Yesterday was one of those perfect summer days—with low humidity, a gentle breeze, sunny skies, and low eighties temperatures. While many people in Minnesota, across our country, and around the world marched for black justice, I spent my day taking it easy because of a sore knee. (It’s not a Read more…
We had a very quiet Memorial Day. After the rain stopped I spent a little time on the deck with my 50 mm lens at F/1.8 (an inexpensive plastic Canon lens enthusiasts call “the nifty fifty”) and with an extension tube, making soft closeups of the lilacs. They are in Read more…
Gracie was a purr-fect meditation companion this morning. She insisted upon my scratching under her chin. I could feel and hear the vibration of her purrs. At times I swear she was saying, “A little to the left. Yeesss. That’s it.” What a purr-fect way to start my day. I Read more…
I’ve run out of words today so I’m just sharing photos that I made in my yard yesterday and a few quotes and poems about green Glorious Green…everywhere I look! Here is a poem by my favorite poet (if you guessed Mary Oliver you got it right): Green, Green is Read more…
This time of year I don’t even need to leave my house to see beauty all around me. I didn’t feel well yesterday so I made all of these photos from inside my house or out on the deck. Beauty before me, behind me, above me, and all around me. Read more…