Spring blossoms & Spring weather

With spring blossoms you will find me immersing myself into the colourful display of blossoms on trees, bushes and the spring flowers emerging from bulbs and roots! (A bonus is when they smell as good as they look!) 
My camera is usually close at hand and I admittedly begin by taking more than likely the same macro-photos that I take every year!

What I want to offer to you is that this process of taking yearly flower photos is more than what one might assume is my building a collection of images.
My end goal is much more than that.
The camera is used to retrain my eyes to look closely, to slow my breathing (you cannot take clear photos if you are not still). Ultimately this process is to remind myself to be observant.

After a few photos, I purposefully tuck the camera away.
At this point I have begun to look at the natural environment in a different way through my own eyes.
I would invite you to try this!
Begin with the assistance of a camera, get close to your subject matter (I mean really, really close), slow your breathing and begin to take photos. Review these initial shots and ask yourself if you can possibly get closer?
At some point (after several photos) set the camera aside.
What do you notice?
Are you finding yourself more observant? 
I would love to hear about your experience!