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Abundance

August 8, 2008 By Jen Lemen

 

When is enough, enough?

When is too much, too much?

When is a little all you need to take your heart all the way home?

I asked a woman on the roadside in Kigali if I could take a picture of all this bounty.  She agreed, but only if I was willing to pay a small price.  I would have given it I suppose, but my friend Goreth intervened convincing the woman that she wouldn’t lose a thing by letting me get the shot.  Some things in life it seems are meant to be free.

Where is abundance revealing herself to you these days?  Where is the too much, too little, never enough showing up in your camera lens?   Show us the shots that reveal what’s full and what’s empty in the viewfinder of your world.

 

Comments

  1. owlhaven says

    August 8, 2008 at 4:49 am

    Here’s one morning’s pick from our garden
    http://www.owlhaven.net/2008/08/05/from-the-garden-this-morning/
    Mary

  2. Meryl says

    August 8, 2008 at 4:52 am

    Picking tomatoes and savings seeds in order to have abundance again next year….

    http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/08/todays-tomato-h.html

    http://www.mybitofearth.net/2008/08/seeds-for-savin.html

  3. Jeana says

    August 8, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Hello. Too much light (or blue?) although I kind of like it anyway:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2742818165/

    Too dark:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanamarie31/2743655618/in/photostream/

    and always, too much clutter!

  4. Marcie says

    August 8, 2008 at 8:12 am

    A garden so full..it spills onto the sidewalk:

    http://bravo.unisonplatform.com/~marciesc/index.php?showimage=481

  5. Bryan says

    August 8, 2008 at 9:06 am

    Or you could have bought some fruit. That way you get the picture to post on your site , and the seller get a little back for her hard work.

  6. jen lemen says

    August 8, 2008 at 9:16 am

    bryan, good point!

  7. Jess says

    August 8, 2008 at 11:54 am

    I took this at a farmer’s market in Neuss, Germany http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesspunky/2673494827/in/set-72157606481047560/

  8. Kathleen says

    August 8, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    Never enough of seeing the world through his eyes:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2730349338/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2730349586/

    Too few beach days left (and a little too much rain this summer for my taste):
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2743222384/

    Thought-provoking words today! Thank you.

  9. e.darcy says

    August 8, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    I have an abundance of photos that I feel would be perfect to share…But I will narrow it down.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2729416729/
    because there is never enough time in the day, in the night, in the year… because sometimes we’d pay anything to get just a bit of that time back…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2743345397/
    because my thoughts are flowing at speeds I can’t cope with. my hand scribbles across the page and I’m lost in all of the ideas, words, stories…

  10. SH says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    The abundance of a grandmother’s love …

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sh_photography/2741762517/

  11. SH says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Oooh, I found another one … the abundance of birthday presents!

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/sh_photography/2741857589/

    (She was waiting sooo patiently while her grandfather secretly assembled her last gift and we kept telling her to wait for him, wait for him, wait for him. I thought she did pretty good, for a three year old!)

  12. Amy P. says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    Here’s what we do with our abundance of cucumbers:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2686342591/

    We used the same recipe I learned from my grandma when I was little.

    ๐Ÿ™‚
    Amy

  13. Amy P. says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    We found this abundance of cherries at a roadside stand in Traverse City, MI:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2625559135/

    ๐Ÿ™‚
    Amy

  14. Wayfaring Wanderer says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Moments of Tranquility……..

    http://wayfaring-wanderer.blogspot.com/2008/08/moments-tranquilize.html

  15. Kacey says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Too much? The storms and flooding this summer:
    http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/07/15/traveling-disaster/

    Too little? Never enough time for taking flower photos!
    http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/07/14/rose-of-sharon/

    Just enough? Or possible too much or too little. Ask me at the end of the 9 days…
    http://www.wineonthekeyboard.com/2008/08/08/males-and-more-males/

  16. Amy P. says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Not enough of these moments right now:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/8562434@N07/2657279806/in/set-72157603634010965/

    I’m an only child, but it seems to me that the sister bond might be one of the most complicated and layered relationships on earth. And they’re only 5 years old!

    ๐Ÿ™‚
    Amy

  17. Terri says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Never enough of these

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2650982780/

    Way to many of these coming in right now ( old picture but the garden is running over with them)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mondaysmemories/2248828132/

  18. trupeach says

    August 8, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    an abundance of sunshine + color

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/13818098@N00/2744274730/in/set-72157604485390475/

  19. ~ kristina ~ says

    August 8, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    This was a hard choice; such a timely topic. Too much clutter and junk in my house; not enough berries and such!

    http://meadowlarkdays.blogspot.com/2008/08/thoughtful-friday.html

  20. Lan says

    August 8, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    http://whatiseeclicks.blogspot.com/2008/08/awalkinthepark_08.html

    happy Friday!

  21. margie says

    August 8, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/margies_photos/garden.html

    such a summer theme, abundance. abundance of everything except sun this ontario summer! abundance of rain for sure.

  22. Marie says

    August 8, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    Wow, I love the colors in that photo.

    Here’s a (very amateur) shot of something that’s not too much, not too little, but juuuuuuuuuuuuuust right:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/29077578@N05/2744283714/in/photostream/

  23. jag says

    August 8, 2008 at 5:27 pm

    Abundance of colour…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2730921552/in/set-72157606528354102/

    One word is enough…
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2266603729/in/set-72157603913179794

    jag
    xox

  24. Bet says

    August 8, 2008 at 6:19 pm

    There’s never enough dancing
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2528193575_ee0138b833_b.jpg
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2528099815_512ae3b219_b.jpg
    but we’re blessed in this family to have an abundance of love
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2661972871_c3de0ed5d2_b.jpg

  25. jfrancis says

    August 8, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Rawanda
    when Peace
    is King.

  26. renee @ FIMBY says

    August 8, 2008 at 6:54 pm

    Great photography prompt. That was an easy question to answer today.

    Too much rain, too much green beans, too little sun, and never enough fresh tomatoes. The story of the first week of August.

    http://fimby.tougas.net/beans_and_rain

  27. Jodyangel says

    August 8, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    I have an abundance alright. Abundance of love for my little Hailey. She loved picking the zinnia’s =)

    http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e99/jodyangel/Bradburysdinner7-08010.jpg

  28. Kirsten says

    August 8, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    The park was abandoned this morning…too little sun I guess!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/somethingcheeky/2745082036/

  29. daisy says

    August 8, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    Sometimes just one makes you feel full to the brim:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisysharrock/2736487989/in/photostream/

    Sometimes many:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/daisysharrock/2744431761/in/photostream/

  30. Traci says

    August 8, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    i can’t get enough of her lately and yet i’m never satisfied with the end results …

    http://flickr.com/photos/tracimeyer/2742757764/

  31. claudia says

    August 9, 2008 at 12:34 am

    Too much stuff, in this case buttons
    http://flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2509660180/in/set-72157603707815517/
    Never enough daydreaming…and daisies
    http://flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/2619511069/in/set-72157603707815517/

  32. Naomi says

    August 9, 2008 at 10:06 am

    At the moment I’m seeing an abundance of "it’s almost the end of winter" in my backyard:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2746492856/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2746492854/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2724716256/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomesthenome/2724716248/

    Little bits of sunshine and flowers have popped up where a week ago there was nothing at all. I have such high hopes for spring!

  33. Gayle says

    August 9, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Tomatos from my garden!

    http://planetmfiles.com/2008/08/09/abundance/

  34. tangobaby says

    August 9, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    Abundance, to me, always is tied with possibility. I remember when I took this photo, thinking of all the amazing things that could be created from this tiny portion of the place I was in.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2591249937/in/set-72157606300785893/

    I think abundance is all around us, but some days it’s easier to see than others.

  35. Lu says

    August 10, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    an abundance of tasty cookies…can you ever get enough?

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ldb/133387449/in/set-72057594114570083/

  36. camerashymomma says

    August 10, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    oh gosh, thank you for these words. i have so much to say but no time. these words really get me today though. thank you for that.

  37. m says

    August 10, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    I’m always restraining myself from ‘too much’ too much enjoying being in my garden – too much pleasure – I wonder ifthat is really possible ?

    http://creativevoyage.blogspot.com/2008/08/june-08-rather-dark-to-see.html

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