“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on trees, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
What began as an impulse last fall to go into the marsh to photograph the graceful movement of the withering cattails turned into an eight month project that now spans four seasons. I have appreciated the beauty of this marsh for years, but until I started to pay closer attention, I didn’t realize how many of its nuances and changes through the seasons that I had been missing. And I am sure there are countless more I have yet to catch, even now.
I rose from marsh mud,
algae, equisetum, willows,
sweet green, noisy
birds and frogs
—Lorine Niedecker
“…as if last year’s mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.” — Wallace Stegner
Please note, for the summer video, HD resolution makes a huge difference in the clarity of the images, more so than for any of the other seasons. HD is enabled by default, but if your playback is choppy, you can unselect HD for faster playback, although at greatly reduced video quality.
Filmed on July 23rd and 24th of this year in the marsh behind The Marsh health and wellness center in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The music in this video is The Jaybird by Wall Matthews. Performed by Matthews live in the studio at WFMU on the Irene Trudel show, the song is used with the gracious permission of the artist.
To watch all four seasons in sequence, visit Seasons of The Marsh by Studio-Lu.
Beautiful concept of seasons. You are a gifted and creative writer ! Send more
Thank you, Suzanne! I am flattered by your kind words.
Thanks, as always, Lucy!
Thanks so much, Jan! I appreciate that you are such a faithful reader/viewer of my work. :)
The marsh comes full circle with summer. The colors are magnificent. So nice to see the pollinators.
Beautiful Lucy. Thank you.
Thank you, Susan! I have missed you. :) Big hugs
You are a wonder, Lucy! Such fine work….
Ah, Barbara, thank you so much, as always, for your gracious words and support!