Pumpkin Photos 2018
What better way to celebrate than appreciate nature’s delicious bounty and the myriad variety of pumpkins?
Month: October 2018
Bits and Clips for October 2018
Hope you find something here that is inspiring, informative, interesting, motivating, illuminating, or helpful!
Recent Food Around Here
I have fallen back on making some blog favorites which are always worth revisiting… Check out their photos and recipes here.
Prayer Nuggets #6
Here are some nuggets from my private prayers that I’ve been outwardly working on lately:
Photo Walk in Putnam State Park
This is Putnam State Park in early autumn, before the first frost, taken with my iphone, with no filters or Photoshop.
Dramatic October Clouds (Photos)
I snapped these photos this month, rejoicing in what we were having, instead of pinning after what we had hoped for. Good was still going on, beauty was still present, it was just different.
Surmounting (New Abstract Conceptualism Painting in Pastel)
Sometimes the way is steep and daunting. Often here are big obstacles in the way. This painting is about surmounting. We can find ways around, and even if our course if zig zagged, we can overcome, get above and beyond and see a better view.
The Last of Our Garden Harvest
Here are some shots of the end of our season as we await our first hard frost. There are only leeks, parsley, mint, and green tomatoes left out there now.
A Season of Many Mushrooms (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Mushrooms
nudge and cling
everywhere
through the
wet and rain
with soggy feet
no wonder
they are shaped
like umbrellas
Our Booth at the Health and Wellness Expo
We spent the last weekend manning a Christian Science booth at the Health and Wellness Expo in Stamford, Connecticut. We shared inspirational quotes, sold Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (three times as many as last year), gave away past issues of the Sentinel magazine, and invitations to Christian Science lectures in the area.
Grace Notes #15 (with Photos)
Now I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
One Man’s Wilderness (Book Review with Quotes)
This is a marvelous little book. I loved it and give it five stars. It chronicles a man’s first 16 months in the wilds of Alaska in the late 60’s.
Baked Frittata with Spaghetti Squash, Bacon, and Mushrooms (Recipe)
This takes some time but makes a lot, so it is great for feeding a larger group, or for having leftovers during the week.
Two New Autumn Landscapes in Pastel that are in my Show
Here are two new autumnal landscapes in pastel that were completed just before my show.
To Be of Use (Poem by Marge Piercy)
The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.
Photo Walk: Early Fall in Huntington State Park 2018
Follow along with me on this long walk at Huntington State Park, which overlaps the borders of three towns near here, including mine. All these photos were taken casually with my iPhone, as I wandered contemplatively through this chunk of land I equate with my home these last 25 years…
