branches framed against the midday sky along Huntington Ave in Boston
Archive for the ‘Branches’ Category
blue branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Back Bay, blue, Boston, Branches, colors, Huntington Ave, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, sky on March 27, 2013| 2 Comments »
remedies
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Anne Frank, faith, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, outside, Photography, quotes, reflections, self-portrait, solace, spirituality, trees, water on March 26, 2013| 9 Comments »
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of Nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances … nature brings solace for every trouble.” — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
new growth
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, leaves, nature, new growth, Photography, plants, poinsettia on March 24, 2013| 4 Comments »
I do not have the greenest thumb in the world so I was happy to see new growth on the poinsettia plant after I had repotted it.
The plant looked like this three months ago.
blue hues in the air
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged blue, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, seasons, trees, winter on February 27, 2013| 3 Comments »
“I can’t wait to cut it up!”
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, collaboration, collage, colors, fashion, illustration, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, storytelling, Zoe Langosy on February 7, 2013| 5 Comments »
Those are the magical words that collage artist Zoe Langosy will sometimes say after viewing my nature-themed photographs. Most recently they were uttered after showing her the following image from an impromptu hike through the Blue Hills, of deep golden light falling upon a stand of birch trees.
It is my continuing pleasure to view such images through Zoe’s eyes, to learn how to see textures and patterns, and then to imagine how such textures and patterns can become part of a larger work with its own story. The story of this woman on a boat and a coyote, you will have to wait for Zoe to share as she continues with this work in progress. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, you can read this post about how we’ve collaborated in the past. And you can see more of her art on this Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/LangosyArts
stormy weather and rainbows
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, colors, fun, Inspiration, musings, nature, nature photography, painting, random thoughts, watercolor on February 3, 2013| 4 Comments »
Stormy Weather by Cynthia Staples
I’ve always enjoyed putting brush to paper, but I’ve never been especially disciplined about learning the right ways to do so. But the older I grow the more I realize it is more important to just put the brush to the paper and stop worrying about the right way. Van Gogh I will never be, but I don’t need to be Van Gogh to have fun with paint or to produce an image that might make someone’s day a bit brighter. Random thoughts on a quiet Sunday. 😉
peace
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged blue, colors, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, nature photography, peace, Woburn on January 30, 2013| 1 Comment »
That was the word that came to mind after I downloaded this image. A bit imperfect but somehow it felt wrong to delete it.
nasturtium
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, food, food photography, Inspiration, leaves, light, nasturtium, nature, nature photography, plants on January 22, 2013| 7 Comments »
“beauty is fractal”
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, floral photography, flower, fractal, imagination, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, paperwhites, Richard Feynman, science on January 18, 2013| 8 Comments »
That is what that science guy of mine said over breakfast this morning. “Beauty is fractal. No matter the scale at which we view a thing, it is beautiful.” We weren’t specifically talking about flowers but we could have been. There is more I’d like to write about that statement but why when someone else has written so … beautifully … about “the mystery of a flower.” If you have five minutes and eleven seconds today, check out this video and hear the words of physicist Richard Feynman on Beauty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmbwczTC6E&list=PL92F9FC91BBE2210D
no frost behind the curtain this morning …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, black and white, creativity, imagination, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, water on January 17, 2013| 3 Comments »
but I am certainly glad I looked.
Only a little bit of moisture so no great ice sculptures as before though I still see stars and lost universes.
Just light reflecting and refracting, striking the dust, and veiling that magnificent oak tree.
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