Walk at Rachel Carson Preserve (Photos)
My hand gravitates to pointillism, and the dots and dashes and stripes of new buds and leaves fascinate me, and are great photo references for painting.
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Choosing Joy with Crabapple Photos
How exalting it is to meet the joy of life with appreciation and humble thankfulness.
Pondering Magnolia Shapes (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
I yearn to amplify and articulate them…
Spring Growth (New Abstract Mixed Media Collage)
I hope you too are growing this spring, like a watered garden unfolding and stretching in the sun!
The Music We Are (Poem by Rumi with Daffodil Photos)
Poems are rough notations for the music we are.
Hike photos from Huntington State Park (March 2023)
I’m still walking in the same place seeing nuances of the season everywhere, particularly attracted to reflections, blue shadows, composition, and abstract vignettes.
Lengthening Our Days (New Abstract Conceptualist Painting in Pastel)
At first, I thought of it literally about the days getting longer as spring approaches, but while I was painting, I came to see that it is also about “lengthening our days” in the longevity sense.
Scape Soup (Recipe)
This soup is easy, nurturing, satisfying, gently subtle, and all out delicious. This will be my new go-to scape recipe.
What Secret Purple Wisdom (poem by Luci Shaw with Iris Photos from our Yard)
What secret purple wisdom tells the iris edges to unfold in frills?
Light (Poem by Hafiz with Blooming Tree Photos)
I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (May 2022)
See my photos in this post of my local rambles that make me whole and able to do everything else.
Instructions on Not Giving Up (Poem by Ada Limon with Photos)
Spring brings hope, casting aside emptiness in favor of receptivity.
A Spring Walk During the 245 Anniversary of the Battle of Ridgefield
See my photos here of Ridgefield 245 years after the revolution, with some of the same trees and houses, on a glorious day with leaves popping out and flowers festooning every nook and cranny.