A splurge at the grocery store. I probably needed butter more but somehow I could not walk away from that bouquet of white tulips.
Posts Tagged ‘flowers’
peering into a vase of tulips
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips, white tulips on March 6, 2014| 4 Comments »
new posters available
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged being present, flowers, Inspiration, James Baldwin, nature, petals, Photography, posters, sensuality, snow 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. 😉
in winter sunlight …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby's breath, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, shadows 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. 😉
it still blooms
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged african violet, colors, flowers, nature, petals, Photography, pink on February 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
a dark series in monday morning light
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, serenity 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.
still blooming
Posted in Inspiration, tagged african violet, blossoms, flowers, Inspiration, Photography on January 13, 2014| 4 Comments »
the beauty of time
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged african violet, artificial light, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants 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.
the lone petunia
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, house plants, Inspiration, nature, petunias, Photography, roots, soil 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.
red petals and water droplets
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged color, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, Photography, red, water on November 3, 2013| 4 Comments »
white petals
Posted in Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged flowers, hiking, Inspiration, Middlesex Fells Reservation, nature, Photography on October 30, 2013| 5 Comments »
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