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why keep putting off until tomorrow …

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Branches, creative writing, creativity, Creativity Portal, Inspiration, landscape, nature, photo essay, Photography, trees on December 5, 2013| 2 Comments »

… what can be done today? That was one of the thoughts that inspired the photo essay, Branching Thoughts, now appearing on Creativity Portal. To what do I refer? Well, when you have a chance, please read the essay and then you’ll know what I mean. 😉

FYI, there are many other wonderful essays, articles and more to be found on the site. One of my favorite end of year items is a beautiful 2014 calendar designed by Creativity Portal founder Chris Dunmire and available for download month by month or all 12-months at once for “less than a cup of coffee.” Can’t beat that these days. Hope you have fun exploring all the different words and images on the site.

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the lone petunia

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, house plants, Inspiration, nature, petunias, Photography, roots, soil on December 4, 2013| 2 Comments »

Back in October I wrote about the unexpected success in growing a potted petunia in the house. I imagined photographing white blossoms against the kitchen window with snow falling in the background. Will that come to pass? Well, recently after cutting away all the dead and dying pieces only one green stem remained on the petunia plant. Nothing else. I considered letting it go, but what harm was there in continuing to water that stem. And then one day it bloomed. A single bloom on a single stem on a mostly barren patch of ground. I guess there must be some good roots beneath that soil.

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and then there was this afternoon as the sun began its fall

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, colors, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sunset, tree on December 3, 2013| 6 Comments »

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this december morn

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Inspiration, nature, oak tree, Photography on December 3, 2013| 3 Comments »

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individual drops

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged connections, Inspiration, life, nature, peace, Photography, Thich Nhat Hanh, water on December 2, 2013| 5 Comments »

“If we are a drop of water and we try to get to the ocean as only an individual drop, we will surely evaporate along the way. To arrive at the ocean, you must go as a river.” — Thich Nhat Hanh in Creating True Peace

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darkness descending at castle island

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Castle Island, colors, dark, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, South Boston, sunset, water on November 30, 2013| 8 Comments »

You can read more about Castle Island via this link. A beautiful place to visit year-round. At this time of year, remember to wear extra thick layers as you’re walking the water’s edge.

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honey

Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged breakfast, colors, food, honey, humor, Inspiration, light, Photography, sweet on November 29, 2013| 2 Comments »

Straight honey I’ve slowly come to enjoy as an adult. A honey bear can last me quite a while. I use a bit on hot toast or a warm biscuit. Such a breakfast I had this chill morning. And you know what happened? But, of course, the sun came around the corner on her chariot and lit the little creature up.

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a book of thanks …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged books, dublin, gratitude, Inspiration, ireland, landscape, nature, Photography, travel, walking, welcome on November 27, 2013| 5 Comments »

This is a limited edition book created for a few folk who made our recent stay in Dublin, Ireland so lovely. It can take a lot of energy to welcome strangers into your home and treat them like family, which is exactly what one couple did. And it can take a lot of energy to welcome visitors from around the world to your home country and make sure those visitors experience a sense of place, which is exactly what conference organizers managed to do. Once they have books in hands, I hope they enjoy the images that could not have been compiled without their generosity, good-spirits and great walking maps. Thank you. 😉

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prints available …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged archival quality prints, autumn, colors, dublin, holiday shopping, Inspiration, ireland, leaves, light, nature, Photography, prints, trees on November 23, 2013| 3 Comments »

Based on very nice feedback about the tree and leaf images from my recent travels, and a special request, I have begun transforming some of the images into archival quality prints. Unframed prints of this “one tree” from Dublin are now available here.