All I Want for Christmas

All I Want for Christmas (Click the image to be taken to my photo gallery.)

He is just too cute, my little prince. Wishing all the best at this holiday season.

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Paint Brushes

Paint Brushes (Click on the photo to go to the gallery.)

It is a beautiful season, what with all the colors of the rainbow in one view. Hope you all are having a beautiful autumn season.

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A Meditation on Life

Among the Trees (Click on the photo to go to the gallery.)

Hello, dear friends. It has been a while since I have posted here. My stepfather passed away recently, and I have been spending a lot of time with my family. I hope to return here very soon. And thank you to those who have sent me kind messages. I appreciate it very much.

Death has a way of changing things, interrupting things, creating a silent gap. At these times, I try to open myself up to the halting and find a way through the grief. Navigating a new path through a new death is not easy. There is a void. There is a missing place. There is a loss. Although this loss lasts forever, we somehow find a way to accept, to fill in the void, even though a place remains open. I once watched a bird lose its mate. A gust of wind thrust the mate violently against a tree, and it fell to the ground. The bird flew to its side and sang in a mournful tone. It remained there for quite some time until it finally accepted the loss, realized its mate was no longer there, and then flew off to live, to survive.

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Vote for this Bee!

Bees are declining in numbers, and Bee Raw Honey is hosting a photo contest to bring awareness to the plight of bees. Below is the photo I shared on their Facebook page. Stop by their Facebook page and Like the photo to vote for it. Winners with the most Likes will receive gifts of honey.

Lost in Pink

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One of my favorite magazines, Greenwoman, has featured one of my images in the latest issue. The intricacies of a butterfly wing are so delicate.

 

 

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Summer Solitude

I took a little break for a while, but now I am back. Hope you all are having a great summer. On a warm summer morning, this Black Swallowtail stopped by for a drink.

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Upcoming Art Show!

I am very excited to announce that my photographs will be shown at an art show this month in Washington, DC along with other artists. If you are in the Washington, DC area and would like to attend the show, send me an email for an invitation.




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New Photography Book!

I am happy to have my photographs and a poem included in another book compiled by artist, Beth Akerman. This new version also includes some artwork in addition to photographs and writings. The title of the book is, How we see it...our natural worlds, and it is available at Blurb.

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The Sage Butterfly, My Garden Notebook - May 2013

So much is happening in the garden. It is a whirlwind of activity and blooms and colors--a feast for the senses. (from my garden blog, The Sage Butterfly)

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I Protect Your Dreams - New Photo

Spring brings so much to photograph, and there is beauty at every turn. A friend and I took a trip to Richmond, Virginia to visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, and this view was among many beautiful views. The tree is quite imposing and appears to shelter the golden daffodils below. (Click on the photo to go to my online photo gallery.)

I Protect Your Dreams

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Weekend Art Marketplace

I cannot wait to see these in the garden as spring approaches. Their flitters and flutters and utter beauty keep me smiling all day. It won't be long, and I shall wait anxiously, yet patiently, to see the gentle shimmer of light on those graceful and resplendent wings.

I am participating in the Weekend Art Marketplace this weekend on Google+. If you use Google+, search on #weekendartmarketplace to see all the work that is being offered for this event.

Just for this event, I am offering a 15% discount on prints and cards. The event ends and the discount expires at midnight on March 10, 2013. Here is one of my newest pieces:

The original print or card is at full resolution and does not have the watermark.

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A Literary Garden

I just received my first copy of Greenwoman Magazine. It is a great read full of fiction, poetry, and essays with a nature and gardening theme.

Publisher, Sandra Knauf, describes it as a literary garden. It is all that and more. I am really enjoying the read.

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The Sage Butterfly, My Garden Notebook - March 2013

This is the month when the garden really begins to emerge. Each year the garden is reborn. (from my garden blog, The Sage Butterfly.)

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The Winter Garden

Despite the season of winter, there are still some things to savor in the garden. From my blog, The Sage Butterfly.

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A New Winter Photograph

With winter, there are new discoveries out in the field of nature. On a winter walk, I found this dried wildflower opening its petals. I thought it represented winter so much I am using it as the header for the season.

Click on the image to be directed to view it.

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