Hike Photos from Huntington (Midsummer 2026)
Enjoy the berries coming on, the milkweed, the vines, the Canada geese, the fields, tree, and lakes, the reflections and bark, the complexity of composition, the flowers.
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Nature Photos from Maine (June 2026)
Here are the rest of my photos from my recent trip to Maine. The flowers, trees, grasses, ferns, and reflections were all wonderful.
PSME Plein Air Retreat 2026 (Place and People)
Our time flew by so fast, but was cherished by all as both community building and resuscitating in many ways. So grateful for this group!
Photos of our Peonies with links to Peony Poetry
Loving our peonies!
Check out these new photos of them from our yard, as well as these peony poems
Hike Photos from Huntinton State Park (Early June 2026)
There are some blossoms, and the air smells pungently amazing, but most it is just green, green green!
Flowers in our Yard Right Now (Photos)
This is the best time of year in our little third of an acre. It is bursting out in bloom right now, with many iris, peonies, baptista, allium, virbernum, quince, azalea, poppy, and even lemons.
Black and White Photos from Brimfield
Here are some of the other things we saw, where color was not the feature.
Brimfield Antique Flea Market (Photos and Finds)
We were there walking from booth to booth from 10 am until 4pm– over 10,000 steps– and my husband doesn’t even think we saw half of it. There were probably literally a thousand vendors.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (April 2026)
I am so grateful to live so close to this wonderful place and to have gotten to know it intimately over many years.
Our Weeping Cherry Tree (Photos)
My parents gave us this tree as a housewarming present 35 years ago. It is going strong and is such a lovely addition to our life!
Secular Easter Photos 2026
Everyone enjoyed being together so much that we sat at that brunch table for five hours, but it felt like only two. So grateful.
Recent Black and White Photos
These photos have been collected since the beginning of January. I hope you enjoy their value contrasts, composition, light, shadows, shapes, and mood.
Grace Notes #61
My hope is that this practice will make me and you more aware of the constant flow of amazing good we are perpetually steeped in, which we are surrounded by all the time.
You Know All This (Birthday Poem for our Youngest with Photos)
Here’s to another wonderful orbit around the sun together. May every perfect blessing be yours now and always.
My Birthday 2026
I’m so grateful to be circling the sun with all of you. Thank you to the many well wishers on social media, through the mail, and via text. Let’s have another terrific year together!
Snow Photos
The snow is up now over the wheel wells on our cars in the driveway, and shoveling out will commence later today.
Family Holiday Photos 2025 (with Recipe Links)
We had a nice holiday with both daughters home, as well as our older daughter’s boyfriend.