Seeing these fragile remains made me think of the poem by Don Marquis, the lesson of the moth.
Posts Tagged ‘Photography’
and amidst the glass, three moths lay
Posted in Nature Notes, tagged Don Marquis, insects, Inspiration, moth, moths, nature, Photography, poetry on July 4, 2013| 4 Comments »
a shard of glass in sunlight
Posted in Inspiration, tagged colors, glass, Inspiration, light, Photography, photos, prisms, rainbows, refraction on July 3, 2013| 8 Comments »
My friends accuse me of always finding the bright side. I don’t think that’s true. I can be quite the curmudgeon. But I do have to admit that when a sudden gust of wind tossed the lamp to the floor, shattering the glass shade and bulb, one of the first thoughts that ran through my head was, “Hmmm. I wonder what photos might come out of this incident?”
“it walked out of the forest into moonlight, veiled in white …”
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged arts, artwork, book covers, colors, fantasy, flowers, fun, illustration, imagination, Inspiration, nature, orchid, Photography on July 2, 2013| 5 Comments »
It was the beauty of the artwork on the covers of fantasy and sci-fi novels that used to draw my attention in bookstores. So many of the illustrations depicted a cloaked figure, partially illuminated. And then there’s my growing interest in stained glass windows. The figures in them, whether peasant or angel, wear luminous robes in a rainbow of colors. With such inspirations in my life, how could I not see a cloaked figure as I zoomed in on this orchid?
leaves in the copley square fountain
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Boston, colors, Copley Square, fountains, Inspiration, leaves, nature, nature photography, Photography, water on June 30, 2013| 4 Comments »
Downpours have been threatening for days in the Boston area, yet little rain has fallen so far. So yesterday I was able to sit by the water fountain in Copley Square as I ate my lunch. A warm gusty wind blew through the square sending a shower of leaves into the water. It was fun to hold tight to my sandwich with one hand while trying to snap photos of leaves sailing by. Quite unexpectedly,a lady decided to strip and bathe in the fountain at the same time. I decided to focus on the leaves. 😉
images of light dancing on water
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Boston, Charles River, colors, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, Photography, reflections, refraction, ripples, rivers, water on June 27, 2013| 5 Comments »
When I walked the river’s edge last Saturday, I kept peering deep into the water looking for fish and turtles. But the sun was so hot and there were so many canoeists in the water. It became quite clear that beneath those churned up waters that I would be spying no fish or turtles. So I paid attention to the surface.
a pause for breakfast
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged breakfast, focus, food, food photography, fruit, granola, Inspiration, Photography, yogurt on June 26, 2013| 3 Comments »
I don’t know that it will help me focus any better this discombobulated day, but making myself get up from the computer, assemble the ingredients, and take a few shots before digging in … I did feel better afterward and it sure did taste good. Have a good Wednesday. 😉
and pinks and golds worked by human hands
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, Back Bay, Boston, collaboration, colors, Edward Burne-Jones, faith, images, Inspiration, Photography, pre-raphaelites, spirituality, stained glass windows, Trinity Church in Copley Square, William Morris on June 25, 2013| 14 Comments »
At least it is the pinks and golds that stand out to me on this hot, hot day as I review these images recently taken of the stained glass window, David’s Charge to Solomon.
At some point I hope to direct you to some of the stories and resources that other have shared with me about the window and the fascinating relationship between Burne-Jones and Morris.
Until then, here a few more images of the parts that create the whole.
a bit of pink and gold … in nature
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, gold, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pink, plants on June 25, 2013| 2 Comments »
walking by the charles river …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Charles River, colors, feathers, Inspiration, nature, Photography, rivers, walking, water, white on June 23, 2013| 6 Comments »
you should write …
Posted in Guest Contributor, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged family, home, Inspiration, life, listening, musings, nature, outdoors, Photography, prose, siblings, storytelling on June 23, 2013| 6 Comments »
We spoke by phone. I sat in my kitchen in Somerville, MA while my younger brother sat outside his home in Lynchburg, VA. After I had described my latest walk by the water and what I might write about, he said, “Mmmhmm. I think you should write some more about porches.”
“Porches?”
“Yes. About what it’s like to sit on the porch steps at night, in the quiet and in the cool, with fireflies in the distance. They look like stars.”
I imagined him sitting on his little back porch. I thought about the seeds I had sent him and his family. “Next year, I am sending you night blooming flowers.”
“That’s fine,” he said, and then he added, “And you should write about wearing glasses, how we wear them to see clearly, these wire frames that are not heavy but somehow you feel their weight all the time, and if you have long eyelashes you’re constantly batting them against the lenses. Yeah, there’s always contacts … but somehow when you wear glasses and then you sit and you take them off … you can’t see as clearly and yet there is a certain sense of freedom. A weight has been removed. Though your view is a bit blurry somehow you can see with greater clarity the beauty all around.”
“I gave you a blank notebook. Why don’t you write these things?” I say.
“Because you’re the writer,” he said.
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