At 5am this bright fellow starts singing. Not the worst way to start the day though I wouldn’t mind the music starting just a little later. 🙂
Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
a living alarm clock
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, birdsong, cardinal, Inspiration, nature, Photography, red, sound, urban wildlife on June 29, 2020| 3 Comments »
edible flowers
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged borage, creativity, edible flowers, food photography, Inspiration, nasturtium, Photography on June 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Nasturtium and borage blooms on the garden salad. Mostly for show. Like painting the green salad with dabs of bright paint.
patience
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged edible flowers, edible gardens, flowers, gardening, gardens, Inspiration, Photography on June 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
It has been many years since I’ve spent considerable time outside gardening in a yard. And what I am relearning is patience … a watched seed does not sprout overnight. Even if the package says “full sun” sometimes you have to move the plants into the shade. Overwatered plants die. I need to wait patiently and let them dry out. Squirrels, birds and rabbits and I need to find some common ground, and that will take time. I’m not going anywhere and apparently neither are they.
in small packages …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, bouquet, flowers, Photography, roses on June 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
so what am I up to …
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Contributing Writer, creativity, freelancing, history, Inspiration, musings, Photography, research, uncertainty on May 31, 2020| 1 Comment »
And so what I have I been up to besides photographing Spiderwort like crazy?
I’ve been enjoying delving into the past to research the people who may have worked and/or worshipped at Trinity Church in the City of Boston. You can check out recent Facebook posts here: https://www.facebook.com/TrinityBostonShop/
I’m having a lot of fun with instagram. I know I’m late to the game but I don’t mind: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiaestaples/
I’ve also been trying to be more disciplined about redefining for myself what exactly does it mean to be a part-time freelancer in today’s world. A number of places I would have done work for won’t be reopening for quite awhile and certainly not reopening in the same way as in the before Covid-times. AND even as I have the luxury to take time to ponder such a thing with a roof firmly over my head and the refrigerator full of food, I cannot help but weep at what’s happening across the U.S. right now. The saying comes to mind, this too shall pass, but pass into what?
light on the windowsill
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, Inspiration, light, Photography on May 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »
a perennial beauty
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, blue, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, landscape, Photography, yellow on May 28, 2020| 2 Comments »
A pretty perennial. That’s all I know. It is flowering next to the fence line and so every now and then I pick a stem and place in a vase in the kitchen.
light through the leaves
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, trees on May 20, 2020| 3 Comments »
more tarragon
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged cooking, creativity, edible flowers, food, food photography, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography on May 17, 2020| 1 Comment »
It’s fun (and occasionally frustrating) figuring out as a photographer and as a gardener how to work with light. Given the state of the yard in the new place I don’t expect an outdoor garden to come into being anytime soon but I’ve been hell-bent on creating a new lush indoor herb garden. Okay, doesn’t have to be lush … just healthy and useful.
I’m trying to experiment with a few new items especially edible flowers but for the most part it is the canonical basil, oregano, marjoram, tarragon, and rosemary. Last night I took a certain chef on a tour of the evolving herb garden. He asked what was he cooking for dinner and I said, “Hmmm. Chicken with herbs, garlic and lemon.” He harvested what he needed. As he walked away with a handful of green he turned back to say, “Do you think you can plant more tarragon? I love working with tarragon.” Not a problem.
a short walk by the mystic
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, Inspiration, landscape, Mystic River, nature photography, Photography, trees on May 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I foresee a certain person fishing off this pier in the near future. We actually passed a man and his son who said they sometimes catch stripers.
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