wait and see

Bergen County / Main Line

Beauty in the everyday.

japonesque

1
five mallards floating
on the cusp of a new year
like Janus, two-faced

luminaria

Winter leaf light.

ice storm

Redbud (Cercis canadensis) (2011)

winter canvas No. 2

Shadow and light on snow.
(Jan 2011)

Soft winter light, through windows left unshuttered, while I drift, asleep, high up in the leafless trees.

drinking flowers

Contemplation

After the blazing sun,
a dancing flame.

After the boiling kettle,
a song / a warm cup.

After drinking tea,
what remains.

calm, after the storm

Porch steps in the snow

micro-garden

Fragile beauty, rising up from the mist.

The Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol runs an annual competition, The Art of Science, in which research scientists are challenged to look for “aesthetic beauty in their experimental work.” Winning photographs are posted on the University’s website. Shown here: Mould, by Dr. Soloviev.

tropical escape

Sansevieria trifasciata

Abstract work, inspired by the placement of plants,
in my modern new work space.

light house

This house is pulsing with energy.

winter light No. 1

Winter Light (Swedish: Nattvardsgästerna) ... scenes from a winter wedding

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

winter rose

Rosa Graham Thomas

In the backyard, just before the snow

paper white

narcissus ... narcissus ...

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

winter's nap

Raspberry canes under new-fallen snow.

"At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows." -William Shakespeare

Tears, photo by Man Ray (Paris, 1932)