Images from a study for a mural of Saint Dominic.
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What can you do with one can of tuna, leftover bread, a few veggies and basic condiments? This is what Steve creates.
Open 1 can of tuna. Drain, rinse, then place in bowl. Add 1/2 cup of finely chopped carrots. Toss in 2 tablespoons of capers, 1 tablespoon of spicy brown or Dijon mustard, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 1/4 cup of olive oil and two cloves of garlic that have been coarsely chopped with sea salt. Mix all of these ingredients together. Meanwhile, thinly slice bread then sautee in olive oil until crusty. Rub with fresh garlic. Provide the following sides on the table as people prepare their own mini-sandwiches: finely chopped red onion, fresh basil and thinly sliced tomatoes. Chilled white wine makes a great accompaniment.
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I’m pleased to share that starting August 19, I have six photos on view at the Underground Studios in Watertown, MA. The images are of select nature photos morphed into mandalas. Learn more about Underground here. View my images on your way to a yoga class or you can purchase the images in a print publication below. Either way, enjoy. 😉
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All images by Lorraine. From one backyard! I don’t know how she does it, but I’m glad she shares the results with me. 😉
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Like my cousin Lorraine, I often don’t notice what’s in the middle of a flower until after I upload the digital images. For a while now she’s noticed that something has been eating up her flowers.
Now she’s got a picture of the culprit! If anyone out there knows what kind of caterpillar this is, please let me know and I will share your answer with her.
Images by Lorraine
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I have mixed feelings about mourning doves. I come from a family tradition that often viewed the doves as harbingers of death And yet it was the mourning dove’s haunting cry that made me pause this morning on my way into work. I looked around for the source of the sound but I could see nothing in the branches above. I could have, maybe should have, continued racing into the office, but that moment’s pause was enough to make me realize I had plenty of time to make my destination. I pulled a book from my bag and sat on a nearby stone wall. Barely a chapter I skimmed, but it was enough time for this lad or lady to settle beside without notice. I did not think it would allow me to dig around in my bag, secure the camera and then pull the camera from its case, but it did. And then it flew on.
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First, is this a Great Blue Heron? I think so but if you know for sure, please let me know. Found this fellow standing quiet in the shallows at the Beaver Brook Reservation. Beaver Brook is the first reservation established by the Metropolitan Parks Commission, later the Massachusetts Department of Conservation.
Did you know that Queen Anne’s Lace is also known as wild carrot? So I discovered while reading Peterson’s Guide to Edible Wild Plants. But be careful! Queen Anne’s Lace and poisonous Hemlock look very similar.
On a day when I have spoken with, emailed, texted and chatted with X-number of friends and family who are all going through tough times, it makes me wonder: why not turn the world upside down and shake things up a bit? Sometimes the result can be startling and quite beautiful as in this inverted reflection of the heron, and of grasses in a mountain lake.
And, finally, books. Yes, books. My friend Steve is a complete and utter bibliophile who built his own floor-to-ceiling bookshelves that cover two walls of his living room, and yet he still has books piled high as columns every where. I asked him the other day, if he were traveling indefinitely and could only take three books with him, what would they be? He answered, “Well, two books come to mind right away, the bible and the Joy of Cooking.” When he said he wasn’t sure about the third book and that it would depend on where he was traveling, I added, “Well, let’s say you’re stuck on a deserted island.” He chuckled and said, “Well then that makes it easier. I’d want the third book to be The Manual of Practical Boat Building.”
What books would you choose? Send me a note. I’ll post peoples’ responses in next month’s Words+Images update.
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