… with a green center
Posts Tagged ‘plants’
and there’s white …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, green, Inspiration, nature, Photography, plants, ranunculus, white on February 13, 2013| 3 Comments »
soft pink
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, Photography, pink, plants, ranunculus on February 12, 2013| 3 Comments »
I was not very keen on pink as a child, probably because I was forced to wear it far too often. Now I am more appreciative of this color especially as it appears in nature. These are the petals of a ranunculus flower.
i must confess …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged aurora, cactus, colors, food, food photography, fruit, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, plants, prickly pear, still life on January 29, 2013| 6 Comments »
… it was an impulse buy. I had traveled to my local grocery store with a specific list of items to purchase. Prickly pears were not on that list. And yet as I passed by that basket of fruit …
… I guess the overhead lights struck the skin in such a way that I was reminded of iridescent glass. How could I resist such a display?
And yes, if I look close enough, I still see stars in a night sky. Perhaps an aurora. 😉
nasturtium
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, flowers, food, food photography, Inspiration, leaves, light, nasturtium, nature, nature photography, plants on January 22, 2013| 7 Comments »
upon a pale field
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blooms, colors, digital photography, flowers, Inspiration, light, nature, nature photography, plants on January 14, 2013| 6 Comments »
The name of the plant I do not know. Its cost was $2.48. I know that because the label is still on the side of the little plastic pot. I have never replanted it. I sometimes forget to water it and then when I do I sometimes drown it but it is a succulent and that seems to be okay.
I have tucked it in a very, very sunny corner. Perhaps for that reason it forgives my neglect and on occasion produces these magnificent pale blooms on pencil thin stalks that I snip and place in an old spice jar. I’ve been photographing them against a background of white vellum.
We’ll see what the rest of the winter holds, if new blooms will emerge. Meanwhile, I’ll try to show my appreciation by buying some soil later today so I can replant this (and several more) plants later in the week. 😉
gordon’s poinsettia
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, colors, flower, gift, home, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, plants, poinsettia, red on January 10, 2013| 7 Comments »
A poinsettia sits in the kitchen window, a holiday gift still providing much pleasure.
interior beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged bouquet, colors, flower photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, plants, pleasure, tulips, white on December 26, 2012| 6 Comments »
The interior of several white tulips. As I’ve written before, tulips were not always my favorite flowers. But now it is with pleasure I buy a bouquet, their heads tightly closed, and wait just a few days for the blossoms to open, revealing the subtle hues shading their centers.
last harvest 2
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, Copley Square, farmers market, food, food photography, Inspiration, nature, plants, vegetables on November 18, 2012| 2 Comments »
Next year, if I am lucky enough to meander through the Copley Square Farmers Market each week, I will try to talk with the farmers. To learn more about what they farm and why, and how they choose what produce to display in which city squares and why. The last one of this season in Copley Square will take place Tuesday November 20th from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm. If you’re in the neighborhood, enjoy!
steve’s kitchen in autumn
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, food, food photography, gardening, herbs, home, Inspiration, kitchens, light, nature, plants, relationships, sage on November 12, 2012| 4 Comments »
I have written of Steve’s kitchen quite often and in various ways, from the dishes he prepares to the memories evoked by his simple act of making coffee. This autumn, I have found that even with that cup of coffee in hand, I like to sit in the quiet of his warming kitchen. Like ritual, I watch the remaining leaves on the towering oak tree flutter in a morning breeze, and then … it happens. I look across the table at Steve and I say, “The sun is coming around the corner on its sled.” He says, “Mmmmhmm.”
It does not flood the room, this autumn light. It moves slowly like honey or light maple syrup across a plate. My favorite part? How light pours upon the pot of sage.
It soaks into dusty leaves, alive and dead, and runs along unruly stems.
Truth be told, there are other herbs in the room, on the same little table, buckets of basil, rosemary stalks and more. But my favorite sight in the morning light, this autumn so far anyway, remains the sage …
…even when its leaves are not green.
petals pulled
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged colors, droplets, floral photography, flowers, Inspiration, nature, petals, plants, water on October 24, 2012| 1 Comment »
I was watering herbs with a misting bottle while waiting for a paper to print. As droplets settled on neighboring cut flowers, I just wondered what would happen if I pulled a few petals and let them settle on my papers …
.. and on my notebooks …
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As usual, beauty found in unexpected places.
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