and this is what I saw as I stood beneath one tree.
Posts Tagged ‘urban landscape’
while walking in the back bay, I paused and looked up …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Boston Back Bay, Branches, colors, Inspiration, leaves, life, nature, neighborhoods, Photography, trees, urban landscape on June 7, 2014| 8 Comments »
browns, mostly
Posted in Inspiration, tagged abstract, animals, beauty, brown, colors, Inspiration, mallard ducks, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 29, 2014| 3 Comments »
After an unplanned course of color-filled blog posts this week, I was wondering if I could carry on and what the next one might be. I had no idea today as I took a late lunch break beside the pond in Copley Square. And then a little visitor paraded by. And then, just like that, I knew I had my next color, with so many of its shades displayed.
a happy trio
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged animals, Inspiration, Mystic River, nature, Photography, rivers, Somerville, turtles, urban landscape, water on May 25, 2014| 4 Comments »
into the mystic
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged abstract, animals, beauty, Inspiration, Mystic River, nature, Photography, rivers, Somerville, swans, urban landscape on May 22, 2014| 6 Comments »
Yesterday, I scrambled down to the water’s edge before realizing that may not have been the smartest move in the shoes I was wearing. Cool Spring winds arose. The temperature dropped. I was freezing. And yet …
it truly felt like the right place to stand, for as long as I could bear, so that I might see the beauty floating by in the Mystic.
in the cubist style?
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged abstract, animals, art, cubism, Inspiration, mallard duck, Mystic River, nature, Photography, Picasso, rivers, Somerville, urban landscape on May 21, 2014| 1 Comment »
Oh, I don’t know but Picasso certainly came to mind as I watched this mallard contort in the blue waters of the Mystic River. A lovely sight. Her partner seemed to enjoy, as well, as he watched from closer to shore.
a single dandelion by the roadside
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, dandelion, Inspiration, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 21, 2014| 6 Comments »
a series in the green, and …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, fantasy, GIMP, glass, green, imagination, Inspiration, nature, Photography, spring, spring images, urban landscape on May 20, 2014| 3 Comments »
At the beginning of May, I did a post, spring images through the double rippled glass. Now that May nears its end, and the weather is almost consistently warm, one set of windows has been removed. And guess what? The remaining window is a bit pitted and rippled in places too!
The bright gold forsythia flowers visible in the previous post are gone, but as I recently tried to convince a young friend, even with no flowers, green plants and hanging vines are quite beautiful.
Through the single pane, the morning light seems to shine differently, and the spring winds seem to send the vegetation moving in a different dance. My imagination is still stirred at what’s captured just by pausing for a moment. The following image reminds me of Munch’s The Scream … though in a happier way.
And these images (only the last one altered in GIMP) remind me of those forest portals where reside dragons and other magical folk … though that thought must be influenced by recent viewings of Game of Thrones.
And, if I lift my camera above the spring green, and look up into the sky? This is what I see, through the rippled glass.
woburn 16
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, clouds, Inspiration, liquid, Massachusetts, nature, Photography, urban landscape, water, Woburn on May 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
I’ve got to get better at labeling my photos but this was indeed the 16th photo that I saved after a quick photo walk through the office park in Woburn, MA. It is a tight image of a small pool of water in a field. The sun was shining bright but then a cloud passed over.
and later, a walk through the boston public garden
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Boston, Boston Public Garden, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Public Garden, urban landscape on May 19, 2014| 1 Comment »
I’ve lived in the Boston area for quite a while now, but there are always captivating images to be found in familiar places, like the Boston Public Garden.
arnold arboretum reflections
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged Arnold Arboretum, Inspiration, monotype, motherhood, nature, Parks, Photography, reflections, trees, urban landscape, water on May 14, 2014| 1 Comment »
As I took these photos, with my camera focused at the surface of a shallow pool, a little girl watched me. I heard her mother’s encouraging words, “Go ask her what she’s doing. Go ahead.” She took a few steps toward me before deciding that the bird flying by was far more fascinating. Her mom studied the water’s surface for a few moments though, and then with an acknowledging smile, she trailed off after her little one.
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