Saturday, April 14, 2012

After the rain

photographer: Robert Doisneau

It's a spectacularly beautiful day here in Los Angeles, even as most days are pretty spectacular. It rained off and on yesterday, sometimes it poured and when lightning struck and thunder roared, the people in the cafe where I was eating lunch collectively gasped (or at least I imagined so) at the rarity. I've let the dog out in the backyard and stood on the top step, listening to birds and sipping coffee. The air is stripped clean and the sky is blue and cloudless. The sweet-pea bush is heavy with the weight of yesterday's water and many flowers, and the roses, both pink and white have begun to bloom, again. Baseball games have been cancelled due to flooding, and both boys are asleep. Sophie is sitting up in bed, humming, a bird, a sweet-pea, a rose.









***The great French photographer, Robert Doisneau, would have been 100 years old on Monday.He's being honored by Google, and this photo struck me this morning like the lightning bolt yesterday.
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11 comments:

  1. Ms. MoonApril 14, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    Wow. I LOVED this prose poem.
    Thank-you for sharing your world with me on this beautiful morning. I hope you have a gorgeous weekend.

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  2. Vesuvius At HomeApril 14, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    Love to you this morning, and to your beautiful words, to your sleeping boys and to Sophie your rose.

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  3. Denise Emanuel ClemenApril 14, 2012 at 10:18 AM

    Thanks for sharing the beauty.

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  4. Alicia DApril 14, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    I adore the way you can turn a phrase. So lovely.

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  5. Radish KingApril 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    I thought exactly what Mary wrote. A beautiful poem.
    xoxox

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  6. gradydoctorApril 14, 2012 at 6:09 PM

    This was beautiful, Elizabeth. Just beautiful in every single possible way.

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  7. UnknownApril 14, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    Glad for your blue skies after rain and flooded baseball fields with sleeping boys. You capture a moment like no one else .... That photograph is fantastic

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  8. Steve ReedApril 14, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    It's nice to see a Doisneau photo besides "The Kiss," which for many people has eclipsed the rest of his work.

    I love a good thunderstorm.

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  9. AndreaApril 15, 2012 at 9:16 AM

    Lovely, Elizabeth. And thank you for the photograph, too. I've never seen it. Now I'll never forget it.

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  10. karioApril 17, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    There is nothing better than sunshine after a Spring rainstorm. Especially when baseball gets cancelled and you get a reprieve.

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  11. Camp PapaApril 18, 2012 at 6:31 PM

    So, I see that this is not your first time to write a sentence in english.

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