a week of white (fcp)

White on white...a magnolia from my yard in late spring.
"Color is one of the great things in the world that makes it worth living to me and I have come to think of painting as it is my effort to create an equivalent with paint color for the world--life as I see it"...Georgia O'Keefe

lace (fcp)

I was thrilled to see this lacy frost on the car--pretty cool design, huh?
"Oh young artist, you search for a subject--yet everything is a subject, your subject is yourself, your impressions, your emotions in the presence of nature"...Eugene Delacroix

nature III (fcp)

The late afternoon sun makes the trees appear to be on fire! I am going to miss views like this when the leaves are all gone.
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves"...John Muir

nature

Typically we have lots of the brown squirrels here, but occasionally the white squirrels come around too. I would think the bright white fur would be a disadvantage if you needed to avoid predators, but the population doesn't seem to suffer. Compared to the brown squirrel, he does appear considerably smaller, and perhaps even a little malnourished, but maybe that is normal?

this week...it's all about nature

I saw these doves in the backyard and couldn't resist photographing them as they enjoyed each other, and the warmth of the late afternoon sun.
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best"...Henry Van Dyke

more "on the street where you live"

This is the Ginko Biloba tree in my yard. I don't think I have ever seen bark quite like it; love the shape of the leaves. Any day now it will herald in autumn by turning a brilliant shade of yellow.

"A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. ... Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree"... Deng Ming-Dao, Everyday Tao

Inspired by nature

just a few painted gourds and twigs