Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged abstract beauty, Charles River, floral inspiration, flowers, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, plants, Queen Anne's Lace, wild carrot on August 25, 2011| 1 Comment »
Queen Anne’s Lace, also known as “wild carrot,” grows widely and wildly along the Charles River. It is so abundant that I sometimes ignore the sprawling plants, pushing it aside to get a glimpse of rarer, more colorful life. But sometimes the leaves and flowers of this plant catch the light in such a way that I cannot ignore their beauty.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged art, cherub, Chihuly, color, glassmaking, Photography, photos, pictures on July 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This weekend, I had the pleasure of viewing with friends the Dale Chihuly show, “Through the Looking Glass,” at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. You know how much I love light and color. 😉 It was a wonderful experience (despite the crowds). You can read more about the show via this link on the Museum’s website. And to view more of the photos I took of Mr. Chihuly’s work, just click on the cheeky fellow below.
Posted in Branches, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged cuban oregano, gifts, herbs, Photography, photos, pictures, plants on July 25, 2011| 2 Comments »
Today I am reminded of the beauty of small gifts. A while ago a friend gave me a small potted plant of cuban oregano. I’ve been rushing around lately so while I usually remember to water the herb — thank goodness, it is a succulent — I hadn’t really paid attention to the little patch of expanding greenery. But this morning, feeling a little pokey and thus moving slower, I leaned over and pressed my nose close. And what did I discover? The sweetest scent, of course, one that brought a smile to my face…and immediately brightened my day. 😉
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged environment, fern, gray, green, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, stone on July 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Branches, Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged horizontal symmetry, landscape, nature, perception, Photography, photos, pictures, reflection, vertical symmetry, water on July 5, 2011| 2 Comments »
Recently Steve shared pictures from a trip abroad. Dreamy images of a Canadian landscape with narrow strips of land separating sky and water. Beautiful images to be sure, but what made them truly fascinating was Steve’s perspective as he shared them. He suggested in terms of their display the images should be rotated 90 degrees thus highlighting what he had been trying to capture — the reflection of the landscape in (often) still waters creating perfect symmetry, i.e. use the vertical line, not the horizontal, to heighten the viewer’s experience of the reflection. See what you think. 😉
I must admit, as I viewed some of these images at their new orientation, I began to “see” complex and rich structures that had nothing to do with their actual subject matter (trees, water, sky). I especially thought of the green man in the woods figure with this one.
What do you see?
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged green, life cycle, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, plants on July 1, 2011| Leave a Comment »
A single plant. Several stages of development. An unexpected find in a local park while out for a stroll.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged nature, Photography, photos, pictures, shadows, silhouettes on June 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I have a good friend who is working on assignment out west near the Grand Canyon. Occasionally, she will call in to describe the wildlife that she is seeing at dusk and dawn and all hours in between. This morning she left a message about five large elk silhouetted against the evening sky. Later, as I went through my image archives, I found myself being particularly drawn to those subjects cast in shadow. Here are a few that jumped out at me.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged caterpillar, green, insects, Photography, photos, pictures, thyme on June 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if the little guy was there when I purchased the lemon thyme, perhaps as an egg or a teeny tiny larva. All I know is that recently I’ve been worried about the lemon thyme. Was I watering it too much? Was it getting too much sun? After returning home today, I started watering things and as I watered the thyme I noticed a rolled up leaf. To myself I said, “Hmmm. I didn’t know thyme leaves grew like that.” I leaned to look closer and this is what I saw:
Probably tomorrow morning as I head off to work, I’ll take him outside to let him fend for himself. But if you know what this is, please let me know.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Charles River, Esplanade, leaves, Photography, photos, pictures, reflections, trees, water on June 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
As a child I don’t remember being infatuated with reflections, but as an adult … Well, the following are simply tree branches reflected in the Charles yesterday.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, leaves, Middlesex Fells, mushrooms, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, reflections, water on June 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
