Posts Tagged ‘nature’
belle isle grasses
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged Belle Isle Marsh, colors, grasslands, Inspiration, landscape, light, Massachusetts, nature, Revere, shadows on April 29, 2013| 4 Comments »
walking beneath the quiet of branches
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Inspiration, landscape, maps, nature, nonprofits, pedestrian, Photography, spring, transportation, WalkBoston, walking on April 28, 2013| 6 Comments »
A few folks have asked about the “donate to charities” section on this blog. I’ll start with WalkBoston. As a card carrying pedestrian living in a part of the U.S. that is fairly well networked with buses, trains, etc, I thought I knew all I needed to know about transportation. But after becoming involved with this Massachusetts nonprofit I have come to learn a great deal more about the benefits of pedestrian access for individuals of all physical abilities, and of the necessity to understand and advocate for certain transportation infrastructures.
As someone with no sense of direction (my mother used to say I could get lost in a paper bag), I have also come to rely upon the organization’s lovely timed walking maps that are freely accessible online: timed walking maps. With map in hand, I’ve gotten into conversations with strangers on the streets of Boston, and its helped me (a shy person, honest) say to someone, let’s go for a walk and investigate these sights. These images are the sights I “investigated” in Boston’s Back Bay this past Friday.
The older I get, for reasons as varied as terrorism to back pain, I recognize that walking beneath the quiet of tree branches in a city or on a mountain top is a gift. I hope I never take walking in Boston, or in any other area, for granted again.
If you’re in the Massachusetts area and you’d like to learn more about WalkBoston, you can visit the website here. Meanwhile, enjoy the day. 😉
meanwhile, outside the window …
Posted in Branches, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Branches, colors, home, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, plants, trees, trees and shrubs on April 25, 2013| 4 Comments »
… a beautiful light falls upon the landlord’s trees and shrubs. I have said it once and I’ll say it again, one day I will have to make him a book of all the beauty I’ve seen out of his windows over the years. 😉 And now I am off into the day for a walk. Have a good day, folks.
inner beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, Inspiration, nasturtium, nature, Photography, plants, poem, poetry on April 25, 2013| 3 Comments »
No poetic words stirred by the nasturtium so far, but it is a delight to photograph its many parts. If you write a poem, please share. 😉
an orchid inspiration
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged flowers, Inspiration, nature, orchid, photo prompt, Photography, plants, poem, poetry, writing prompt on April 24, 2013| 8 Comments »
This orchid was the inspiration for a poem that will be published next month. Stay tuned. Meanwhile, I have in my sights a lovely orange nasturtium blossom. We’ll see if any words are sparked by its beauty. 😉
branches of a different sort
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Branches, colors, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, projects, trees on April 22, 2013| 5 Comments »
amidst these branches …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, blossoms, Branches, GIMP, illustration, Inspiration, landscape, nature, outdoors, Photography on April 22, 2013| 2 Comments »
… wrapped around trees and trailing over broken stone walls, I’m sure there must be rabbits and mice and maybe a bird or two, but all I can see are the blossoms.
images from a walk through ricky’s
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flower market, flowers, gardens, herbs, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, Ricky's Flower Market, Somerville, walking on April 20, 2013| 12 Comments »
Ricky’s Flower Market is a lovely shop in the heart of Union Square in Somerville, Massachusetts. When his door opens April-ish, then you know spring has arrived even if there’s still snow on the ground. When I need a visual respite, I like to wander through his indoor/outdoor space that’s filled with annuals, perennials, herbs, clay pots and everything and anything else needed for gardening. When the sun finally popped out this morning, I decided to make my way over there, and I am glad I did.
why am I listening to gustav holst – the planets, op. 32?
Posted in Inspiration, Music, Nature Notes, tagged blue, colors, Gustav Holst, imagination, music, musings, nature, Photography, the Planets Opus 32, water on April 19, 2013| 11 Comments »
Well, I live in an area that is currently on “lock down” until the final suspect involved with the Boston Marathon bombings is caught. That tragedy, in combination with a bad back, gives me lots of time to sit and muse. So when I finished playing with the following picture (of water beaded on a petal) all I could think of was “planets.” And what better piece of music to pair with my blue tinted orbs than Holst’s The Planets.
yes, you can put this poem in your pocket!
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Angie Pickman, art, creativity, Inspiration, National Poetry Month, nature, paper cutting, poetry, Poetry in Your Pocket Day, storytelling, video on April 17, 2013| 3 Comments »
That is if you view the following video on one of those contraptions that slips in your pocket. 😉 Leading up to National Poetry in Your Pocket Day, I wanted to share with you this short stop-animation poem by hand cut paper artist Angie Pickman. I had the great pleasure of sharing the words and images of Angie last year. Check out her interview: Angie Pickman Interview 2012. Meanwhile you can view her 2013 poem below.
Learn more about this amazing artist’s work via the following links:
