I may not believe in God, but I remember the commandments. The one about thou shall not covet your neighbor’s wife was on my mind this morning as I was admiring my little condo garden.
I don’t want my neighbor’s wife, I want his garden. The photo above is of his spring garden, not mine. Mind you, I am a photographer. I tried and tried to photograph my garden in such a way that it might look as nice as this, but it didn’t work. And, do you know why? Because it doesn’t look as nice as this. Period. End of story. I have flowers alright, but no symmetry of color or design. I had to rely on close-ups of individual flowers to even take a decent photo.
So, today, envy is a terrible thing because some things you can covet but will never have. I love flowers, but don’t have a sense of design. If there are 44 variety of bulbs available at Home Depot in October on sale, I buy 44 and plant them. I truly have no idea what the garden is going to look like until spring. And, trust me, this 44 bulb thing isn’t working out.
But, I do have this one spectacular English Daisy….
If you don’t have the gifts necessary to achieve what you covet, I suggest using the skills you do have: macro photography focuses on individual flowers and NOT design.
