Hey there fellow bliss chasers!
This is the first post in what will be an ongoing series, tellingly dubbed “Pics of the Week”.
Spotlight! Applause! Happiness and anticipation!
The series will run, every Friday. Nothing too fancy shmancy about it…it’ll be all about what magic’s in the frame (or, as is often the case with me, outside of the box 
) The quality of the shot may not be as important as what is in it, or the sheer visual may be why it’s on this virtual reel.
Be it through context, subject matter, humor, beauty or eccentricity, I’m aiming to shoot some she-zam! into your eye-orbs and give you some good ol’ fashioned, heart, soul or brain candy to enjoy.
Shall we begin?
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MAGNOLIA BUDS
Shot in my front yard, our magnolia tree on the 1st day of Spring.It may look barren…but see those tiny white flecks on every single branch?
…each of those hundreds of bitty puffs of light are fuzzy, growing buds.
Magic waiting to happen!
EGGPLANT SHOES
You thought your jack-o-lantern carving was special? 
REGROW-REUSE-RECYCLE
Regrowing store bought celery, green onions and leeks.
Waste nothing.
Beautiful.
“SEA OF STARS”
“Pinpricks of light on the shore seem to mirror stars above in…on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives…” This glowing (bioluminescence) “in the waves is the product of tiny marine life-forms called phytoplankton. Various species of phytoplankton are known to bioluminesce, and their lights can be seen in oceans all around the world, [says] marine biologist and bioluminescence expert Woodland Hastings of Harvard University.” (1)
THE FORCE IS STRONG IN THAT ONE
My youngest, in his new Star Wars helmet “spying on the enemy”
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Credits
Magnolia buds, Moi, Anne Elizabeth @ Zen & Genki
Eggplant Shoes, The Business Insider
Regrow-Reuse-Recyle, thanks to my friend Lease for sharing & inspiring
Sea of Stars (1) Original story by Ker Than @ National Geographic with image by Doug Perrine, Alamy
The Force is Strong in That One, Moi, Anne Elizabeth @ Zen & Genki
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So waiting for that magnolia to bloom. Expecting an instant capture from you. And Iove those plants too. Your new series sounds like my Everypictells one blogs (another alter ego…)
I will definitely post – they are gorgeous (we found a stranger in our yard last year taking pictures it was so stunning!) As for the plants, I can’t wait to try it with my kids this Spring when our big, honkin’ bag of soil gets dropped off in the driveway. Link me up with your Everypictellsone blog, I’d love a look!
I love these pictures! They brought such a smile to my face!
That’s great, Alex…just what I was shooting for!
Wow…that bioluminesence doesn’t look real. Very cool. Very zen and genki selection of pics as well.
I love your view of the world through the eye of your camera (and selection of pictures). They would make a wonderful coffee-table book. Special smiles go out to the young Jedi in Star Wars helmut… hee hee so much fun to be a kid with a costume.
Thanks, Shelley – I think I’d need a better camera for a real coffee table book
But in my little world, I love what I see looking through the lens…especially when there are young Jedi’s and lots of pretty pretty things to see 
Anne,
Your new blog is a totally awesome welcome event to my day!
Love the pictures and the content.
Keep up the great work!
Ron
Thanks, REO! I love that you love
I love those eggplant shoes so very, very much!
I know – adorable, right? Thanks for stopping in, junglemonkee!