Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Music, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, color, Inspiration, music, nature, oak tree, Photography, symphony, trees, urban landscape on May 12, 2014| 3 Comments »
This morning around the oak tree (that towers above the house) there was a symphony of color at play.
Spring light illuminated new growth, including golden pollen.
The wind brought sweeping movement.
It was a song celebrating life …
from the grand moments
to the tiny details.
A passionate composition of fierce expression in glorious color and texture.
At least that would be my music review. 😉
Posted in Books I Love, Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, creativity, Creativity Portal, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, trees, urban landscape on April 17, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Where do you find beauty? I find it in the strangest, most wonderful of places, like peering through the window glass. I hope you enjoy the following essay, Finding Beauty, now appearing at Creativity-Portal.com, an award-winning website that helps one explore, nurture and express creativity.
a neighboring tree
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, blossoms, Branches, Inspiration, Photography, rain, Somerville, urban landscape on April 16, 2014| 1 Comment »
I took these photos a few days ago, indeed, after a spring rain. Today, these buds are bold blossoms, their petals glistening quite beautifully in melting spring snow. I didn’t quite have the heart to photograph the snow. 😉
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Back Bay, beauty, blossoms, Boston, Boston's Back Bay, Branches, Commonwealth Avenue, Inspiration, nature, Photography, spring, trees, urban landscape on April 15, 2014| 3 Comments »
These scenes are from Boston’s Back Bay along historic Commonwealth Avenue. I must say, I am quite thankful spring has finally arrived. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, On the Road, tagged beauty, colors, Inspiration, journeys, paths, Photography, rocks on April 4, 2014| 3 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, sunset, textures, urban landscape on April 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, as the sun was setting, I decided to focus on the earth instead of the sky.
Between the angle of the light and the new color upon the budding bush outside my window, the branches did seem to have fiery glow.
That glow became a little less fiery after I stopped photographing the curtain as well.
But whether bark or cloth, it was all a beautiful sight in the fading sunlight.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged angels, art, beauty, bible stories, Copley Square, David, Edward Burne-Jones, Inspiration, licensing, muses, Photography, Pre-Raphaelite, retail, Solomon, stained glass windows, Trinity Church, William Morris on April 2, 2014| 1 Comment »
Detail from David’s Charge to Solomon Stained Glass Window, Trinity Church in Copley Square, by Burne-Jones and William Morris
Returning to the Trinity Church Book Shop are items with a detail I photographed from David’s Charge to Solomon, a stained glass window located in the church’s baptistry. The magnificent window was designed by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris Studios in 1882. These “four angels” are located in the upper left corner of the window. There they look down upon David, near the end of his days, as he instructs his son Solomon in how to move forward in life as a man and as a leader of his people.
Items currently available are magnets, mugs and postcards. Coming soon are totes and t-shirts. Visit the Shop to view these and many more lovely and thought provoking spiritual items at 206 Clarendon Street, Boston, in the heart of Copley Square. Shipping is possible. For more Book Shop information, click here. And to see additional details from the window David’s Charge to Solomon, please check out images 25-32 here. Better yet, if you’re in the area, take one of the excellent guided tours so that you can see the window firsthand. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, creativity, imagination, Inspiration, light, Photography on March 20, 2014| 1 Comment »
I’m sure my mother would be appalled at how dusty I allow my windows to remain. Yet occasionally when I glimpse the morning, afternoon or evening light striking the chalky surfaces, what I see is a strange beauty.
And when such a sighting occurs … which is probably far too often … I try to capture something of what I see. I move fast and don’t think about camera settings, and so sometimes my camera is unfocused.
Or I purposefully try to zoom in ways that I know my little camera really can’t do but I do it anyway because I suspect I might see something really cool on the camera display. And I do.
What I see on the camera display will sometimes … not always, but sometimes … make me smile or make me wonder. No specific words will come to mind, just a sensibility that can sometimes be hard to explain. Those feelings are all the motivation I need to keep shooting for just a bit longer.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, home, indoor gardening, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, plants, rocks on March 19, 2014| 3 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, bird, Branches, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, trees on March 15, 2014| 6 Comments »
