I often write here about the peace I find in the predictability of the natural world. The living of last year is now so obviously disintegrating to feed the new…
For years I have refused to “tidy up” my flower gardens in the fall, preferring instead to have a “winter garden” of stems, plumes, seed pods and stalks—all of which…
…but not photographs of last summer’s best! As temperatures hover around 0F this week, it seems like a good time to enjoy a few more flower photographs! Maybe some pink…
More amazing flowers from among the 5000 photographs I made last year. I’m fortunate to have many of these growing right outside the back door in my “no-mow” lawn! Enjoy.…
Many thanks to all who came to the Montpelier Alive Art Walk last night to see a selection of my work from the past year. It was such a delight…
Good news: lots more monarchs and monarch caterpillars around Central Vermont this year. What a thrill to see the chewed leaves of milkweed everywhere and plants loaded with frass…
Hummingbirds, of course, are simply an impossibility. Not just their abilities to fly and their coloration but also their tongue, something that wraps around the inside of their skull it…
One of the great delights of seeing flowers and leaves is the fact that light can be both reflected by their surfaces while also being transmitted through them. The balance…
Flowers and plants are such gifts. Years ago I swore I’d stop mowing a lawn. Now the entire yard is filled with flowers and wild areas where whatever wants to…
If I’m honest, I must admit to having allowed myself to be held hostage emotionally since November 2016. I know I’m not alone in feeling depressed about the conditions we…
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