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new posters available

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 26, 2014| Leave a Comment »

New posters available in my zazzle shop.  Just a few African violet petals, some shadows resting on snow and a rainbow cupped within a shell.  As I originally studied these images, I thought them sensuous and I was reminded of something James Baldwin wrote in The Fire Next Time, “To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.”  I sometimes worry that I am procrastinating as I watch sunlight settle upon a leaf … but then I just shake myself and become thankful that I could be present in the moment. 😉

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in winter sunlight …

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , on February 20, 2014| 5 Comments »

I sat in the hallway trying to find some focus as I shifted between writing projects.  But focus was not coming and so at last, a bit agitated, I started to rise.  That’s when my eyes fell upon a clear vase.  In fact it was a drinking cup that I’d turned into a vase after the plastic had begun to crack.  It held an inch or so of water and a few sprigs of baby’s breath.

The sunlight shone through it magnificently, and somehow that light brought a great sense of calm.

I shook the vase to let the light dance.

Then some petals fell in casting their shadows.

And then I could not resist … I dunked in several sprigs, curious to see what new shapes would emerge.  New shapes did and so did several rainbows.

Soon the light shifted as it always, eventually does.  I crumbled the baby’s breath on top the soil of another growing plant.  The empty vase I placed back in the window.

I share these photos of that light-filled moment with you.  And now I am off to write. 😉

 

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it still blooms

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , on February 9, 2014| 3 Comments »

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a dark series in monday morning light

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , on January 27, 2014| 4 Comments »

When I first went up the stairs there were no shadows cast on the wall, no dark silhouettes in the air.  Then the sun peeked out for just a short while lighting up my little corner of the world.

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still blooming

Posted in Inspiration, tagged , , , , on January 13, 2014| 4 Comments »

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the beauty of time

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , on January 6, 2014| 6 Comments »

I have been photographing this African Violet  since at least 2010.  This past year, the plant grew spectacularly well.  Mostly because I tucked it into a corner and let it be.  Now at the start of this first full week of 2014, I photograph the plant again.  It is an overcast day which is all the inspiration needed to pull out flashlights and let the artificial light play upon iridescent petals and leaves.

 

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the lone petunia

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on December 4, 2013| 2 Comments »

Back in October I wrote about the unexpected success in growing a potted petunia in the house.  I imagined photographing white blossoms against the kitchen window with snow falling in the background. Will that come to pass?  Well, recently after cutting away all the dead and dying pieces only one green stem remained on the petunia plant.  Nothing else.  I considered letting it go, but what harm was there in continuing to water that stem.  And then one day it bloomed.  A single bloom on a single stem on a mostly barren patch of ground.  I guess there must be some good roots beneath that soil.

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red petals and water droplets

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged , , , , , , , on November 3, 2013| 4 Comments »

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white petals

Posted in Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged , , , , , on October 30, 2013| 5 Comments »

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rose petals and rice

Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 30, 2013| 2 Comments »

That was my intention when I walked out of the Brazilian grocery store with the bag of dried rose petals.  To mix rice and roses.  Perhaps sprinkle the petals on top of steamed black rice.  Or photograph them as they fell upon a bit of mochi ice cream.  But so far I’ve just let them sit in a small bowl in the kitchen, catching that light, their pinks and golds stirring my imagination.  I did find this really cool recipe for rice with rose petals.  The ingredients of the recipe read like a poem. I’m not into pomegranate and I don’t think I can afford saffron.  We’ll see what variation on a theme unfolds in my kitchen this winter.

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