Wet, warm weather and the farm crops have popped out of the ground. My friend Phil used to insist you could hear the corn as it emerged from the ground.…
I love to photograph the leaves of American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) all year round. The new leaves are particularly delectable! Add some sun and shadow and they are instant art.…
The garden is such a great place to see plants. Fantastic colors and shapes and textures. Leaves, fruits, roots—I could easily spend the rest of my life photographing only gardens and be…
When did I stop smiling like this every single day? And why?! When was the last time I played dress-up with a princess like this? How much I can learn…
Last winter I made several trips to Chickering Bog with friends. It was remarkable on a number of levels, most interestingly because we could walk (with snowshoes) anywhere on the…
My mother loved astronomy and all events of the sky. I remember sitting out on blankets late at night to watch meteor showers and Northern lights. She got stars in…
I’ve had fun digging back in the archives this week. I was especially looking for photographs I made at the Tate Modern when we were there six years ago. When…
Last Tuesday I wrote about how I’d dug up all the ferns I was so fond of photographing. The next day, on a hike to Chickering Bog, I found a…
In downtown Asheville I looked in vain for a place to see the sun setting over the mountains. This was as good as it got, no fault of the setting…
Around the time Liz and I were married 40 years ago, hundreds of Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)flowers bloomed in the woods around our house. When I saw this one…
Still Learning To See 