



Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, focus, light, nature, Photography, Somerville, sunset, urban landscape on January 19, 2015| 3 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, dispersion, ice, imagination, Inspiration, light, nature, pastels, Photography, rainbow, seasons, water, windows, winter on January 8, 2015| 3 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, Publication Updates, tagged art, colors, creative works, Inspiration, literary magazines, nature, Photography, posters, sky, Somerville, sunset on January 6, 2015| 5 Comments »

One of the challenges I set for myself at the end of last year was to practice what I was preaching which was encouraging other people to submit their creative works to literary and commercial publications. Towards that end, I submitted three images of a Somerville sunset to the online literary magazine, The Critical Pass. I was honored that one of the images was selected to appear in the current issue, viewable via this link. While, if you choose, you can easily discover which of these three images was selected, I hope you’ll have time to browse the other works in this issue, as well, from the thoughtful Letter from the Editor to a wonderful interview with a 15-year old poet (pp. 18-20).

FYI, each of these images is available in my Zazzle Shop here, here and here.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, Inspiration, nature, perspective, Photography, views, windows on December 22, 2014| 2 Comments »

when I focus on the wonderfully altered views. Heavy rains are coming with strong winds so I expect future views will change quite a bit.


Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, Branches, flight, Inspiration, monotype, nature, Photography, reflection, urban landscape on December 18, 2014| 2 Comments »

I was standing by the window waiting for them all to take flight and so I nearly missed the one that did.

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged african violet, beauty, colors, food, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, musings, oregano, Photography, plants, textures on December 15, 2014| 3 Comments »

Some folks think I yearn for a big field to garden, but I don’t. I enjoy my few clay pots and random mugs filled with dirt, tucked in all sorts of corners and moved about as my whim and the sun does strike.

It has been fun this year to grow flowers, herbs and the occasional vegetable. The trailing green growth and splashes of color have been inspiring, as well as occasionally quite tasty. Most of the herbs have died back or faded away completely with a few exceptions like the oregano.

I planted a few new seeds on Saturday. Spicy cress, fenugreek and more nasturtium. The fenugreek has already started to sprout. Perhaps I’ll be able to harvest it for Christmas. On Sunday I picked up some paperwhite bulbs with a goal to plant them in January and perhaps soon after photograph white winter blooms against a backdrop of falling snow. Until then, I have these herbs and, oh yes, that violet.

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged abstract, autumn, Branches, Brooks Estate, colors, Inspiration, landscape, leaves, light, Medford, nature, Photography, reflection, shadow, walking on December 9, 2014| 1 Comment »

Cliche but that’s what it was. These images were taken in the dying of the light, as we exited the Brooks Estate.



Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged autumn, beauty, Branches, Brooks Estate, colors, Inspiration, landscape, leaves, Medford, reflections, seasons, water on December 8, 2014| 5 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Brooks Estate, colors, hiking, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, shadows, silhouette, walking on December 8, 2014| 6 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged Branches, colors, food photography, herbs, Inspiration, mint, orange mint, Photography on December 4, 2014| 3 Comments »