Tulips in the Morning Light

The "vase" is a metal wine holder w- a verde-gris finish. It's decorated w- faucet, spigot, & a couple of birds. Tulips tend to bend & flop, so this wine bucket-turned vase was the perfect container to "arrange" their willy-nilly nature. I was doing some mindless chore: folding laundry, clearing dishes, making coffee - I don't recall - & happened to notice the rays of light peeking through the patio door & the way the sun strongly reflected some parts, the deep shadows of others, & reflection of the image in the granite counter top. So... I took the picture because light has a funny way of changing by the second. Some images are lost forever if not captured in that particular moment in time, because it can never, ever be re-created exactly the same way again.
Read less