As the series from the aquarium rounds to a close, I turned to some photographs from my past. While one is anchored in my childhood, it was taken relatively recently. While the other was captured on an old commute a few jobs back. While neither of those shots was taken in the heart of nature, they exemplify the result of curating our environment in order to bring nature’s beauty to our everyday world.If you see any images here that aren’t available on Natural Desygns or SM Desygns reach out to me through the Etsy store and I’ll add the image to the correct store. In the meantime, click any of the images to head over to DeviantArt to get a better look.
As I was thumbing through my vast collection of mobile uploads, I stumbled upon a series of pictures that appear to come from an aquarium on August 6th in 2011. At first glance, I thought these images were taken from inside the Baltimore Aquarium, though upon further examination, I discovered I took these pictures at the American Museum of Natural History, specifically the Hall of Ocean Life exhibit according to the embedded GPS coordinates. While I don’t remember the trip, I enjoyed studying these images.
While I don’t remember why I captured this moment, as I studied it, the thing that popped to the front of my mind was a Robert Frost poem, specifically The Road Not Taken. As I studied the fish, which appeared to be eyeing the waters to its left, my mind connected it to the fork in the road from Frost’s poem.
As I was thumbing through my vast collection of mobile uploads, I stumbled upon a series of pictures that appear to come from an aquarium on August 6th in 2011. At first glance, I thought these images were taken from inside the Baltimore Aquarium, though upon further examination, I discovered I took these pictures at the American Museum of Natural History, specifically the Hall of Ocean Life exhibit according to the embedded GPS coordinates. While I don’t remember the trip, I enjoyed studying these images.
I’m not sure if I’d just watched Finding Nemo or what, but this series seemed to focus on the myriad clown fish swimming through the reef. However, my mind latched onto the search for safety from threats. While I’m certain that none of the fish in this exhibit would have attacked the clownfish, the portion of the aquatic creature in the bottom left corner of the shot lent some credence to the frightened critter. Though as I stare at it now, that critter could be Dori, or something closely related to her.
Stride through your memories and picture your childhood home. Whenever I do, there are a couple of things that leap to mind. The first is the hedge that separated that home from a neighbor. While I don’t have many memories about the occupants of that neighboring home, the series of bushes were a constant landmark during my youth and early adulthood. Despite my parents eventually deciding to severely prune them down, the ever-present hedge was an amazing landmark I’ll never forget.
As I scrolled through my old camera phone pictures, I stumbled on one that featured that long stretch of bushes taken from the driveway. Please enjoy the image from my childhood.
Back in 2014, I was working in Crystal City, Virginia, and I used the VRE for my commute. While There was a bit of a walk to get to my office from the train station, it was a pleasant walk. However, I eventually bought a collapsible bike to make the jaunt a little easier. While I don’t remember if this image was captured pre or post bike, it’s always fun to capture furry critters scamper in nature. Despite its stoic stature, perched upon the tree’s limb, it appeared to be scouting out an advancing enemy. Even though there was nothing exceptional about the squirrel, such as eating a slice of purloined pizza, I was excited when I discovered the creeping critter.
