Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged friendship, gifts, Inspiration, landscape, nature, ocean, Photography, Puerto Rico, shells, travels, Vieques on August 7, 2013| 11 Comments »
That has been my refrain of late when friends ask what they can bring me back from their travels. Since many of the locales included beaches, I figured it would be okay to ask for shells. Just reach down and stick a shell in your pocket. I am quite honored that my friend D. engaged friends and family in the task. After she showed me pictures of the black beaches of Puerto Rico, I thought it would be fun to photograph some of her shells against fields of black.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Inspiration, nature, oak tree, Photography, red bird, trees on August 6, 2013| 7 Comments »
In the end, neither could I, but that is what I was searching for amidst the oak tree leaves. I’d watched it dance along the branches all morning. But as soon as I raised the camera … poof! It was gone. Not even one red feather. Just an empty hole.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, Boston, colors, Copley Square, fountain, Inspiration, leaf, nature, Photography, water on August 5, 2013| 3 Comments »
a photo taken in the midst of summer
yet the colors seem a harbinger of autumn
I would not mind if time slowed just a bit 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Copley Square, farmers market, fruit, Photography, plums, shades on August 3, 2013| 8 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, rainbows, sunlight, vegetables on July 29, 2013| 5 Comments »
my rainbow plate
And when I’m not looking out the window to see what the sun is doing to water droplets, there are the rainbows illuminated by the sun on my plate.
violet curves
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Frazz Comic Strip, fun, light, nature, Photography, rainbows, red clouds, refraction, science, water on July 29, 2013| 4 Comments »
I’m no illustrator but I do enjoying pressing colored pens to paper, and the weather this weekend provided a good excuse. You see, after a heavy rainfall late Friday, the sun came back out. There was that magical moment of rose red clouds appearing. I stood at one window watching the clouds form, but then by chance, I glanced over my shoulder through another window. A double rainbow graced the sky. Later I tried to explain to that science guy of mine the beauty that I’d seen of rose clouds in front of me and being surprised by the rainbows behind me. His response? “Of course. Your shadow points toward the rainbow.” Hunh?!
I grilled him all weekend and finally he was able to break it down to me in a way that I understood though it helped me to draw it out, too.
“If you’re looking at rosy colored clouds, you’re probably looking toward the sun with the sun lighting the clouds from below. The sun’s white light — and remember that white light is really all the colors combined — is being filtered through the earth’s atmosphere. Blue light is scattered leaving behind the reds.”
“If you’re looking at the rainbow, the sun must be behind you. Why? Because the rainbow is formed by white light hitting water droplets in the air. Again, white light is refracted. Different colors are scattered. The angle at which the light strikes the water droplets produces the spectrum of colors you see.”
He had more to say about angles but by then I just wanted to play with the markers.
This morning he shared the following “timely comic: with me. Enjoy: Frazz Comic Strip, July 28, 2013
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Inspiration, light, musings, nature, outdoors, Photography, shadows, silhouettes, trees on July 24, 2013| 4 Comments »
I suppose I would have found more calm and focus sitting quietly at the base of the tree but …
it was more fun to race around peering deep into its canopy …
and, in the shifting light, not to worry about focus at all.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, outdoors, Photography, rain, sunlight, water, weather on July 22, 2013| 8 Comments »
As soon as we returned home from the beach, the rains began but the sun was still shining so bright. It made each drop sparkle like the proverbial diamond. With no expectation of outcomes, it was fun to lean out the window and photograph the falling water.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged art, arts, figures, human form, Inspiration, nature, outdoors, Photography, Revere Beach, sand sculpting on July 22, 2013| 8 Comments »
As a child I made mud pies dusted with dry sand as if it were confectionery sugar, but sculpting sand into delicate forms? Never learned that magic art.
This particular sculpture, Imprinted, was one of several featured at this weekend’s Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival and was created by artist Sue McGrew from Tacoma, Washington.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged health, magazines, meditation, nature, Photography, reflection, spirituality on July 21, 2013| 5 Comments »
It’s an honor to have two of my photos appearing in an upcoming issue of Spirituality&Health magazine. It is a special issue on Practice. A beautiful publication with articles that especially resonate for me right now, on topics ranging from clearing mental clutter to the spiritual practice of silence. You can learn more about this publication and other resources here.
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