double vision

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

was it from venturing out in today's heat that I found myself seeing double in all directions?  I don't really know, but for whatever reason today's images all came in pairs, showing the same subject from different angles. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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2^nd Avenue

the early afternoon's intense light was pouring onto this lilly with the same intensity as rain from a cloudburst, had one come along though none did. 

diagonal emphasis from one viewpoint, vertical from another.

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Oak Street

this cleome is in Charles and Sylvia's garden. 

looking down from above, looking up from below

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Ridge Road

this hibiscus seems to have the trick of catching more light than there is in its setting, regardless of the perspective from which viewed. 

frontal ... ... or lateral

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it won't take long in this moist heat for these buds to be producing even more flowers.  this time the contrast is one of orientation: 

horizontal ... ... and vertical

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upper field

Queen Anne's Lace, what a pretty name for such a pretty plant.  I'm always so glad to see it blooming this time of year.  how it appears depends once again upon one's point of view: 

from above ... ... and from the side