I’ve been drawing ghosts in our graveyard since March. Finally, Halloween — All Hallows Eve or perhaps for some, Samhain — has come! The stones in this cemetery date back to the early 1700s. Surely there must be at least… Read More ›
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FESTIVAL OF LEAVES -4th WEEK
Festival of Leaves 2022 Week #4: Autumn Color on the Blackstone River Even last week, you could see that it was just past peak along the rivers. There were a lot of naked trees, though the rest were in various… Read More ›
GOLDEN LEAVES
We don’t get a lot of color on this property. It’s probably because it’s so dark and the oaks shade everything. Yet there are just a few trees that give us some great color. Most of the places on our… Read More ›
DOWN BY THE DAM
FOTD – October 9 – Glowing trees by the Mumford dam It didn’t freeze last night, but it got pretty close. In response, every tree lit up as though they are glowing from within. My ability to process photographs is… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD: OCTOBER!
SHARE YOUR WORLD 10-5-2022 I didn’t get around to clearing out my email for the past two days, so by this morning, there were more than 500 emails in my inbox. I would have found this link sooner if it hadn’t… Read More ›
AUTUMN AT LAKE CHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUG
FOTD – August 27th – Sliding into autumn It’s just the end of August, but the maple tree by the front window is turning yellow. I don’t think these are fall colors. More like dying leaves from lack of rain… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 46 – VALLEY GHOSTS
I have a series of photographs taken in this very old graveyard in the middle of Uxbridge. All the pictures were taken in the fall, probably because that’s when we take a lot of pictures and there are many old… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 45 – AUTUMN AGAIN
I know it’s barely spring, but autumn’s colors are such a magnet for me, I can’t quite break away. I was drawing something tonight and when I got to the leaves (having not yet filled in the ground) I asked… Read More ›
THINKING OF AUTUMN WHILE BUMPING INTO SPRING
FOTD – March 20 – Almost spring yet dreaming of Fall It could be because fall brings our best weather, but I think it’s the colors that enchant me. The warm orange, red, pumpkin, and yellow. The wonderful color shifts… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 40 – EARLY FALL FOLIAGE
As the foliage begins to change from the dark green of late summer to the colors of autumn, you get trees with a mix of green and bright leaves.
FALLEN LEAVES WITH A BRILLIANT JAPANESE MAPLE
Fallen Leaves Overnight, between Friday and Saturday, the leaves fell. Kerplunk. No slow drifting. We got up in the morning and we were hip deep in oak, maple, sassafras, aspen, and catalpa — but mostly oak. Some of the oak… Read More ›
GARRY ARMSTRONG – AUTUMN BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – November 7 – Autumn, Garry Armstrong Marilyn has been sifting through files and these came up. They were mislabeled. These are my autumn photos from Riverbend and down at the Blackstone canal. This was my first excursion with… Read More ›
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
FOTD – November 6 – Season’s End Is Near At least for a few more days, I can look outside and see the remarkable beauty of this end of the season explosion of color. Last night, the oak leaves started to… Read More ›
THE LEAVES ARE FALLING BUT
FOTD – November 4 – Almost falling leaves The view out my front window is beautiful. Still, even a near week into November. Though between yesterday and today, the maple is beginning to drop its leaves. Garry and I were… Read More ›
LAST ON THE CARD, OCTOBER ’21
Last on the Card – October 2021 I’m up to my chin in photographs right now. 38,885 photographs in just two years is about 30,000 pictures too many. Nonetheless, we finally got a few hours during which it didn’t rain today…. Read More ›
LAST SQUARE – OCTOBER 2021
Our past has passed I can’t believe October is over and we are heading into winter. Well, really, my body knows it. Every joint hurts and I’m cold all the time. I won’t be cold forever. The chill feels much… Read More ›
THE CRYSTALLINE PAST
Our Past is Crystal The bright memories of our past is getting a little fuzzy, so I’m very glad I have photographs. It may be the best of the best things we get from our pictures, that very local history of… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING IN THE RAIN
SHARE YOUR WORLD 10-26-2021 I’d have done this yesterday if I’d had the time and the energy, but I was dead weary and we got home with barely enough time to for me to cook something, eat it, for me to… Read More ›
AT HOME WITH AUTUMN
FOTD – October 24 – Out my back door Autumn came home. Looking out my window, out my back door, the world is bright and shiny with color. It won’t be with us long, so let’s celebrate. What could be… Read More ›
AND SUDDENLY, IT’S THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Now come the lingering Autumn days leading to winter… It’s official. Autumn has peaked and will now disappear. First, slowly, but then, probably by the end of the month, the leaves will fall. That will be the first fall. The… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 