Photo Challenge, Focus: The Chorus of Merriment

The earth laughs in flowers.
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

Although in this instance it seems that the rushing brook in the soft focus background is joining in the merriment.

Photo Challenge:  Focus  

 

Cee’s Which Way Challenge: Flower Fringed Forest Path

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge

Not the proverbial flower-strewn path, but still with a hint of natural perfume in the air.  On a hazy, humid spring afternoon, this was a good spot for restoring the spirit with shinrin-yoku (Japanese expression: literally  “forest bathing”).