Want a great way to start the day? Paint a field of wildflowers 🙂 Sorry for the gray background. This is a page from a Stillman & Birn 8.5×11 Alpha Series Journal. So love the paper. I just need a better setup to photograph the pages within. Here are some images from the morning….
Category Archives: Trees
Happy Earth Day!
I live in the part of the country that has lush vegetation. Green abounds. However, in the winter, the marsh grass turns a dull gray and our lawns turn a blah tan. The deep woods are more accessible thanks to the deciduous flora that goes dormant. Chiggers take a vacation and sometimes even the mosquitoes […]
Sweetgum
Easter Sunday found us outside doing the things we enjoy most. Yes, golf was involved… but not for me 🙂 A Sweetgum tree that was close to the putting green offered a branch at eye level. I’ve been wanting to capture their spring flowers for many years. It was great to see a seed pod […]
A Catalina View
Recently, my sister had a milestone birthday. I decided to surprise her with a postcard size watercolor sketch of an image she recently posted on FB. Another case of loving that I’m not a camera…. I left out the rooftops! I’m happy to say she was thrilled 🙂
Beidler Forest ~ Cypress and Tupelo
The Audubon Sanctuary of Beidler Forest is located in the town of Harleyville, SC, and sits in the middle of the very large Four Holes Swamp. I was first introduced to this amazing place during a 2008 field trip of the Master Naturalist Program I was enrolled in. I’ve always wanted to return and take […]
A Walk in the Woods
With muck boots on, off I went into the woods that flank the east side of our home. We always have deer in our front and back yard. I wanted to see where they live. This is a good time of year to traverse the woods…. no bugs to speak of and that particular morning […]