You raised me to observe, respect and nurture the soil upon which we exist. You taught me to give of my heart, mind and soul to creating harmony and beauty in and around my environments and space of place. You taught me to see, breathe and smell the riches that nature affords us. You taught me to love and fall in love with every moment. For this, your legacy lives on.
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These Crepe Myrtle trunks are located at the Dr. Heber W Johnson Rotary Garden – Home of the World’s Largest Rotary Wheel. They remind me of the Iceberg analogy where you see a beautiful structure on the top surface, but when an image of below the iceberg is shown, you realize that there is an enormous amount of mass underneath its aired surface.
Roots II – Lori Harris Photography
Roots III – Lori Harris Photography
Roots I – Lori Harris Photography
Do you know your roots?
I gather these moments in images to alter and impress myself, my soul. Leaving all to the imagination and to each impression it’s own.
Campus Spring – Lori Harris Photography
Garden Club Arranges – Lori Harris Photography
Crystal Clear – Lori Harris Photography
Fountain of Youth – Lori Harris Photography
Fountain of Joy – Lori Harris Photography
Chapel at Airlie – Lori Harris Photography
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The characters: The Trumpet Swan, Blue Heron, Encore Azaleas, Oak Trees and me.
The Setting: Airlie Gardens, Wilmington, North Carolina – 70 degrees, slight breeze and hazy.
Finding my soul in the Garden.
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She is dark and a beauty. She stands alone, striking. Demanding your eye and commanding your heart.
It’s beauty is profound! She takes your breath away. Take in her majestic lines, curves and floral. Breath her purity. Airlie Oak – a true Antebellum Southern Belle.
You never know when an idea becomes reality!
When ideas create positive energy, beautiful things happen.
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It all began with and idea, a conversation, a date and time, lunch, a hike and wa-la, Girls Adventure Club has been birthed!
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Carolina Beach State Park is along the Cape Fear River.
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Girls Adventure Club – places, people and fun, naturally!
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The winter has been harsh in the Cape Fear region this year. We usually do not have more than two month of chilly weather. This winter we have had very cold for over four months.
This week we are seeing buds and blooms beginning to make their appearance into warmer days. Looking forward to more of the sun and warm breeze of Eastern NC.
Colors are bursting, shapes are forming, and creatures are stirring. Structures even begin to liven up as Spring arrives in the garden.
New Hanover Arboretum, Wilmington, NC
Hike the Fort Fisher barrier, only on low tide, to Zeke’s Island – beware of the slippery moss:
All photos by: Lori Harris Photography
Lori Harris Photography 