Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged birds, colors, dublin, feathers, Inspiration, ireland, myths, nature, Photography, st. stephen's green, storytelling, swans, travel, white, wildlife, William Butler Yeats on November 9, 2013| 3 Comments »
Okay, I have to admit, not only the mallards paused to let me snap a photo. As I watched the swans’ feathers rustling in the winds whipping through St. Stephen’s Green, I thought of the Greek myth Leda and the Swan. Only later as I walked through the National Library of Ireland’s exhibit on William Butler Yeats did I learn that Yeats had published a highly regarded sonnet on the subject in 1924.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged birds, colors, dublin, feathers, Inspiration, ireland, nature, phototgraphy, swans, travel, water, white on November 5, 2013| 4 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Charles River, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, rivers, walking, water, white on June 23, 2013| 6 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, blue, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, Photography on January 19, 2012| 4 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged black and white, colors, feathers, ice, Inspiration, nature, Photography, white, winter on January 16, 2012| 6 Comments »
As coffee brews in the morning, I find myself doing a quick scan of the windows to see the patterns of ice that have formed in the night. Usually my attention is focused just on the windows, the ice crystals and the slow movement of light across the sky.
This morning, my eyes fell upon the white feather, an item I have photographed many times before.
It sits in a shallow dish on the window sill of my writing nook. Today I noticed that its delicate barbs almost touched the nearby pane. If it had, would it have been frozen as well?
Both infused and illuminated by sunlight, and juxtaposed against the growing blue of the sky and the sparkling crystals of the melting ice, well … the color-filled scene was near magical.
Still, after a while, I found myself switching to black and white on the camera. Just to see what would happen. I’m glad I did.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged African art, brown, colors, feathers, gray, Photography, photos, pictures, statuary on October 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Charles River, feathers, nature, Photography, photos, pictures, Public Garden on July 6, 2011| 1 Comment »
Between meetings today, I was able to stroll through the Boston Public Gardens. As I rested in the shade of a willow tree by the pond, mallards waddled by on land while a majestic white swan glided by on the water. My hands were busy stuffing lemon ice down my throat (so hot here!). By the time my hands were free, all that was left in my vicinity were feathers.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged feathers, goose, nature, Photography, white on October 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Acadia, blueberries, feathers, forests, luna moth, Maine, moth, Photography, pine cone on July 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Recently, in the quiet of the Maine woods and along the shores I saw many beautiful things. Like a feather caught in seaweed.
And wild blueberries sprouting along rocky crags.
Pinecones, of course.
Most surprising were the butterflies and moths.
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