an unusual palette
i gathered these twigs from a bush beside the parking lot of my local grocery store. in the evening sun, they looked like they were on fire–the colors so saturated and brilliant. i put them in my truck and then forgot about them for a few days, when i finally got around to them again, they had mellowed into this is softer palette of salmony oranges, olive greens, and dusty pinks. and i was besotted.
autumn is s time for feasting
color. texture. form. for me, autumn offers up the most possibilities. autumn is so generous, in fact, that is can often be hard to choose my subjects. i can get easily overwhelmed by choice. the severe constraints of winter simplifies. for now, i will embrace the overwhelm. winter’s rest is just around the corner.
autumn bits
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Just listened to Robyn Ivy’s podcast with your interview. So inspiring! I’ve followed you on IG for some time now and love it too. I am also an amateur photographer and hope to try something similar here where I live. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
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the big drop
well, my local naturalist guru tells me that the The Big Leaf Drop typically occurs here on or around october 20th. and this year we appear to be right on time. yesterday the winds picked up, and down came a cascade of jewel toned leaves. and just like that…the trees are bare, and the skies turned gray. one season ends, and another begins.
collection of fall leaves by color
apropos of nothing
very busy weekend for me. my 24 year old daughter, who lives in san francisco, was home for the weekend because her very first indie feature-length film had been accepted into the Twin Cities Film Festival, and the debut was on saturday. it was a resounding success! but it also meant i did very little else. so, these dried flowers from this spring and summer, which have been haphazardly tossed together, and hiding in the corner of office, suddenly became STILL-worthy (enough) under the circumstances.
dried spring and summer flower flat-lay
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Congratulations to her!!
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biomimicry
every time i see these seed pods they remind of the fan blades of a jet engine. if I were still working aerospace engineer i would propose a project to analyze the structure of these pods. i am sure that the millions of years of evolution probably have a lesson or two for us.
velvetleaf seedpods
