Ignored Beauty

This year's Leap into Spring Photo challenge has been so fun. Thank you to Project Alicia, Live and Love Out Loud, and Bumbles and Light for hosting.  

I was tempted to highlight some of my favorite pictures from over the past two months, but sometimes you come across a new photo that is just begging to be shared. 

Over the course of a week my backyard irises came up- a little earlier than usual. I must say, I'm in love and thought these photos would be a beautiful finale to this year's spring photo challenge. 

"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty." 

~Georgia O'Keeffe

Here are links to my past photo challenge posts: 

Sunshine/Light

Easter/Eggs

Blossom/Trees

Rain/Water

Grass/ Green

(Not Quite) Wordless Wednesday: The Lost Theology of Beauty

"I believe the key element in our recovering the lost theology of beauty- a loss that is evident in our often insensitive and utilitarian approach to the natural world, is to recognize that the beauty of the created world is evidence of the Creator himself. It's a significant that in the Genesis creation account the first fact mentioned about the trees of the garden was that they were 'pleasing to the eye'.  Yes, they were 'good for food,' but apparently what was most striking to the new dwellers of Eden was their beauty." (Excerpt from Wonder of Creation) 

The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground- trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. Genesis 2:9a

Linked to: Kent Weakley Photography , And Then She Snapped, Live and Love Out Loud,
Project Alicia, Deb Duty Photography