Today I was determined to begin making progress on my book-making project, even if the only progress I made was learning what didn’t work. Experiments in Book-making I managed to find a couple of things that don’t work today, as well as make progress on assembling my sample book kit. Read more…
The roses that I picked up on Monday continue to delight me with their soft color and layers and layers of petals. Yesterday I stacked them up on my work table and photographed them up close — Simply Roses with a shallow depth of field. Then I stacked images together, Read more…
A friend told me a story yesterday of a shuttle driver she met on a recent trip to New Orleans. While she and her husband were riding to the airport in the shuttle, the driver made two short unscheduled stops. Each time he reached into an ice chest beside him Read more…
This morning I read several beautiful essays and articles in Orion Magazine. One that particularly moved me was For As Many Days as We Have Left. It tells a love story but also deals with living in a time of climate change. It echoes many thoughts I have had Read more…
I’ve been Playing Around with flower photos this week. The one above that I made using a photo of my red Christmas cactus feels like a bright holiday greeting to me. It has been quite awhile since I played around with making mandala like images from flowers or other plant Read more…