365 Project Day 60: Morning, Sunshine

Canon 5D Mark ll, 100mm macro 2.8,  4.0 aperture, 1/80 shutter, 100 ISO, flash used off camera at 1/8 power and bounced off ceiling for fill.

I was immediately enamored with with this brightly colored orange when I cut into it this morning. It is an unusually deep reddish-orange color on the inside. I wanted to photograph it right away. In a blue bowl. What I didn’t plan for was the lovely sunlight shining though my stained glass window onto my kitchen table. The stained glass is one my sister Dinah made for me.  It is all sunflowers, bringing gorgeous yellow light into my kitchen every day. The combination of the colors streaming onto the table and the colors in the bowl were magical to me. The daisy just added a little more contrast and cheerfulness. I love it. It makes my heart glad.

Everyday when I wake up, I thank God for another day, and ask Him to show me something beautiful. It has become my prayer throughout this project. If I am not careful, I will miss it. Taking time to breathe, open my eyes to the world around me, and pay attention to the details, are just a few gifts I have gleaned this last two months. I look forward to many more.

May He show you something beautiful today.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 ~ “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”

Daisy Shine