“… everything flowers
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely …”
— excerpt from Galway Kinnel’s Saint Francis and the Sow
Archive for the ‘Nature Notes’ Category
Loveliness
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowering, Galway Kinnel, Photography, plants, poetry, seasons, sow on September 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Autumn Light in Sepia
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged clouds, color, Photography, seasons on September 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Family through Words and Images
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged children's book, prose, siblings on September 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Henrietta Bruce Sharon drew this picture for the anthology, Golden Slippers. When I showed it to a friend his eyes watered and he said, “You should send this picture to your brother. You and he are who I see in this illustration.” I have three brothers. I love them all but I am most close to my youngest brother. Given that we were less than two years apart, our parents raised us as if we were twins. He and I have always shared a love of stories, and so, throughout our childhood we spun stories and imagined ourselves at the center of great adventures. I wrote and he drew. Even though we see each other rarely these days, we still connect by phone, by email and by illustrated letters to tell the stories of our every day lives.
New York Sunflower
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Photography, sunflowers on September 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
If you remember from an earlier post, I sent a bunch of seeds to my family in New York. The morning glories were in bloom back then. Today, my cousin L. sent me pictures of the sunflowers. The seasons, they are achanging! Enjoy.
Sunrise
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Photography, sunlight on August 27, 2009| 1 Comment »
And On the Walk Home …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged prose on August 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
at the end of the day
when the sun was getting low
I saw along Commonwealth Avenue
white hydrangea
champagne roses
silver-tipped greenery
the rock dove up on a telephone wire
ash grays and the stone white of new construction everywhere
yellow daisies, petals near orange
and in the sky
a half-moon not far from the setting sun
Today on my way to work I saw …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged nature, Photography on August 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
red cherries fallen on a gray sidewalk
a rainbow in the combined mist of sprinkler spray
a bumblebee on yellow flowers
a field of sparrows undulating in waves
a rock dove in the middle of the road
a yellow dog chasing a brown leaf
locust beans dripping greenly from a tree
dairy being delivered to a home (who knew?!)
and a hawk perched on a rooftop.
Every day I see a hawk.
This Morning’s Winged Visitor
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged insects, Photography, wings on August 20, 2009| 2 Comments »
Purple Dew
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged dewdrops, flowers, Photography, water on August 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Ladybug
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged insects, ladybug, Photography on August 18, 2009| 1 Comment »
