From the category archives:
~”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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“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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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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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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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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”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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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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