A Greener kind of Green (Earth Day!)

Hostas




Backwards pan while driving



New Wheat



Interstate 40, 1/8 at 70mph.









Mayflower AR, bottoms- flooded

As Spring gives way to Summer, the lighter greens of Sweetgum and varied Oaks will darken to match the deeper hues of the pine.

Oak/Juniper

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For the Earth is the Lord's,

and all the fullness therein.

(Somewhere in the Psalms)


All pictures (c) by Kirk Jordan, and taken in Central Arkansas between April 16-22, 2008


The hardest task for today's Mighty Work edition was editing down to a small selection. This has to be our greenest (and wettest) Spring ever, and I've been going plum crazy with virid delight.
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There is something about light pouring through a chloroplast, that makes you feel like you are looking at life itself... or the plant equivalent of blood.
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To be honest, it may be kind of stupid to post pictures of radiant green, because the experience on your monitor will never punch the eye with same kind of force.

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This kind of verdant delight is not without cost. For some Arkansas's flooding see:
http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/gallery.php?do:showPhotoList=1&gallery_id=243
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The Mighty Work Project exists to affirm, everyday is Earth-is-the-Lord's Day.

Photo Riddle: Can you guess what this is?

Drainage ditch?
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Swim Lanes?
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Skipping Rock?
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Answer: Side of a tractor trailer (turned sideways to confuse you!)

And the theme is...? 4/14/08

Green.


All images April 7-13, 2008 Central Arkansas (c) by Kirk Jordan

pic one: Sweetgum in "Calico" green
Pic two: Elm
Pic three: Willow oak by night, ASA 3200, 4 seconds hand-held, with flash
Pics four and six: Unknown Oak with twist and shout zoom motion.
Pic five: Scarlet (?) Oak, covered in floral catkins.

The Mighty Works Project exists to thank God for chloroplasts.

the Green Tsunami 4/11/08

I have friends who live North of my Arkansas Latitude. They send me pictures in the Fall, showing me what awaits us - as our temperatures are slower to dip. I send them pictures in the Spring, predicting their future.

Be warned, a huge green wave is heading your way.

Photo Buff stuff: Picture taken through the front windshield, along Interstate 40 between Little Rock and Conway. 1/8 of a second at f32 ISO as low as it would go. With subsequent color bump.

New Green: 4/04/08

the Green Revolution (c) by Kirk Jordan

In these last few weeks we have seen nothing short of a remaking of the world.

(that is, central Arkansas, following excessive rains)

Two weeks ago - bricks, sticks, and brackish bones,
This week, cream of green, lima bean - and foamy loam.



the Mighty Works Project exists to suggest big transformations, with few words.