Days are Getting Shorter (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
Let’s relish this turning inward, this harvest time of hope, by being outside to marvel at it all.
Fall
Into the Autumn Field (New Landscape Painting in Oil)
I love painting outside in the fall, and it is so fun to get to use my cadmiums! They’ve just done the haying the hill, so the field is bare. It’s the place to be but getting there is gorgeous too.
Hike Photos of Huntington State Park (November 2025)
It has been lovely studying these colors for my next paintings.
Leaf Litter on the Pond (New Collage)
I’ve spent a lot of time pondering (and taking photos of) leaves on the pond.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (October 2025)
I’ve been glorying in the bright blue skies and the leaves changing color.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2024)
It was a busy month, but I still went on some regular walks in my nearby Huntington State Park. In November, I was joined on my walks by a house guest who is a fellow blog reader of yours, as well as both daughters in succession, and my husband, although most days I walk alone. … Read more
October Foliage Photos from Hikes at Huntington
I am so grateful for this place, the blue October skies, and all this color.
Milkweed (New Poem by Polly Castor)
So round and round it goes each abundance a continuance from the last, uniquely beautiful and usefully contributing in every season– the cycle of life ongoing and ever-present.
October (poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar)
She, with youthful lavishness, spends all her wealth in gaudy dress….
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2023)
I’m grateful for walking at Huntington State Park; I basked in the foliage colors and the endlessly fascinating reflections.
