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Posts Tagged ‘light’
autumn reflections in long pond
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, autumn, hiking, Inspiration, landscape, light, Long Pond, Middlesex Fells Reservation, nature, outdoors, Photography, reflections, water on October 6, 2014| 7 Comments »
just sunlight on a wall
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, caustics, Inspiration, light, patterns, Photography on October 5, 2014| 2 Comments »
I was talking with my brother on the phone this morning. Since the two of us have been known to converse for quite a while, I found myself a chair. It’s the chair where I normally look through the rippled glass window …
but this morning my eyes rested upon a neighboring wall where sunlight played.
The show didn’t last for long, just long enough, and here are a few scenes from the drama.
shores of light
Posted in Inspiration, tagged faith, family, fathers, Inspiration, light, motivation, Photography, reflection, Shores of Light, Theodore Parker Ferris, water on September 22, 2014| 6 Comments »
I have thought of my father much this weekend, and mostly when I do, I smile. I am sure that he would shake his head and possibly chuckle at the new bucket of potatoes I have growing in the hallway. The stems are thick and the leaves a dark, vibrant green in the morning light. Planting that bucket was a moment of wonderful calm. I will always associate the joys of gardening with my father who found his calm in that way. I think he used to find his calm on the water too. In the garden or on the water, I think one thing he modeled for me was how to take a deep breath and keep moving forward even into the unknown. Maybe that’s why I thought of him as I read a passage from a sermon about Shores of Light.
“There are people even in this troubled and confused world who are continually like plants reaching upward toward the shores of light. When those shores are completely hidden from our sight by mist and fog, when we can see nothing but this present world from which time sweeps us away with almost no consideration at all, we look at them and we say, The shores of light must still be there.” — Theodore P. Ferris
a mood of the mind
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, color, creativity, focus, green, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, Thoreau, walking on September 15, 2014| 5 Comments »
I’m not completely sure what Thoreau meant by that phrase but those are the words that surface as I review these photos. They do capture a bit of the mood of my mind.
Appreciating the light. Both intrigued and challenged by the darkness. In an abstract space, and feeling like that’s not a bad space to be in creatively, but …
… also knowing that, especially on a Monday morning, one needs to find some focus. Or fake it really well.
I’m hoping another cup of coffee might help. Have a good day, folks. 😉
an impromptu study of a moth
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, insects, Inspiration, light, moths, nature, Photography, urban landscape, water on September 9, 2014| 9 Comments »
Upon my last great move, I had to get rid of a lot of books. One of the few books I kept was A Pocket Guide to Butterflies & Moths. The illustrations provided colorful, calming inspiration but I was also interested in learning just a bit of the science behind these winged insects that had captured my attention since childhood.
Here in Somerville, in this house with so many windows and so few screens, many a winged creature has made an appearance, from bumblebees and wasps to lady bugs and dragonflies. No butterflies that I can remember, but across all the seasons, many a moth has visited and some have never left. Usually, I find them nestled next to light sources, curled with proverbial charred wings next to light bulbs and candlewicks. The one in this series of images I found on a book shelf. He was dry at the time and near no lamp.
I held him in my hand and wondered what had happened. As I held him close, I could see the beauty of his form and so decided to try to capture what I saw before me.
A bit macabre perhaps but I think I learned some things about form, function, patterns and even color that I continue to muddle through.
blue waters
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged abstract, blue, colors, Inspiration, light, Photography, shadow, sparkling water, water on September 7, 2014| 3 Comments »
it is all perspective I guess
Posted in Inspiration, tagged colors, curtains, Inspiration, light, perspective, Photography on August 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »
… and finally there was morning glory success
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, Inspiration, light, morning glory, nature, Photography on August 27, 2014| 7 Comments »
and then there was the afternoon sun
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, colors, imagination, Inspiration, light, Photography on August 17, 2014| 1 Comment »
… filling the folds of the living room curtains
… reminding me of the stained glass windows I’ve been privileged to photograph of late
… . and in those windows to see how the sunlight strikes the glass, filling the folds of the robes of the saints and angels and the ordinary folk living their lives
… and I can’t help but think, given all that’s happening in all parts of the world, how lucky I am to be able to sit for a moment and capture the sun’s path across a single window
sunlight in the folds
Posted in Inspiration, tagged colors, gold, imagination, Inspiration, light, Photography, red on August 17, 2014| 1 Comment »
curtains at the window …
catching early morning light
my view one morning as I lazed in bed
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