
Archive for the ‘Nature Notes’ Category
interior of rose at window
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, Inspiration, nature, petals, Photography, red, rose, window on February 19, 2015| 5 Comments »
light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, color, light, nature, Photography, sunset, urban landscape on February 17, 2015| 2 Comments »
two tones
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, crystals, frozen, ice, Inspiration, nature, patterns, Photography, two tone, water, winter on February 15, 2015| 4 Comments »
white and green
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nasturtium, nature, Photography, snow, winter on February 15, 2015| 3 Comments »
I always return to the water
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged abstract, beauty, blue, colors, Galway, Inspiration, ireland, Photography, reflections, travel, urban landscape, water on February 11, 2015| 2 Comments »

Trees reflected in the waters during that recent trip to Ireland. That’s one good thing about being a bit snowbound. Gives you lots of time to sit and sort through photos.

Of course that could be me trying to find the bright side as we brace for the next set of winter storms.

and then there was the hawk
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, birdwatching, hawk, hunting, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pigeon, predators, storytelling, telephone pole, urban landscape, wildlife on February 11, 2015| 5 Comments »

To be honest, I was trying to photograph a rooftop icicle. I was playing around with the camera zoom when a distant shadow caught my attention. It was a hawk landing on top of a telephone pole with a pigeon in its grip.

There were people walking around below, and big vehicles scooping up the snow, but no one ever looked up. And so over the next two hours the hawk dined, unbothered, until nothing was left of its dinner.

blue steps
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, blue, colors, frozen, icicles, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water on February 10, 2015| 3 Comments »

At least that’s what these icicles reminded me of, people taking one step at a time.

and hanging from the roof …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, ice, icicles, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 9, 2015| 8 Comments »
like starry nights …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged frozen, ice, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 9, 2015| 3 Comments »
if I could freeze gold dust I think this is what it must look like
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, frozen, gold, ice, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 3, 2015| 6 Comments »

but it is simply the setting sun viewed through a new icicle formation hanging from the house







