“If we are a drop of water and we try to get to the ocean as only an individual drop, we will surely evaporate along the way. To arrive at the ocean, you must go as a river.” — Thich Nhat Hanh in Creating True Peace
Posts Tagged ‘nature’
individual drops
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged connections, Inspiration, life, nature, peace, Photography, Thich Nhat Hanh, water on December 2, 2013| 5 Comments »
darkness descending at castle island
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Castle Island, colors, dark, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, South Boston, sunset, water on November 30, 2013| 8 Comments »
You can read more about Castle Island via this link. A beautiful place to visit year-round. At this time of year, remember to wear extra thick layers as you’re walking the water’s edge.
a book of thanks …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged books, dublin, gratitude, Inspiration, ireland, landscape, nature, Photography, travel, walking, welcome on November 27, 2013| 5 Comments »
This is a limited edition book created for a few folk who made our recent stay in Dublin, Ireland so lovely. It can take a lot of energy to welcome strangers into your home and treat them like family, which is exactly what one couple did. And it can take a lot of energy to welcome visitors from around the world to your home country and make sure those visitors experience a sense of place, which is exactly what conference organizers managed to do. Once they have books in hands, I hope they enjoy the images that could not have been compiled without their generosity, good-spirits and great walking maps. Thank you. 😉
prints available …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged archival quality prints, autumn, colors, dublin, holiday shopping, Inspiration, ireland, leaves, light, nature, Photography, prints, trees on November 23, 2013| 3 Comments »
Based on very nice feedback about the tree and leaf images from my recent travels, and a special request, I have begun transforming some of the images into archival quality prints. Unframed prints of this “one tree” from Dublin are now available here.
a sliver of rainbow in the morning sky
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, Massachusetts, nature, nature photography, Photography, rainbows, silhouettes, Somerville, trees on November 21, 2013| 4 Comments »
morning sky
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, Branches, colors, Inspiration, light, Massachusetts, nature, Photography, poetry, sky, Somerville, trees on November 19, 2013| 7 Comments »
There is poetry among these branches of the oak tree, with their few remaining leaves that are quite red in the full light of noon but in the wee hours of morn they are dark shadows fluttering like the wings of moths or butterflies, and then there’s that backdrop of a sky transforming from rosy dawn to bluest day. Poetry, indeed. I’m just not sure where the words are hiding. In some nook or cranny perhaps just waiting to unfurl …
sunlight, the temptress
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, butterflies, colors, Inspiration, muse, nature, Photography, seasons, sunlight on November 18, 2013| 4 Comments »
I was quite focused this morning. Honest. I had my task list all prepared. Then the sun came out from behind her clouds, shining seductively warm light all around. What a problem to have on a Monday morning. And my response?
Well, but of course, I tossed aside pen and paper. I grabbed my camera and raced around the house to every window following that darn light until I settled upon the top most floor where from the ceiling hangs a butterfly mobile. A rainbow of winged creatures just waiting for the wind.
No windows were open (it was raining earlier), but perhaps from the wind I generated moving about so fast, the butterflies had begun to spin just a bit. And so I sat on the floor and photographed them in their habitat.
Not too long of a photoshoot. Just long enough to make one smile. Like I said … what a wonderful problem to have on a Monday morning.
i will miss the leaves …
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged 21st Editions, arts, books, collaboration, fine art photography, Inspiration, leaves, nature, Photography, poetry, prose, visual arts on November 17, 2013| 4 Comments »
… but i am happy to be home. Plus we returned just in time to attend a book festival in Boston. No books were bought but I did have the pleasure of meeting some of the people behind 21st Editions, The Art of the Book. As a press that uniquely marries fine art photography with poetry, it is my dream publisher. They produce works primarily acquired by libraries and museums. As I told one of the staff, the newsletter they send out to subscribers is quite inspiring. I’ve been especially fascinated by the short videos produced to highlight upcoming titles. When asked what I liked about them, I shared that it was the audio element added to the mix of words and images. Below is one of my favorites — images of 21st Editions books with a poem read by poet John Wood. Enjoy.
just leaves, and wonderfully so
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged autumn, colors, Inspiration, leaves, nature, nature photography, Oxfordshire, Photography, Steventon, The Causeway, walking, water on November 13, 2013| 13 Comments »
Leaves found while walking along along The Causeway in Steventon, Oxfordshire. You can read more about The Causeway here: http://www.steventon.info/Causeway.html
jordan, an autumn interlude
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, children, family, fatherhood, guest post, happiness, Inspiration, joy, leaves, nature, parenting, Photography, play on November 12, 2013| 2 Comments »
Jordan Playing in the Leaves
My brother is not off the hook for his guest post about music and mountains, but I must admit that this photo he did share of his son at play in a field of leaves was quite an autumn treat. A 3-year old the size of a 5-year old with big brown eyes filled with wonder at the world. My brother wrote that it is an image that makes him want to sit and write “about the joy and emotions of Fall and Winter.” I hope he does put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and that Jordan keeps playing in the leaves. 😉
Words + Images 