Taking chances

Sometimes you need to take a chance. I saw blue flowers from the road. I decided that I needed to find out what they were, so I parked. I made my way through tick-infested tall grasses (trying out a new tick repellant that did turn out to be somewhat more effective that last week's tick repellent...that was not at all effective and had me still finding ticks in my car for three days. YUCK!) As I got closer to the blue flowers, I started sinking into mud. But, it turned out to be a field full of wild irises. So, of course, I had to pick some, all the while remembering that it was around this time last year that I had my "trespassing incident" which resulted from just this.... picking flowers. This time it was OK. I was not (as far as I know) on someone's private property. My handful of wild irises became another window prop... and I think that now, I have a set of four different types of flowers photographed in this same window (am I in a rut?! LOL!) and I may have them printed some day.

 

And as always, I have learned... I learned that doing something you love makes the bad feelings, anxiety and stress take a temporary leave of absence... That when someone insists on helping you, sometimes you can let them... That if you can find a way to do something that you really want to do...you should do it, rather than regret not doing it... that sometimes you have to live through something yourself to understand it ...that sometimes you need to stop looking for something to find out that it is right in front of you. And that sometimes, when you are willing to take the chance... and brave the mud and ticks... there is something amazing.... like a field full of wild irises waiting for you. And how cool is that?!!

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