Publishers’ note:  We are pleased to present our readers with another photo essay from Malini Rao, a Holliston amateur photographer who captures nature so well. We hope you enjoy your “walk” around Holliston with Malini! Happy Mother’s Day to all.

The eyes see. Focus. Fingers click…and another moment in time is captured…frozen in time. Following are a few more “captures” of the beauty of Nature – right here in Holliston – as summer is slowly welcomed by spring…..

From the darkness and despair – a new life emerges. A Hibiscus begins its life’s journey.

I read this quote somewhere: “Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf..” A lily pad holds a single dew drop – reflecting in it the beyond.

Sometimes beauty can be found in your own backyard – this was taken in our vegetable garden. 

Deep in the undergrowth – umbrellas to the “little” people! Stories of childhood…those fantasies! Hope each of us can always keep that child in us alive.

Who would have thought that this flower would be called a “Cornflower”!

The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. It just blooms – and the bee comes.
This image reminds me so much of life and its many moments – each of them of different hues – like these petals growing from a single flower.

Dahlia – growing in our deck planter.

Caught in action. In the flowering plants behind the Holliston Library.

Happy and busy – a bee – which gathers nectar spreading it far and near. The cycle of life continues.

Tiny creatures. Different colors. A tree frog symbolizes good luck. Hope you find one like I did and add to your good luck. Visitors to our backyard.

It is indeed amazing the variety of things you can find on your walks around the wonderful Holliston neighborhoods.

Bright. Beckoning. Stay away! The Pokeweed berries are unsafe. Ironic but a fact of life. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

And how can your walks not take you onto the Rail Trail?!

On the Rail trail – a snapping turtle. So big – yet much smaller than the dinosaurs of the past. Connecting the past to the present.

Our lives are short even though you might think it is really long. Nature teaches us a lesson there too.

Walking Iris. Never knew of this flower and the gorgeous beauty it has. The plant blooms only 1-2 times a year. The bloom lasts only 8-9 hours. Nature’s beauty – so beautiful but so short lived.

And finally – Reaching up into the blue skies – the bright colors against a cloudless sky. Earth’s beauty reaches out to the yonder skies above.

A Coreopsis flower in full bloom alongside its bud. A cycle of life together…

Once again, I appreciate each of you, dear readers, who paused and read this article. Hope each of you enjoys the wonderful warmer months ahead. Get outdoors. Look around you. Take in the many changes. The beauty of Nature – the flora and fauna. Am sure you will find so much that will fascinate you. Capture it. It will bring a smile to your face when you look at it – one day again in the future. It did and still does to mine.