… butterflies in a mobile that a friend gave to me several years ago,

dried flowers disintegrating at a wonderfully slow pace,

oak leaves shining like jewels in a coronet,

and water dissipating on a window pane.

Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, butterflies, colors, digital photography, flowers, Inspiration, leaves, light, nature, trees, water on October 31, 2012| 3 Comments »
… butterflies in a mobile that a friend gave to me several years ago,

dried flowers disintegrating at a wonderfully slow pace,

oak leaves shining like jewels in a coronet,

and water dissipating on a window pane.

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, droplets, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, plants, water on October 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
I was watering herbs with a misting bottle while waiting for a paper to print. As droplets settled on neighboring cut flowers, I just wondered what would happen if I pulled a few petals and let them settle on my papers …

.. and on my notebooks …

and other items below?

As usual, beauty found in unexpected places.


Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged birds, colors, dublin, flowers, gardens, Inspiration, ireland, landscape, nature, Photography, spirituality, St. Audoen's Church, travel on October 15, 2012| 3 Comments »

… I found beautiful blooms …



… and even a bird or two …


… and of course a few more leaves.



FYI, you can learn more about St. Audoen’s Church via this link.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Contributing Writer, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, Photography, poetry, white on October 3, 2012| 1 Comment »

… something soft and dreamy and a bit fantastic but, at the moment, the words are not fully forming in my head. A good thing since I have a very concrete project to complete involving hard numbers and rigid forms. But if you have a poem to share, please do. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography on September 27, 2012| 2 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petal, Photography, plants, seashore, sunlight on September 24, 2012| 7 Comments »

A few blossoms found by the seashore this weekend. They suddenly glowed in a shaft of afternoon light.

One of those unexpected sights that made many a person pause, and one older gentleman even exclaimed, “What a glorious day it has turned out to be.”

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, vines on September 14, 2012| 3 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, colors, creativity, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants on September 13, 2012| 1 Comment »

I was photographing shells on black paper when I decided to see what would happen if I tore apart a nearby blossom and photographed the petals on the paper instead.

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pink on September 9, 2012| 1 Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sunflower on September 4, 2012| 4 Comments »

I was curious how the Bear Sunflower would look in black and white.

View more images in the pale as well as in color via this temporary sunflower gallery. Enjoy!