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in flight

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2012| 2 Comments »

I do not know if I would have looked down upon this leaf as it lay on the ground and thought bird, but it does make me smile to know that a friend did think such a thing of this leaf and then went on to think that I might like to have it and so she safely tucked it away until she could give it to me as a gift.  I took it home and placed it in a bowl with other leaves and stones.  Every now and then I’d glance at it and squint and try to see through my friend’s eyes.  Somehow it was this morning that I looked upon it and saw the bird in flight.

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new growth

Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on December 17, 2012| 1 Comment »

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sunlight on the mystic

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 13, 2012| 7 Comments »

Traveling by foot to the Mystic River can be a bit harrowing from where I live.  There’s nothing like crossing a major highway, at a legitimate pedestrian crossing, without a crosswalk signal.  But when you reach the river, it is worth it.

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in the eye of the driftwood and …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 12, 2012| 8 Comments »

When I told my family in Virginia that for my birthday I chose to go walking along the seashore, many responded with horror.  “Wasn’t it cold?” they asked.  “Yes,” I said, “and windy too.  So I had to keep my head down.”  And this is what I saw.

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all that glitters is not gold …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2012| 5 Comments »

… but sometimes, it is.  This day’s activity began with a desire to start sending out holiday cards.  Inspired by recent interactions with children of all ages and with artists from many different backgrounds, I decided to err on the side of curiosity and creativity.  For a while I had been wondering if I could transform one of my postcards (a simple stand of trees) into holiday stationery.   Today I decided to go for it.  I searched my supplies for white glitter to mimic snow upon dark branches but all I could find was gold glitter and a little blue, a bunch of old papers and stickers, some scissors and a bit of glue.  And so …

In the end, I expect I will send them to my youngest friends and family (or those who are quite young at heart), and who do not mind a bit of sparkle in their mailbox. 😉

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interior of a found shell

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged , , , , , , , , on December 11, 2012| 2 Comments »

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Fading Light

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on December 10, 2012| 7 Comments »

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and after the ice melted …

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on December 5, 2012| 3 Comments »

… I went for a walk by the water and what did I see?  I saw a tree with pink-tinged blossoms filling the sky over me.

An unexpected late autumn delight.

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a figure in ice?

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 3, 2012| 4 Comments »

I don’t know … I feel like I see a figure in the icicle.  A drooping shoulder.  A lean torso narrowing into nothingness as the sun melts its frame.  Perhaps I have been reading too many fantasy novels. What do you see? 😉

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bringing the outside inside

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on December 3, 2012| 2 Comments »

A few days ago when my five-year old friend came to visit, she asked, “Can we go see the butterflies?” Up the spiral staircase we went to the sunlit nook where the butterflies reside. Though we have seen these fancy flyers since she was tiny (as she describes her younger self), my little friend asked in a serious voice, “Cynthia, why do you have butterflies hanging from your ceiling?”

I responded with the answer she well knows which is, “A friend gave them to me years ago.  I like how the sun shines on and through their wings.”

She spun the mobile with her finger.  “I like that too.  It’s like having the inside outside, isn’t it?”  And what else could I say except, “Yep.”

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