Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract art, beauty, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, nests, Photography on June 25, 2014| 2 Comments »
a feather blew through the kitchen window to land upon a bottle on the floor
the house is surrounded by sparrows and blue jays and a baby robin I know I saw on the parking lot below
hawks fly past and pigeons dot roof tops and seagulls are like rats constantly on the prowl
but from which specific nest this bit of white fluff came, I’ll never know for sure
I can only imagine
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Bay of Fundy, butterflies, Canada, colors, eyes, fishing, Grand Manan, Inspiration, islands, nature, New Brunswick, outdoors, Photography, seagulls, seals, travel, wildlife on June 25, 2014| 6 Comments »
I do not know the name of this little fellow. All I know is that once Steve took the rod from my hands and began jiggling the line, this creature clamped on tight. Steve hauled him up long enough for me to snap a picture and then he was released back into the bay.
This lovely trio stared me down as I walked toward them. I think they quickly realized I knew very little about fishing and so they patiently waited for the lobster boats to return to dock.
Can you see the bright eyes of this seal? I was scanning the waves for a whale so I nearly missed this svelte form bobbing up and down in the waves. I heard tell of a green snake in the woods and saw deer hoof prints in the mud but few other animals did I see this past weekend, up north, except for this butterfly feeding on minerals in the soil.
You can see more images from a weekend journey to Grand Manan here, and learn more about this beautiful island here. A very short trip from where I live — a drive and then ferry ride — but somehow it was a world away.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Canada, colors, Grand Manan, Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, New Brunswick, Photography, rivers, sunlight, travel, water on June 24, 2014| 9 Comments »
… somehow, the scenes always take my breath away. With moving water, in this case a freshwater spring running into the sea, there is no one right photo. It’s just capturing fluid moments as the sun shines down, reflecting, refracting and all those other wonderful things light does in and on the water.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged art, Asian influence, beauty, collaboration, collage, creativity, geisha, illustration, Inspiration, paper arts, Photography, seasons, summer, Zoe Langosy on June 20, 2014| 2 Comments »
Spring/Summer Geisha, artwork by Zoe Langosy
I feel like I was just complaining about how long the winter was and now spring is easing into summer. That’s all the excuse I need to share this post from the past — Embodying Nature Through Collage — about a collaboration with artist Zoe Langosy who is one of the few people in the world encouraged to cut up my photos because she incorporates the pieces into such beauty, like this Spring/Summer Geisha. Have a good weekend, folks, and here’s to having a good summer. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, indoor gardening, Inspiration, lettuce, mesclun, Mesclun greens, nest, Photography, recipe, seeds, shallow soil on June 19, 2014| 5 Comments »
Let’s see. Besides potatoes, I’ve been growing lettuce indoors. Mesclun greens, their seeds meant to sprout in shallow soil and then the green leaves snipped early to top other dishes.
But my dish with shallow soil was kind of large and so I found myself with many greens that I decided to form into a nest. And on this nest I placed a handful of brussels sprouts, chopped, and a couple of small leeks, chopped, and a bit of oyster mushroom found at the bottom of the fridge, also chopped. Before I placed them in their nest, these veggies and the fungi were sauteed in olive oil, butter and garlic and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Okay, there was some meat added at the end of the porcine variety but no pictures do I have of crisped bacon, and so this is as much of the recipe that I can share in images. Í’ve placed the large dish aside until I decide what to sprout next. So many seeds in the world. I feel quite lucky.
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, nature, Photography, Prospect Hill, Somerville, urban landscape on June 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Inspiration, leaves, nature, New England, Photography, seasons, trees, urban landscape on June 18, 2014| 3 Comments »
If there’s one thing I’ve come to appreciate in New England, it’s that you’re surrounded by all the colors of all the seasons year-round. These images are from a bright day in Back Bay.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, Back Bay, Copley Square, Dunstan John Powell, faith, family, Hardman and Company, hidden gems, history, Inspiration, Lucy R. Woods, Photography, religion, stained glass windows, Trinity Church on June 17, 2014| 7 Comments »
Detail from the Lucy R. Woods Window, Trinity Church, Boston
It is one of the many hidden gems of Trinity Church in the City of Boston. According to archival records, the Woods Window was commissioned in memory of Miss Lucy R. Woods (1847-1904). Miss Woods taught the Young Ladies’ Bible Class in the church Sunday School for thirty-three years, beginning in 1871.
The window was executed by John Hardman and Company, Birmingham, England, and designed by Dunstan John Powell, grandson of noted English architect and artist Augustus Pugin.
The window is located in a stairwell not easily accessible to the public but postcards and prints will soon be coming to the Book Shop.
Until then, you can read more about the original 1906 unveiling of the window here. Hope to share more information about this window, and other hidden gems, in the near future.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, Back Bay, Boston, churches, First Baptist Church of Boston, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, frieze, Henry Hobson Richardson, Inspiration, Photography, sculpture, square tower on June 14, 2014| 1 Comment »
In the Back Bay, I’ve been walking past the First Baptist Church of Boston for years, but, today, for the first time, I trained my camera up to the top of the building tower. And what an amazing sight.
Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, “… its square tower is 176 feet high. At the top of the tower … is a frieze of sculpted figures representing baptism, communion, marriage and death. The frieze was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, famous for the Statue of Liberty, and was carved by Italian artists after the stones were set in place. It includes the faces of Sumner, Longfellow, Emerson, Hawthorne, Lincoln, Lafarge, and his comrade Garibaldi, and other prominent Bostonians …” (History of the First Baptist Church of Boston) I hope to learn more about this amazing building, and take more photos, over the summer.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, creative procrastination, Inspiration, Photography, rocks, water on June 12, 2014| 9 Comments »
Just rocks and water in shallow dishes and …
even a bit of ice. My creative procrastination between papers.
Hope you’ve had a good day.
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