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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