Hot
It may be the hottest day of the summer so far. The car thermometer read 88 degrees. I took a walk early. The sky had the whitish layer of haze that represents heat. The...
Category: Landscape
Summer
On today’s walk. A real feeling of June and solstice, with the blooming beach roses and the morning fogs. Looking at this photo later, I can conjure up the scent of the roses and...
Beyond beautiful
It can be hard to absorb how beautiful it can get around here. The lupines are in bloom. Fields of them. And the ocean (bay), so peaceful. I worked at the community garden today....
Connections
This is my scribble cloth, that I used to test a few calligraphy pens with the soymilk-based pigment paint. Looks messy, and like something I wouldn’t want to show anyone. Then as I was...
Cabin fever
I finished nine cabin patches. A very interesting process. I felt some part of my brain was retraining (or – rebelling?). Something about order and chaos. I can’t say I’m settled on an approach...
Skiing
Yesterday was a perfect day to do a little cross-country skiing in Acadia. It feels strange to post about yesterday sometimes. I feel like Grace “I’m not good at yesterday.” Today feels quite different,...
Land and water, December 30th
I walked down to the beach at Salt Pond yesterday. I observed changes in the landscape due to the winter storm last week. The first, and most obvious, was this huge root mass, taller...