For several years, our life has been consumed by multiple challenges, particularly illnesses, passings and massive hoarding messes. These challenges in life have taught me that often amongst the chaos, the mess, there are little vignettes of beauty, of contrast that if only for a moment give one pause to savor something hiding amongst the mess.
Today, I purposely took my camera to one of our messes and at first centered on a mess here and there and then looked closer to see if I could find even one sign of something different and momentarily worthy of a photo. I found a few.
I will first share the larger mess image and then something within that is pleasant amongst the mess…a vignette image of something beautiful, funny…something that was of a better time, a more orderly time…something rustic…something peeking out from the untidy. Granted the hoarding messes are much more conquered now than they were, but it is that residual clutter that lingers. And, there today I found a few little vignettes.
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SwittersB & Exploring 
I have been reading and following your other blog ‘Hoarding Woes and You’ and just started following this one. I love how you took the time to see the beauty in the mess…I think your aunt is probably smiling…
k- of k&p Catalano
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Your thoughts and photography is BEAUTIFUL!!! We enjoy the blogs. a.k.a. window into your life. I am interested in Mess 7, Vignette B is? They are lovely!!
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Hi Amy. Yes, some sort of 1940’s or 50’s Christmas ornament concoction that was amongst the many boxes and somehow last Summer was left hanging in the tree and forgotten. The light shining in is quite attractive isn’t it? Thanks for commenting too.
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These are wonderful vignettes! I especially like mess 6 vignette a.
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Your eye for the Macro shots is great ! Some of the little details are or can be wonderful compositions.
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Thank you Mike.
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Great stuff as have all your posts been recently. I keep meaning too leave a longer comment I will when time permits. Off to South of France for 3 (no fishing) weeks will try to keep up with your blog. Cheers john
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Wonderful stuff as have all your posts over the last week or two I keep meaning too and I will leave a longer comment soon, when time permits. Off to the south of France for 3 weeks will try to keep in touch with your blog, no fishing for a while. John
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Wonderful vacation to you!!! Enjoy
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