Flowers and Produce from our Yard (October 2021)
We’ve had many gallons of tomatoes, lots of peppers, both large and small, raspberries, herbs, arugula, zinnia, elephant ears, caladium and dahlias.
Photography
Grace Notes #36 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
September Hike Photos from Huntington 2021
Follow me around through the photos on this post as I revel in my local nature.
Late Summer Farmer’s Market (Still Life Photography: Produce and Flowers )
I can see how these weekly visuals totally effect my art, can’t you?
People at Creative Arts Camp 2021
I love the people at Creative Arts Camp. They are intelligent, innovative, talented, open hearted, fresh, kind, faithful, principled, and fun.
Creative Arts Camp 2021 (Artist-in-Residency: the Place)
I”m just back from my artist-in-residency on Long Lake in Maine, at the week long extravaganza that is Creative Arts Camp, held at the church camp Newfound and Owatona in late August.
Our Daughter Climbs Mount Katahdin (Her Photos)
Our younger daughter has been wanting to climb Mount Katahdin for some time. The last mountain she climbed was two years ago on our trip to Newfoundland. She’s also done a few “14ers” in Colorado. The Mount Katahdin trail is not as far as some of those Colorado hikes, but at least a mile vertical … Read more
Photos of Katahdin Stream
We were here so our daughter could climb Mount Katahdin. I’d paint the river, while she climbed the heights where this cold, clear water came from.
Close up Details of Baxter State Park (Photos)
I’m a big one for mindfulness, and this whole trip was rife with it. The textures of the moss, lichen, bark, fungi, frogs, loons, and fluttering leaves all spoke to me.
Canoe Day on South Branch Pond (Photos)
We took our time and made a day of it, enjoying the view, the reflections of the shore and sky in the water, a short hike at the end of the lake down to the next lake south (ironically called North Branch Pond), floating and paddling by turns.
Hike to Howe’s Falls (Photos)
The trail followed a stream up a valley between two peaks, past cascades and rounded pools, as it careened its way down to the lake.
Photos of a Quiet Time at South Branch Pond
Photos of our precious, contemplative mornings lakeside.
Rain Followed by an Amazing Rainbow
This awesomely magnificent rainbow was a communication from God, a reassurance and a sacrament, portending only good.