I love to photograph nature, especially flowers. I like to get down in the dirt and take the picture from an angle that you wouldn’t get to experience if you were just walking by. The desktop wallpaper on my computer is always changing between my favorite photographs. This picture was taken at the Kennesaw National Battlefield Park. Michelle and I spent part of the day at one of the large fields having a picnic and throwing a frisbee. The large fields are actually where some of the Civil War battles took place. It’s odd that people go there and have picnics, but at the same time there aren’t many other places in the area to enjoy a picnic. 

Michelle tossed the frisbee a little too hard, and the wind caught it and took it into a tree on the opposite side of the road. I had to climb through a briar patch to get to the frisbee. When I got through I noticed a beautiful opening in the woods covered in little purple flowers. It would have been the perfect place for fairies and the like to gather. I crawled back through the briars after retrieving the frisbee, only to climb back again with my camera. I took plenty of pictures, but this is one of my favorites. Click on it to get the full sized picture (perfect for a desktop wallpaper). You’ll notice in the full sized picture all of the pollen covering the leaves and petals. 

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