I’m observant. I often see things framed in a photo I feel I should take or wish I had taken.

Whimsical moments that come our way when we choose to see them.

As I was locking the front door leaving for work one morning last week – laden with my briefcase, my handbag, my sunglasses, keys and earphones all carefully balanced – I glanced down the garden path.

My eye caught a solitary dandelion that had popped up in the lawn. The morning sun was shining through the dandelion’s downy orb.

Aah, what a beautiful shot, I thought.

And then – I’m already in a rush, if I don’t leave now, I’ll sit in the traffic.  If I stop to take a photo now, I have to put everything down, unlock the door, unpack my camera, change the lens and and and ….

Sanity prevailed.

What is five minutes in a day when you have the opportunity to capture a bit of nature’s magic?

I put everything down, unlocked the door, got out my camera and took a few shots.

My soul fed on those few minutes  the whole day.

What made me feel even better, was that I had listened to my inner voice, and taken time to snap the dandelion.