When summer’s leaves fall, hidden treasures are revealed. What a delight seeing nests that had been hidden in plain view just a month before. Or the shape of a tree’s…
Before I went away last week, I seeded a pot of basil. This time of year I’m hungry for that distinctly summer taste fresh in so many dishes. I’m pleased…
I’ve been walking on ice the past few days. Wearing cleats takes the fear out of it, however, and I feel a funny sort of thrill to clump on where…
I spend a good deal of time in this blog talking about the natural world. This as opposed to the human one, even though we humans are, of course, at…
The natural world amazes me! As I walked at dawn yesterday, the sun illuminated thousands and thousands of crystals of frost covering the leaves in front of me. The fact…
I had the great honor today to stand with my sister under a great spreading limbs of an amazing White Oak (Quercus alba), a 300+ year old beauty known as…
So much of my enjoyment of making photographs comes from the experience of making them as opposed to the photographs themselves. Walking in the open woods today with my sister,…
I enjoyed a remarkable day with one of my sisters, exploring some wonderful new territory, enjoying each others’ company and having lots of fun just playing with (such a great…
Snow yesterday and more last night. Lovely to see each branch of every tree-lined in white. What caused joy for me has caused long delays for the airplanes I was…
Sometimes I feel blind to life! I seem to see everything as more of “the same.” I feel I’ve taken (and I use the term advisedly) “that” photograph before a hundred…
Still Learning To See 