Tuesday, April 3, 2012

spring flower i-phone photo dump


I have been a little off my blogging game lately.  I am still here, just busy and occupied with a million other life happenings...kind of let my blog slip.  With all this beautiful (and very early) warm spring weather we having here in NY, I decided to share with you some of the boomings in my yard.  After last summer's "freak" hurricane and then the devastating snow storm that surprised us here Halloween week...our trees and plantings sure took a hit.  It is however now a breath of fresh air to see all of the new growths, buds, and flowers each day as we take walks around the yard with our dog Mel to explore.  These are from Mel's and my walk yesterday...enjoy this latest i-phone photo dump!

yellow daffs = :)

Our magnolia was hit hard by the storms...but it still blooms strong

These were potted hyacinths I was given and planted in the ground after bloom...
they come back year after year!

weeping cherry makes me smile

worms eye view through the forsythia

Even the stumps in my yard have "growth"...love interesting fungi!

What's growing & blooming around you?







Saturday, February 11, 2012

vintage valentine's

With Valentine's Day only 3 days away you may be thinking about what you can do that is special and unique for your loved ones?  My sister was home making old fashioned Valentine's with my nieces last night (just like our mom did with us as kids).  We were looking at images of vintage Valentine's this week at work and and really today's commercial imagery just does not compare.  I thought I would share a few of the images with you here.  Why not print some out and make your own homemade Valentine's? Vintage Holiday Crafts has so many great free images to use, just please be sure to read their rules regarding the use of images.
  






all above images courtesy vintageholidaycrafts.com

Here’s another great set of vintage Valentine’s Day cards I found on a Flickr stream. [via]
Happy Love Day
♥



Sunday, January 8, 2012

shadow chasers


1/7/2012
notice the lack of snow...it was almost 60 degrees!
both photos were shot in the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation

I took a photo yesterday that was almost identical to one I took almost a year ago.  I didn't realize it at the time.  I take photos of shadows a lot.  It is actually one of the assignments I gave my students when I taught a photography class a few summers ago and I remember having been given the assignment in photo class myself many years ago.  Shadows are made from light and are things we see everyday, but there is something very intriguing about them as a photographer and artist.   Photographers have always paid very close attention to light and many noteworthy photographers have recorded remarkable shadows on film.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Kenneth Josephson

Lee Frielander 

Lee Frielander 

Andre Kertesz

Gilles Peress

Ralph Steiner

Henri Cartier-Bresson

For photo sources/links, please check out my pinterest gallery Shadows


Sunday, January 1, 2012