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even when no rainbows were sought …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, Revere Beach, shells on February 25, 2014| 3 Comments »

… it became a game to walk along the beach for a stretch and then to whip around and see where the sun was layering its light.

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can a rainbow always be found?

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, nature, perspective, Photography, rainbows, Revere Beach, shells on February 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Probably not, but it can be fun looking. These slices of color were found inside shells that lay on Revere Beach.

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wonderfully out of focus

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, musings, nature, Photography, prose on February 23, 2014| 3 Comments »

through two panes of old glass

rippled and bubbled

branches on display, barely lit by the setting sun

while reflected in the glass light from the lamp indoors

my camera in that moment out of focus

but my sight as I sat in a chair across the room

admiring such complex layers of light and life

quite clear quite clear

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a little dance

Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, food, food photography, fungus, Inspiration, mushrooms, nature, oyster mushrooms, Photography on February 21, 2014| 5 Comments »

At first I saw a coral beneath the sea. Then, peering closer, I thought of ghostly maidens doing a little dance beneath the full moon. In fact, they are mushrooms growing in a “mushroom mini farm.” The first crop looked just like the image of oyster mushrooms on the box cover. This second round … well, I’m not so sure if what’s growing is edible but it sure is interesting visually.

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in winter sunlight …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby's breath, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, shadows on February 20, 2014| 5 Comments »

I sat in the hallway trying to find some focus as I shifted between writing projects. But focus was not coming and so at last, a bit agitated, I started to rise. That’s when my eyes fell upon a clear vase. In fact it was a drinking cup that I’d turned into a vase after the plastic had begun to crack. It held an inch or so of water and a few sprigs of baby’s breath.

The sunlight shone through it magnificently, and somehow that light brought a great sense of calm.

I shook the vase to let the light dance.

Then some petals fell in casting their shadows.

And then I could not resist … I dunked in several sprigs, curious to see what new shapes would emerge. New shapes did and so did several rainbows.

Soon the light shifted as it always, eventually does. I crumbled the baby’s breath on top the soil of another growing plant. The empty vase I placed back in the window.