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Time for a Bit of Spring Magic

It’s another rainy/sleety/snowy day in Minnesota. Instead of looking out my window at the weather today I decided that it was Time for a Bit of Spring Magic indoors, photographing flowers. So I went to the greenhouse to pick up a bouquet of flowers — I ended up splurging on a bouquet of flowers, some cherry blossom branches and a plant. It’s finally ranunculus flower season, a time of year that I wait for each spring! It was such a happy surprise to find little ranunculus plants in bloom at the greenhouse. I love these flowers’ layered, papery, textured petals. Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

The Creative Muse

I haven’t worked on my photo book project for six weeks. And I was beginning to wonder when I would feel the urge to come back to work on it. I’ve been feeling a bit discouraged and lost and not sure what my next steps would be. Yesterday I talked a bit about how I lost my enthusiasm for the project with my Artist Way group. Apparently that’s what I needed to bring back my curiosity and interest in the project. I feel like I’ve once again found The Creative Muse. Last time I worked on the project I tried Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

A Bit of Green

It’s a white world outside my windows. I’ve noticed the squirrels running across open areas in our backyard as fast as they can—the raptors and other predators are probably hungry and wouldn’t mind a squirrel dinner. With the white snow background any moving creature shows up very well to the predators. As an antidote to all the snow that I see outside today I’m sharing A Bit of Green from my garden seedlings. This morning I moved some of the seedlings from their tiny starter peat containers into larger peat pots. It was a welcome dose of green therapy for Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Considering Miracles

March 11 and it’s still snowing, seems like it’s been forever snowing, and feels like winter will never end. But I remind myself, the temperatures are warming, ever so slowly. The light is returning. Much of the snow that falls melts immediately. Unfortunately, today, the snow is sticking again. I could complain (again) about the snow but I won’t. Today I prefer spending my time Considering Miracles like the birds flocking to the feeders outside my window. I can see the male goldfinches are getting a bit more yellow in their feathers. Isn’t it a miracle that so many birds Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Moon-lit Sky

This morning when I woke up early and looked out the bedroom window I saw a bright Moonlit Sky with snow covered tree branches silhouetted against it. I quickly located my camera and made several photos of the sky from one of our living room windows. But the photos I made do not do the sky that I saw justice. I’ve tried and tried to get the soft muted color of that sky correct in the photographs I made of it, but they are not the same as what I saw. It was ethereal and haunting. The soft beauty of Read more…

By Marilyn, ago