
… as we wait for the next two storms. But yesterday there was a beautiful light. I tried photographing that same icicle that during a previous sunset had seemed filled with gold dust. But nothing is ever quite the same. Still beautiful though. 😉

Posted in Inspiration, tagged beautiful light, beauty, colors, frozen, gold, ice, icicle, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sunlight, urban landscape, water on February 12, 2015| 2 Comments »

… as we wait for the next two storms. But yesterday there was a beautiful light. I tried photographing that same icicle that during a previous sunset had seemed filled with gold dust. But nothing is ever quite the same. Still beautiful though. 😉

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, birdwatching, hawk, hunting, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pigeon, predators, storytelling, telephone pole, urban landscape, wildlife on February 11, 2015| 5 Comments »

To be honest, I was trying to photograph a rooftop icicle. I was playing around with the camera zoom when a distant shadow caught my attention. It was a hawk landing on top of a telephone pole with a pigeon in its grip.

There were people walking around below, and big vehicles scooping up the snow, but no one ever looked up. And so over the next two hours the hawk dined, unbothered, until nothing was left of its dinner.

Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, blue, colors, frozen, icicles, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water on February 10, 2015| 3 Comments »

At least that’s what these icicles reminded me of, people taking one step at a time.

Posted in Inspiration, tagged blue, color, frozen, ice, ice crystals, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 10, 2015| 1 Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, ice, icicles, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 9, 2015| 8 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged frozen, ice, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 9, 2015| 3 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, frozen, gold, ice, Inspiration, nature, Photography, water, winter on February 3, 2015| 6 Comments »

but it is simply the setting sun viewed through a new icicle formation hanging from the house



Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, ice, Inspiration, nature, patterns, Photography, water, windows, winter on January 28, 2015| 5 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, blizzard, Branches, Inspiration, nature, oak, Photography, snow, tree, weather, winter on January 27, 2015| 1 Comment »
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, beauty, colors, indoor gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, sunshine on January 25, 2015| 1 Comment »

… they grow in their small vessels upon a short bookcase that’s filled with cookbooks and related food literature. It has been a joy to try photographing their leaves, from different angles, in this morning’s bright winter’s light.




