rose and redbud

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

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.

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)

fallen rose

Found among the leaves this morning.

climbing rose

As viewed from the dining room, while repairing an old window ...