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Photography

Eyes on the Sky…

by C.Kidder on August 16, 2010

 
     ~”ONLY  FROM THE  HEART  CAN  YOU  TOUCH  THE   SKY”   ~ Rumi
   I took this photo late in the afternoon on a perfectly beautiful summer day.    I have a passion for painting the sky and so I’m going to my Studio today and will attempt to do a large painting using this image as well as my memory to guide me.   [...]

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Butterflies Dining and Dancing in My Garden

by C.Kidder on August 8, 2010

 
 

             
                   “How soft indeed the sound of butterflies eating!”…
                      ~Takayama  Kyoshi   (1874-1959) ` Japanese Poet
       
   ”Tiger Swallowtails” have been enjoying  the Buddleia Bush in my garden….     
  

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Color in My Garden…True Blue and Hot Pink

by C.Kidder on July 22, 2010

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 Springtime on Monhegan Island is always magical!  The colors of the flowers against  the milky skies evokes an almost mystical feeling…
The view  from my room at the Island Inn  was very moody…the fog rolling in and out over the ferry landing was dreamy.  There was a seagull that perched on the roof  each day outside [...]

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Peonies are Popping!…

by C.Kidder on May 31, 2010

                             About to burst…
I can’t believe how lush and luscious these blossoms are…the bush is next to my Studio and the scent blows in through the windows when there’s a breeze…     heavenly!
 
                                                                                                                
 

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Bleeding Hearts Blossom

by C.Kidder on May 11, 2010

I began my day this morning wandering in my “Meditation garden”. I guess you could say it was a walking meditation because my heart opened wide when I walked by the white “bleeding heart” bush dripping with  blossoms.
For the past ten years I have been practicing a method of Heart Meditation that I learned from Susanna Bair  when she lived  [...]

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Walking the Beach

by C.Kidder on April 2, 2010

 ”Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places  to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike.”  ~ John Muir
Walked for an hour on the beach both today and yesterday. Breathing the ocean air was just what I needed especially after such a long stretch of bad weather .   Being near the ocean [...]

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Search for Color

by C.Kidder on March 5, 2010

It was fun seeing a couple of  my photos posted on Kate Spade’s wall  in N.Y.C.   I submitted the “Fresh eggs” picture (third photo down on left hand side) and also an image of  an oil pastel painting that I did  called “Swaying trees” (bottom row on right side) for a contest called “Pop of Color”   posted on Facebook.  After this long [...]

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