Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blossoms, dispatches, flowers, indoor gardening, Inspiration, monotype, nature, orchid, Photography on May 8, 2014| 4 Comments »
I knew it was going to be a long day of traveling from site to site, and so I told a friend that I would send him dispatches from the road.
Instead, I find myself choosing to share some dispatches from the kitchen as part of a quick coffee break. 
Okay, a last sip, and then back out into the day. Have a good one, folks. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, dandelions, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 7, 2014| 2 Comments »
In the field next door behind the chain link fence grow dandelions. Above the yellow heads skim white butterflies. A few starlings walk about. No other animals do I see. Green grass uncut. A few scattered purple pansies. And, always, always, the ash gray and brown bark of the nearby dying trees.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abstract, flowers, Inspiration, landscape, Massachusetts, nature, office park, Photography, Woburn on May 4, 2014| 4 Comments »
A few images from a return visit to a field in Woburn, Massachusetts.
A very small field in an office park with an amazing variety of wildlife present.
I wasn’t set up to photograph the birds (or record their symphony of birdsong) though I kept catching flashes of bright orange, red, black and gold feathers.
As always, I scared a few rabbits deeper into the underbrush.
No hawks this time or foxes.
In the end …
I mostly focused on the landscape.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blooms, Branches, colors, flowers, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 1, 2014| 7 Comments »
The view outside one of my windows, after the rains ended. The sun still shines. I know that I am a lucky person.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bird, blossoms, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Somerville, spring, urban landscape, walking on April 22, 2014| 3 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, Ricky's Flower Market, Somerville, walking on April 13, 2014| 2 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged abstract, baby's breath, Branches, colors, flowers, Inspiration, Photography on April 8, 2014| 1 Comment »
The recipe for this photo shoot: a few sprigs of baby’s breath, a small red bowl, a gold saucer, one stone, and a square of blue cloth.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged botanicals, colors, flowers, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nature, orchids, Photography on April 1, 2014| 1 Comment »
The sun finally shone bright, or at least, just bright enough to revisit the orchid.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, indoor gardens, Inspiration, nature, orchids, Photography, plants on March 29, 2014| 3 Comments »
The major stems, leaves and unopened buds are jade green while the petals are pale green and freckled with apricot. A lovely gift that now resides in the kitchen in the grayness of a rainy afternoon.
Many buds wait to open, and so we’ll see what happens in the coming days once the sun reappears in its gold cloak.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, compassion, daffodils, flowers, gold, hope, Inspiration, love, musings, nature, Photography, reflection, spring, yellow on March 23, 2014| 3 Comments »
Of late, I’ve met a man from a war-torn country who now lives and works in the U.S. He has described to me scenes of great brutality inflicted by man upon man for reasons like this person looked like someone from that country versus this country. He often has a smile on his face.
I am noted for seeing even an empty glass as half-full, but this man’s ability to find the positive puts me to shame. Why is he so happy? Not because he has a job that pays exceptionally well. He doesn’t. Not because he’s made many new friends in this country. He hasn’t. I think it is because, even as the soil ran red with blood around him, he remained open to the possibilities. He saw the beauty amidst the horror, like the flowers blossoming near that same bloody field.
He remained hopeful. Or, as he once told me, he has love in his heart and so long as you have love, what else do you need? Hmmm.
One day I did chance upon him not smiling. I asked the first question that came to mind. “Do you still have love in your heart?” He did not react with surprise to my words. His brow furrowed in deep thought. After a moment, he nodded, and then he smiled broadly. “Yes, Cynthia. Yes I do!”
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