Wheelbarrow of Flowers - Whispering Pines, NC

I had just about completed my walk around Lake Thagard today, and as usual I had my camera in hand. However, nothing had presented itself as worth having its picture taken. Winter often remains warm in our part of North Carolina, but like everywhere in the northern latitudes the light is oblique and the colors monochrome. That's what made this old wheelbarrow full of pansies so extraordinary. Caught in a ray of sunlight they seemed to radiate, as if they were illuninated from within. This picture catches the explosion of color against a background of muted tones, but it can't duplicate the brightness. The camera failed to capture how pyrotechnic those flowers appeared.