Archive for the ‘Nature Notes’ Category
vessels of light indeed
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, light, Photography, plants, tulips on April 7, 2013| 7 Comments »
and the petals want their due
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, creativity, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, petals, Photography, plants, tulips on April 4, 2013| 5 Comments »
it began with the tulip petals …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, colors, flowers, Georgia O'Keeffe, Imogen Cunningham, influences, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, plants, tulips on April 3, 2013| 7 Comments »
… pink and glowing with sunlight, of course. A long-stemmed bouquet sitting in a vase not far from my desk. I yearned to photograph them but hesitated. The camera enables and empowers me to procrastinate wonderfully when I should be completing writing projects. But the light grew so intense in those petals that I did rise with camera in-hand and began to snap photos. But as you can tell from this post, it was not the petals that held my attention, it was the stems and leaves, their lines and curves and those beautiful shadows.
As I viewed the images, I could not help but see the many influences continually shaping the creative me. From Imogen Cunningham and Georgia O’Keeffee to the many wonderful photographers and other artists whose blogs I follow on wordpress and via other venues. Thank you for the beauty — and lessons learned — you choose to share.
happy easter
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Easter, flowers, Inspiration, Photography, plants on March 31, 2013| 5 Comments »
bamboo in the evening light
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bamboo, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, plants on March 28, 2013| 4 Comments »
This bamboo stalk sits in an old fashioned glass milk bottle in the kitchen. It has done so for years after an impromptu pickup in the plant aisle at my local grocery store. Every now and then I change the bottle’s water, always experiencing a twinge of guilt because I feel like I should have found it a better container by now. I’ve photographed its lengthening roots and widening leaves and considered posting them on this blog but the right rooty or leafy image has yet to jump out. I’ve been focusing on the parts so much that I think there are times when I forget to see the whole structure. Luckily, I am reminded.
blue branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Back Bay, blue, Boston, Branches, colors, Huntington Ave, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, sky on March 27, 2013| 2 Comments »
remedies
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Anne Frank, faith, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, outside, Photography, quotes, reflections, self-portrait, solace, spirituality, trees, water on March 26, 2013| 9 Comments »
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of Nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances … nature brings solace for every trouble.” — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
new growth
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, leaves, nature, new growth, Photography, plants, poinsettia on March 24, 2013| 4 Comments »
I do not have the greenest thumb in the world so I was happy to see new growth on the poinsettia plant after I had repotted it.
The plant looked like this three months ago.
a spring special for “summer colors”
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, Photography, Publication Updates, tagged edmands park, Inspiration, landscape, Massachusetts, nature, New England, Newton, photo book, Photography, shopping on March 20, 2013| 3 Comments »
Honest, I’m not trying to rush the seasons, but here is a limited time offer. Just use the code SHARE10 at checkout and you can get $10 off your purchase of the book, Summer Colors. Click on the above image for a sneak preview of the beauty I found one summer in New England. Offer ends March 31st. There’s also a nifty little book about a hidden gem of a park. See what you think. 😉
a lurking essay?
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged apple, essay, fruit, imagination, Inspiration, leaf, nature, Photography, prose on March 19, 2013| 9 Comments »
I can’t yet see the words but I feel them, somewhere, somehow, embodied in this apple with its lovely leaf. Yes, a weight of hidden words. I hope to find them before the month’s end, to glimpse their fragile figures before they disappear into the ether. Or at least before the apple disappears inside me.
Words + Images 