.  Can't help myself. Mid April wonders.

         While driving around my Kentucky county these last few days I have been totally aware of redbud trees in bloom everywhere!!  Oh my goodness, so beauiful, so amazing and so counter to human beings harming each other day after day.  And, it could be argued, that even by our not working hard enough to solve the ongoing impending changes in our climate, we are harming both people and the planet with our collective greed and ignorance.               

        However, I don't know if this year's redbuds bordering these narrow country roads and along the edges of our woods are what make me so happy this day. Perhaps they simply remind me of the power of beauty.  I don't want to forget that it's certain that there is harm ahead which our world has yet to experience. I ask myself, is there instead a way for the power of beauty and fairness to lead us, somehow, in turning harm into harmony???

        

redbud companions on the ground:  Quaker Ladies, or Bluets

 apple tree companions as well

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some of my very favorite roadside redbuds -- though this year these trees were not as lovely as in 2018.

near Winchester, closer to central Kentucky

new branches, showing the redbud way

 

         To finish off, two more photos from Kentucky -- the first one is my MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL photo, from a small airplane's point of view.  This is h a r m.

This is closer to  h a r m o n y.

 

        I'll hope to post again in two or three weeks.  Be good to each other, and love the season around you.  Ann

         

People, instead of places

post #432
      Recently several regular viewers of my blog commented on how they enjoyed seeing photos of people as part of last week's post.  Since I still can't get outside with my camera while my broken left foot continues to heal, I thought I'd take advantage of this time to hunt up more of my people photos to post. Showing them here will happen over a few weeks --  
       At first I wasn't sure how best to group them. I started by scanning through the last five years, mostly, so that's something in common, but many are Appalachian based, others are from trips I have taken to visit friends and family, including grandchildren, and some are purely random. You can find your own explanation for the groupings.
       I enjoy catching a moment, unplanned, and informal, taking my chances. I won't be giving out names, because that is not the point here. Making these photos is my idea of fun, so what I am sharing is what I see as I live day by day, where ever I happen to be. I thank my subjects for their patience with my efforts. I do try to give folks a copy of good photos but I am slow and sometimes disorganized about doing that, so enjoy what you see here. Remember that clicking on one photo will line up all the photos along the bottom of the screen, so that the photos can be viewed in a larger size. As always, if a photo of you shows up and you are not happy about that, just let me know so I can remove it. Easily done. 
        So, onward:

a boy in a truck with his dad, in Lexington, KY

while at a rally in Frankfort, KY, against mountaintop removal mining

neighbors visiting neighbors

Thanks, Bonnie, for helping me out last week!

 4H Fair:

cousins, taken a few years ago

being at the cemetery for his great grandmother's burial

While at a festival in Sandy Hook, KY, these three couples, on motorcycles, allowed me to film them, and they set themselves up just like this. Later I was able to figure out who one of them was, so I could give them a copy of the photo. It turns out they are extended family members.  Let's hear it for small towns!