Saturday, December 12, 2009

winter solstice

An empty vase on the front porch captures the waning light.

winter loveliness

This is my winter song to you ...
the storm is coming soon,
it rolls in from the sea ...
Is love alive?

From Winter Song, by Ingrid Michaelson

Thursday, December 10, 2009

winter rose

Rosa Graham Thomas
In the backyard, just before the snow

Saturday, November 7, 2009

first frost

A clematis in bloom, discovered today while cutting back the frost-bitten dahlias.

backyard

"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

Saturday, October 3, 2009

autumn rain

Dahlia 'Eternal Snow'

House windows flutter quietly in the day - now more, now less - and breathe deep the garden air, still warm with the radiance of summer ... a dahlia blossom, made heavy by the rain, nods on a bent stem and finds its way into my kitchen ... this is autumn. - MMW

Sunday, September 13, 2009

happy birthday

Moon, plum blossoms,
this, that,
and the day goes
- Issa

Sunday, August 23, 2009

electric blue

hakonechloa macra aureola
shimmering in August

The Summer Day, by Mary Oliver ... I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Chicago, impressionist

Japanese Bridge, Claude Monet 1899
Outdoor room No. 2, Sean O'Keeffe 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

muriel's birthday

Fuji chrysanthemums @ ladies' lunch out. So very ... Martha

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Saturday in the park ...


I enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July with friends ... dining al fresco at Karma Cafe in Hoboken, hiking along the waterfront, up past 33rd street ... for a heady impressionistic display of fireworks against the Manhattan skyline. All on the loveliest of summer evenings. (Photos, not my own!)

Thursday, June 25, 2009

second scene


Things seen while walking in a woodland garden. A creamy white rose from a wedding bouquet, and old wooden window frames for hanging in the trees.

Monday, June 15, 2009

robin's egg blue

Empty Bowl Meditation ... what's in your head, let it go... what's in your hand, release it ... what's in front of you, face it.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

sweet peonies

Last year, I was drawn to a cheerful and open-faced peony, the Krinkle White. This year, I am lost in white, a cool and dreamy, wordless white.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

rose and redbud

the world is sweet and the world is wide ...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

tete-a-tete

These daffodils were the "extras" that came with my fall planting order. After ~ 13 weeks in the refrigerator (in moist potting soil, under a foil tent) they were transferred to a moderately sunny spot in the kitchen. Click on the photo to see how the light plays off the creamy petals.

Friday, February 6, 2009

paper white

narcissus ... narcissus ...

Thursday, January 1, 2009

winter canvas No. 1

Shadow and light on plaster.
(Jan 2009)

“And now let us welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke