As we move toward colder times and snow here in Vermont, I, for one, am delighted to once again see the leaves down and the “bones” of the trees silhouetted…
Here in Vermont the inevitable annual changes in our natural world are well underway. The sun, of course, drives them all with less solar energy reaching us due to shorter…
I’ve been making photographs for sixty years. Mainly of what is termed the (non-human) natural world, like the flowers of the nearly extinct American Chestnut tree above where bees will…
One of the true joys of new snow in the winter is seeing the landscape as a great, clean easel! Animal tracks are often the first “paint” to appear, along…
In my upcoming solo photography show at the Highland Center for the Arts, I’ll not be showing many photos of snow even though it is a “near cousin” to frost…
As I change the calendar page, it is clear we are in the midst of the transitions I’ve grown used to seeing happen. The long, beautiful light and shadows of…
Today I am celebrating our blue and green world—swirled in water! Each of us sees the world differently, some only slightly, others very differently. I have a good friend, as…
“If it was any closer, it would bite you!” was something I heard from my mom on occasion. I also credit her with helping me develop my seeing, including when…
One of the things I noticed about myself on my annual Fall foliage trip to Cady’s Falls this year was that I’m slowing down. Not all bad! More time to…
Those who visit here know I love trees—touching them, learning about them, planting them, and, of course, photographing them—not, by the way, an easy task. I recently had a chance…
Still Learning To See 