When I wrote the photo essay Branching Thoughts at the end of last year for Creativity-Portal.com I made some promises that I actually wasn’t sure I was going to keep, about being disciplined and stop putting off until tomorrow what I could conceivably do today. I love trees. I’ve always written about trees and once I picked up a camera I began photographing them, especially the branches. I’ve finally put together a big book of branches, a 108-page collection of images taken across Massachusetts. It is available as a soft cover book or PDF for $8.95. Click on any of the images below to check it out.
Posts Tagged ‘nature’
hot off the press: branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, art, beauty, books, Branches, Inspiration, landscape, nature, New England, Photography, trees on March 12, 2014| 3 Comments »
there are some pinkish petals in the house
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pink, pink tulips, tulips on March 12, 2014| 4 Comments »

Picked up a small bouquet of pink tulips on sale at the grocery store.

They are slowly opening up.

like a candle burning bright
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, imagination, Inspiration, nature, perspective, Photography, tulips on March 11, 2014| 4 Comments »

During the photo shoot for the white series, a petal became dislodged. And what an unexpected treat.

a series in white
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, botanicals, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, photograhy, tulips on March 11, 2014| 6 Comments »
an interior light
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, botanicals, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, tulips on March 9, 2014| 3 Comments »
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 »

A splurge at the grocery store. I probably needed butter more but somehow I could not walk away from that bouquet of white tulips.
still growing …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged food, fungus, Inspiration, mushroom, nature, oyster mushroom, Photography on February 28, 2014| 2 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. 😉

even when no rainbows were sought …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Inspiration, landscape, light, nature, Photography, Revere Beach, shells on February 25, 2014| 3 Comments »

… it became a game to walk along the beach for a stretch and then to whip around and see where the sun was layering its light.


can a rainbow always be found?
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Inspiration, nature, perspective, Photography, rainbows, Revere Beach, shells on February 25, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Probably not, but it can be fun looking. These slices of color were found inside shells that lay on Revere Beach.










