Archive for the ‘Branches’ Category
by the river
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, urban landscape on April 12, 2018| 1 Comment »
ephemeral
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged cemeteries, Inspiration, Photography, sculpture, strange beauty, urban landscape on April 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Worn by weather, and the occasional falling tree branch, the statues in Mount Auburn Cemetery always seem to be changing … a slow change… but change nonetheless.
urban nature
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on March 29, 2018| Leave a Comment »
creativity in the storm
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged apparel, art, creativity, digital printing, drawing, fashion, funstuff, GIMP, Inspiration, mug, nature-inspired, scarf on March 13, 2018| 5 Comments »
This particular creative expression began as part housecleaning and part trying to entertain myself while housebound during a blizzard (a blizzard which continues, by the way). Flipping through a stack of books I haven’t read in ages, I came across a book about Japanese Noh robes, Patterns and Poetry, produced by the Rhode Island School of Design. A visually stunning book. I was motivated to pick up some colored pens and paper and see what might emerge as I lingered over each colorful page.
Nature is a predominant theme of the costume designs, and so as the world turned white around me I decided to free sketch and see what might happen. Drawing a heron is bit beyond me at this stage but I knew I could handle branches, leaves, berries and butterflies. I scratched a few lines on paper and then moved on to GIMP.
What evolved was the height of simplicity, my little nature sequence of leaves, then berries and then a butterfly in a field. Not quite Picasso but rather fun, I have to say, on a gray day in a troubled world, to produce a colorful flight of fancy. Enjoy.
large feathers drifting to ground
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, birds of prey, hawks, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on February 22, 2018| 7 Comments »
I glanced out the window and saw something drifting down from the sky. At first I thought them the biggest snow flakes I’d ever seen.But when I went to the window I saw that they were in fact feathers. I looked up and around, and there it was on top of a nearby utility pole, a hawk feeding on its kill.
As I tried to focus my camera around the oak tree branches … thank goodness, they are still bare … the hawk stopped feeding, spread its wings and flew away only to be immediately replaced by another hawk. A mating pair perhaps.
These were large birds but it was not a sunny day so perhaps their outstretched wings which seemed so large to me cast no shadows down below and that’s why all the people standing on the sidewalk below the pole never noticed nature at work above them.
birds berries branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, Branches, hope, Inspiration, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape on February 21, 2018| 3 Comments »
I am indeed perplexed by this world today – the ugliness, the violence, the pettiness, and the thoughtlessness – but I do find serenity in the woods.
three birds amidst the berries
Even as I compose this post I hear birds around me in the cityscape and so …
red and gold
… I think I shall rise to go outside with my camera and see what birds in city branches I might capture on this beautiful day.
sparrow in the berries
These birds, berries and branches were photographed this past weekend in parks located in Boston, Newton and Saugus.
wet leaves
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, water on February 21, 2018| 1 Comment »
red-tailed hawk
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged animals, birds, hawks, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography on February 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
This winged beauty landed in the tree across the street just as we entered the Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. https://www.mass.gov/locations/breakheart-reservation
speaking of windows
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography, sprouts, trees, winter garden on February 12, 2018| 1 Comment »
I know Phil saw his shadow and winter is not over, but I do begin to feel that Spring might indeed be in the air. Through this window I like to rest my eyes on the bare branches of the oak tree, knowing that soon enough they will leaf out, but meanwhile while the branches are bare, sunlight can flood the kitchen so that my tiny little winter garden of sprouts can grow. A small pleasure with big impact. 🙂
winter branches
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on February 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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