A dried rose over a bowl of water.
Archive for the ‘Nature Notes’ Category
Like a Sunset
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, rose on December 15, 2011| 1 Comment »
Branches in Miniature
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, photos, pictures on December 14, 2011| 3 Comments »
Muted Colors by the River
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged black and white, Charles River, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, photos, pictures on December 13, 2011| 4 Comments »
Color-Filled Publication Updates
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, Postcards, Publication Updates, tagged Inspiration, magazine, nature, Photography, Postcards, visual art on December 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Just a couple of quick updates. First, you may remember the series of posts late last month about storytelling through paper crafts and collage. Well I turned some of the artwork into postcards. Printed on high quality paper, they are bright and beautiful and I hope images that will make people smile as they pull them out of their mailboxes. If you’re interested in purchase, just send me a note and I’ll let you know how you can obtain them.
Second, you may remember previous posts about my continuing adventures with a very young friend about colors. Our most recent discourse revolved around the color white. She may just be four years old and I … considerably older … but she does gently nudge me to push at colorful boundaries in unexpected ways. As I wrote about in this post, for her I’ve tried to pull together a sampling of my favorite “white” images.
I’m quite pleased with the result. I hope she will be too. If you have an interest in this little magazine, it is available here as a print copy or for download. Ah, technology. 😉
By Long Pond in the Middlesex Fells
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, reflections on December 12, 2011| 1 Comment »
Light Thoughts on a Sunday Morning
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue, butterfly, colors, light, musings, Photography, photos, pictures, stars on December 11, 2011| 1 Comment »
Imagine if Van Gogh had experienced light pollution comparable to what is experienced in many urban cities today. Most likely, he would never have painted Starry Starry Night. Mention “Milky Way” to a teenager living in New York City or Los Angeles. Given the young people I’ve spoken with, they know the candy bar and they remember the term from science class. But they really have had no experience of looking up into black velvet night and seeing the milky sweep of the galaxy that is ours. So many of us write about inspiration, but what source of inspiration has been lost as we have, often by necessity, dimmed the heavenly lights so that we may brighten the light upon land?
Bear on a Mushroom Boat
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bears, friends, humor, Inspiration, nature, Photography, photos, pictures on December 6, 2011| 3 Comments »
For my friend Melissa, I trek through bogs to photograph frogs, all the while hoping they don’t hop down my shirt. For Emily, I keep an eye out for owls in the wild though mostly right now I just buy her owl stationery. There’s a young woman in NY who loves squirrels and for her I have even roped Steve into carrying around nuts so we can thank the squirrels for their time in front of my camera. And for Yves, I find bears, not yet in the wild, though I did come across bear tracks while blueberry picking in Maine.
This fellow I found in the bottom of a bargain bin soon to be tossed out for trash. Somehow a light sparkled in his eye so that I grabbed him with a triumphant shout. For seventy-five cents I carried him out the door and one day I’m sure he’ll make his way to his new home. If I don’t forget to send him on his way. You see, sometimes I do. If you were to visit my place, in nooks and crannies and especially on the window sills, you’ll find caches of ceramic frogs, paper owls and bears in so many different forms.
These fellows, comprising a 2011 calendar, I found in a shop in Japan late last year. It was a joy to find them once again, just in time, to send my dear friend the months still valid … ahem, just December. As for the bear in the boat at the opening of this post?
Well he and his friends I found at a fair, made of cedar I think and meant to tuck into drawers. Now I’m sure my young friend has many a drawer and I sure should have sent these to him by now. And I will. One day. Meanwhile I hope that he likes these few photos until he can hold these wee bears for himself.
Sunday at the Arnold Arboretum
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Arnold Arboretum, Boston, colors, hikes, Inspiration, nature, Parks, Photography, photos, pictures on December 5, 2011| 2 Comments »
Sometimes, It’s All Perspective
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, Inspiration, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, reflection, sunlight on December 1, 2011| 3 Comments »
Layered Light and Branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, sunsets on November 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
With today’s sunset, I focused less on the sky and more on the sunlit branches cast in silhouette.
Words + Images 