Saturday, May 8, 2010

Mother's Day Flowers and the Hallmark Ambush

Ahhh, Mother's Day! It's a wonderful day for remembering our own mothers, and their mothers as well. And then, if we're particularly lucky in life, we've gotten to be mothers ourselves, and indulged in that uniquely self-indulgent process of mothering others. Because in the most paradoxical of ways, it's us that are enriched by the process of mothering others.



I know that on Monday, I'll hear many people who are particularly unhappy, feeling slighted by their loved ones, not remembered or indulged "enough." I wish they could free themselves up from this being "wronged" and "slighted," to not be blighted by the mother's day Hallmark marketing ambush, and just rejoice and bask in the process of having been mothered/getting to mother others. And let it be that, not anything more. Not tainted by manufactured expectations.



But I do love the flowers, and these days can spend hours on a bouquet, moving it this way and that, adding my external flash to my camera, bouncing the light from the ceiling, adjusting the ISO to get the right amount of light in the shadows and backlighting, manually adjusting the focus, spraying a bit of water, raising and lowering the tripod. . . .



. . . but my images never manage to capture the fragrance!

Happy mother's day, all you who have had mothers, are mothers or fathers, or hope to be some day!

8 comments:

Maria said...

Such pretty flowers, Angela! Happy Mother's Day to you!

April said...

So pretty..I love the water drops and the clarity of you pictures. :) Great shots.

Jeanne said...

Beautiful! Both the flowers and the sentiments you shared!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Ute said...

Happy Mother's Day Angela... thanks for sharing the beautiful flowers and reminding me what is important about today.

Barb said...

Can you just imagine how wonderful if you could capture the fregrance with the flower photos. Happy Mother's Day Angela!

Nicki said...

Happy [belated] Mother's Day to you. You are correct in the Hallmark Ambush. I rarely, if ever, get a gift or flowers on Mother's Day - but I get the love all year round, so it balances out.

shirley said...

So pretty, I do wish I could smell them, especially the lilies.

Flowers said...

I am amazed to see beautiful flower arrangements on your blog. It really looks awesome.