A splurge at the grocery store. I probably needed butter more but somehow I could not walk away from that bouquet of white tulips.
Posts Tagged ‘nature’
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 »
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.
wonderfully out of focus
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, musings, nature, Photography, prose on February 23, 2014| 3 Comments »
through two panes of old glass
rippled and bubbled
branches on display, barely lit by the setting sun
while reflected in the glass light from the lamp indoors
my camera in that moment out of focus
but my sight as I sat in a chair across the room
admiring such complex layers of light and life
quite clear quite clear
a little dance
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, food, food photography, fungus, Inspiration, mushrooms, nature, oyster mushrooms, Photography on February 21, 2014| 5 Comments »
At first I saw a coral beneath the sea. Then, peering closer, I thought of ghostly maidens doing a little dance beneath the full moon. In fact, they are mushrooms growing in a “mushroom mini farm.” The first crop looked just like the image of oyster mushrooms on the box cover. This second round … well, I’m not so sure if what’s growing is edible but it sure is interesting visually.
in winter sunlight …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby's breath, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, Photography, shadows on February 20, 2014| 5 Comments »
I sat in the hallway trying to find some focus as I shifted between writing projects. But focus was not coming and so at last, a bit agitated, I started to rise. That’s when my eyes fell upon a clear vase. In fact it was a drinking cup that I’d turned into a vase after the plastic had begun to crack. It held an inch or so of water and a few sprigs of baby’s breath.
The sunlight shone through it magnificently, and somehow that light brought a great sense of calm.
I shook the vase to let the light dance.
Then some petals fell in casting their shadows.
And then I could not resist … I dunked in several sprigs, curious to see what new shapes would emerge. New shapes did and so did several rainbows.
Soon the light shifted as it always, eventually does. I crumbled the baby’s breath on top the soil of another growing plant. The empty vase I placed back in the window.
I share these photos of that light-filled moment with you. And now I am off to write. 😉
real trees …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, Eric Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, music, nature, perspective, Photography, trees, winter, youtube on February 19, 2014| 2 Comments »
trees standing tall in the Fells
trees in shadow upon the ground
and the music that inspired as I decided which sylvan images to post
a tree in a leaf
Posted in Branches, tagged abstract, blue sea glass, colors, cuban oregano, Inspiration, nature, Photography, sea glass on February 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
Actually a single leaf of cuban oregano resting upon blue sea glass. After the mini-photo shoot, the leaf made its way into some soup and the rock returned to a bowl in the hallway to rest with a few other rocks of many hues.
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