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Winter 2012

It started on October 31st, 2011, but then it went away. For 3 months I have listened to my son complain about the lack of winter this year, you see for him winter means snow. As for myself, I was perfectly happy with the mild weather, not needing to shovel or dig the cars out…

My First Glimpses of the New Year

It was a warm sunny day, so unusual for January 1st in upstate NY. I gathered my belongings to leave from an overnight stay, took them to my car and left them on the hood. I didn’t have the keys. This stump and the green grass below it called out to me saying, “Come, join…

Picasso Trees

My husband teaches art classes at several places. One location is Kimbal Jenkins Estate in Concord, NH, which is a very beautiful place to have an art school. We often go there for student & faculty shows as well. We went to a show last spring and a few days ago. Both times my husband…

Sun Shine Flower

We were driving home from a friends house the other day and my husband pointed out some really tall sunflowers in a yard as we passed by. He loves sunflowers and has done a few paintings of them. He said, “You should take a photograph!” Of course we were already past it on a one…

Autumn Memories

What does Autumn mean to you? Is it cool crisp air, warm colors or back to school? Maybe you live in a warm climate like I used to and September is not much different from August. Are you looking forward to Halloween? Maybe you live somewhere where Halloween is not celebrated, or perhaps it’s Spring…

How Do Your Flowers Grow?

Kalled Gallery Garden, painted metal Wolfeboro, NH In this garden all are welcome, Growing plants through spring & summer, Flowers bloom at random. Standing tall above the rest The metal art that some detest, But I see colors bright & beautiful That see us through the dreary winter Reminding us of better days to come.…

Day 28-homeless garden take 2

Day 28-homeless garden take 2. Beautiful photos by 365lifephotography. The Homeless Garden Project is such a great idea, every city in the world should have one.

Hot & Strong Beauties

Although I have not weeded my garden for the past 2 years, these lovely ladies keep bursting through the tangles to show me the strength of their beauty. “Fear not” they say, “we will keep growing strong even in the absence of your loving care. The weeds will not distract us from our purpose and…

Meditation

Breathing, being, feeling, the warm sunshine, the cool shade. Smell the grass, the water, the flowers. I’m grateful that I’m here.

Inspiration

Form, color, motion, texture, shadow, light, how it all comes together in time & space at that moment you are looking. Cool, warm, hot, tranquil, peaceful, comforting, intriguing, mysterious, delicious, saturating the senses and stimulating emotion. Life is art.