When your alarm goes off at 7:10am on a Sunday morning, you want to hit that snooze button - hard. I was going to Blithewolde Mansion in Bristol, RI with my photography group and after a long, busy work week and a busy Saturday I really did not want to get out of bed. Especially too hearing the light patter of rain on the window, getting up and out to the rainy cold did not seem appealing at all. But I got up. Showered, dressed, quick breakfast, grabbed my pre-packed camera bag and tripod and out the door. Fortified with a large DD's coffee and my Tom Tom leading the way, I drove in the rain South to Bristol.Amazingly by the time I arrived, along with several of my group, the rain had stopped. It was overcast and cool but the sun was trying to come out. Immediately everyone began shooting. The Spring flowers were all in bloom,
daffodils, tulips, and purple hyacinths. Within moments I could see that most of the group was on the ground, shooting closeups, finding the details in the flowers. I found one spot that I got hyper focused on. The rain had left large rain drops behind in the cups of the green leaves of plant that has yet to flower. I could have literally been there for hours, I had to force myself to walk away. I'm including one of my favorite shots of those leaves here.
After about two hours the group had explored Blithewolde fully or we were just tired and hungry. Probably the latter. In the end we all couldn't stop marveling at how nice the day ended up. The day reminded me of the old adage used around New England a lot -- "If you don't like the weather here, wait a minute". Today proved that so right.
