Posts Tagged ‘beauty’
a series in white
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, botanicals, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, photograhy, tulips on March 11, 2014| 6 Comments »
an interior light
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, botanicals, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips on March 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
a series of beads and baubles
Posted in Inspiration, tagged art, beads, beauty, colors, crafts, creativity, glass, Inspiration, jewelry, Photography on March 5, 2014| 7 Comments »
Once upon a time, I made jewelry. It was a hobby to give my hands something to do when I wasn’t writing and my eyes something to concentrate on when I wasn’t watching television.
I was simply following in the footsteps of my friends who did much more elaborate, skilled, and exquisite work. I admired their craftsmanship and eyes for design while I mostly played around with colors and textures.
Up to a certain point I could be disciplined enough to complete a piece but then more and more pieces remained unfinished. That’s when I realized mostly what I wanted to do was experiment with placement of beads and unique baubles.
I still have the tools to make jewelry, at least my simple kind. I have not tried in years. These pieces, and many more, I found in an old jewelry box as I was trying to do some early Spring cleaning.
Some pieces I may keep to wear while others will most certainly continue to be used as photographic inspiration. As for individual beads and baubles, still unstrung, I may share some of those with a young friend still quite fascinated by the colors of the rainbow and how to hold bits of it in your hands.
And once there has been some space cleared in that jewelry box, perhaps I’ll try my hand at creating some new pieces. Or at least I can dream. 😉
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.
ending the day by playing with my food (pics)
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beauty, colors, food, food photography, Photography on January 16, 2014| 3 Comments »
Amazing how these photos do collect over the years. Whenever I review such shots, I am reminded of how lucky I have been in my experiences, to have seen and sometimes tasted such beauty in the world. Wherever you are in the world as evening falls where I live, be well. More posts next week. 😉
views through old glass, or the beauty of bending light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, glass, Inspiration, light, nature, perspective, Photography, refraction on January 12, 2014| 8 Comments »
It was a bit like finding the rainbow in the ice last week. I was walking past a sunlit window and turned my head at just the right moment to see something there, that would only be there for a moment. This morning I was walking past a sunlit window in a different room and turned my head at just the right moment to notice not ephemeral ice but ripples and waves in the old glass. At certain angles, the ripples distorted my view in wonderful ways. I’ve posted about the views through this window before (like here).
Branches and old vines. A dead tree with falling bark. A metal fence and crumbling stone wall. That’s really all that’s captured in any of the photos.
I think the photos have always been taken through the two panes of old glass. It’s just that the angle of the winter sun was different today, and my perspective was different today.
We’ll see what tomorrow holds in terms of light, perspective and all those other variables that influence a picture.
more ice on the windows
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, ice, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water, winter on January 7, 2014| 7 Comments »
Clearly, I don’t live in the most insulated house in the world.
But if I did, I don’t know how I would experience this beauty to be found on windows first thing in the morning.
Of course, as I write these words, I am reminded of folks who say that I tend to find the bright side of any situation.
But I wasn’t trying to come to terms with the cold this morning as I wandered from window to window. I reflected on the fact that different windows had different displays of ice from individual crystals to long glittering strands to sheets of ice thinly covering whole window panes.
The most surprising find of the morning was the rainbow. I stood next to an especially patterned window just as the light shifted or I shifted or whatever … all I know is I saw a rainbow and it was lovely. 😉
a song of rain, and images
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, music, nature, Photography, rain, Rain Rain Beautiful Rain, song, water on December 23, 2013| 3 Comments »
At the bottom of this post is a video of Ladysmith Black Mambazo singing Rain Rain Beautiful Rain. A friend shared the song with me and I promised her when it next rained that I would share the song with others.
Well today is a very, very rainy and gray day in the Boston area.
Rainy and gray …
and still beautiful.
the longest night by angie pickman
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Angie Pickman, animation, art, beauty, creativity, cut paper, Inspiration, nature, Rural Pearl, winter, winter solstice on December 21, 2013| 3 Comments »
Simply beautiful in my humble opinion. Enjoy this just over 1 minute video from artist Angie Pickman. A tribute to the winter solstice. 😉
The Longest Night from Angie Pickman on Vimeo.
dona nobis pacem, a series of sights and sounds
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Uncategorized, tagged beauty, home, Inspiration, landscape, life, music, musings, nature, peace, Peteris Vasks, Photography, sounds on December 15, 2013| 4 Comments »
And so the morning began with sounds. Laying in bed listening to snow slide from the roof. Over breakfast listening to Steve tell stories of his night. My brothers’ voices, one via voice mail, him singing a made up song about getting up and getting started with a cup of coffee. His words inspired me to pour some beans into a white cup and photograph a single image and hope it came out well.
I continued to take random shots about the kitchen, of lemons in bowls and of rosemary. I don’t think I’m supposed to let indoor herbs bloom but I couldn’t help myself. No sounds there, just lovely periwinkle silence.
During the midst of all this, something happened. Nothing serious but one of those incidents that can color a day, darken it … if you allow. I told myself to let the incident go. To help me do so, I pulled from my bag a list of desired tasks. One of them was to look up composer Peteris Vasks. I’d only learned of him yesterday at an organ recital. The organist had played one of his pieces, Te Deum. During my research I came across this piece, Dona Nobis Pacem.
A beautiful, calming piece.
As it played on repeat in the background, I wandered around taking other photos, indoors of items on tables
and through windows of ice melting beautifully.
What that music inspired exactly I can’t say. It did encourage me, remind me even, to be present, to appreciate the beauty before me that I could see, that I could hear, and that I could imagine. We all need reminders on occasion. 😉
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