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This morning I fought the wind and Ticks to work with a little patch of Bleeding Hearts I came across on my travels. I found them yesterday but didn't do too well, today seemed to go well and I was happy with this one. It seemed I had plenty of time to ponder the image as most of the time everything was blowing around.
Micro-Nikkor, 55mm f/2.8 Nikon Lens
Explored 5 May 2013 #15 (Fun while it lasted - 10:25am and I'm done, dropped, I got my 15 minutes of fame I guess!)
'I have taken to retreating to bed in the long afternoons, pulling down the blinds and filtering out the light, lying warm and soft and sensual under the resilient light quilt.'
'Let me not be desperate and throw away my honour for want of solace; let me not hide in drinking and lacerating myself on strange men; let me not be weak and tell others how bleeding I am internally; how day by day it drips, and gathers, and congeals.'
Sylvia Plath
From the journals of Sylvia Plath.
I used some `bleeding` techique here. First I stamped the tree with green Distress ink and sprayed with water mist. When it was dry I stamped over in black. Tfl
It's exciting to see that our bleeding heart plant has returned to bloom for another season. I took this photo this morning, seeing these new blooms that were not hear yesterday morning.
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Took my third trip out to Holland, MI today to do some flower photography.
Met my friend Norm (Norjam8) and his wife Nancy there.
We had a lot of fun taking pictures at Veldheer Farms.
A Bleeding Heart in seed. Though I've had this plant growing for about 4 years this the first time I've noticed the seeds
. . . Another sign that spring cannot be that far away! Taken indoors with natural sunlight, kind of a substitute since we have no outdoor flowers blooming in the yard yet!
Have a great week Facebook and Flickr friends!
Watercolor on 140-lb Arches cold-pressed paper. Background is done painting negatively.
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Bleeding tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) in the woods near Norris;
Curtis Akin;
August 2014;
Catalog #1954d;
Original #DSCN3112
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People with EDS and other chronic illnesses seem to have a bad relationship with sleep: some sleep far too much, and some can barely sleep at all. I seem to personally be a combination of the two. Even when my body is totally exhausted, I usually lay in bed for hours before falling asleep. In my case, this is probably a combination of my ADHD, most likely OCD, and possible adrenaline disorder (making too much of it) - and maybe even POTS - but it's hard to say for sure. But one of the biggest that I'm sure many others with EDS and other chronic illnesses can relate to is anxiety - laying there, thinking about the future... upcoming appointments... surgeries...
And then, by the time I finally sleep, it's not unusual for it to be 3 or 4am (or later). So, then I can't wake up until late morning or afternoon. I know I really need to break this cycle somehow, but I might just have to face the fact that messed-up sleep cycles just come with EDS.
And yes... I took and edited this photo at 3am. Irony ;)
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It's the month of May!! Do you know what that means?? It means that it's EDS awareness month!! And to celebrate/do my part, I'm going to *attempt* to take/publish a new picture every day for the next 31 days as a type of photojournalism project to illustrate concepts related to living with chronic illnesses. This is the 10th picture!
**What is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)? EDS is a rare genetic disorder that causes a person's collagen to be defective; collagen is the main component of connective tissue (the "glue" that holds our bodies together) that is the support for ligaments, muscles, skin, organs, joints, and blood vessels. In other words, people with EDS are living in a body that is literally falling apart. We suffer from numerous dislocations/subluxations every single day, skin that rips very easily, bleeding problems, extreme bruising... and SO much more. To learn more about it, please visit www.EDNF.org, or even just Google it!**
My Indiegogo campaign to raise money to help my family pay for my super expensive spine surgery caused by a complication of EDS: www.indiegogo.com/projects/sarah-s-race-to-lose-the-neck-...
My Facebook page about my surgery: www.facebook.com/SarahsRaceToLoseTheNeckBrace
My EDS video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N7xUC2dClo&list=UUzOzZfYyk4B...
My Facebook photography page: www.facebook.com/sarahjillphotography
In my garden 134/365 My sons gave me this plant 25 years ago. I transplanted it when we moved here. It does fantastic in the new spot. I'm happy to see it every spring.
This is an image I took last spring (well couple of springs ago) so here it is. Happy Valentines everyone! Didn't want to miss this Monday's challenge, have missed a few last ones.