reaching for what is close at hand

i wanted this to be about borders, or transitions, or negative space, or corridors, or striving, or something a little bit fancy and artistic, but after watching a recent documentary about local native son f. scott fitsgerald, all i can see in this photo is his somewhat sad, very fashionable and crisp, 1920s center part. i’m not proud of this. he wrote the great american novel, for crying out loud, and here i am remembering the man for the way he combed his hair.

twigs arranged

saint paul, minnesota

  • margie says:

    it is always fascinating how the mind works

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  • Dede says:

    Agree with Margie, I’m right there with you on this one!

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calligraphy

is this the calligraphy quill? or is this the line it drew?

canada goose feather–edge veiw

saint paul, minnesota

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not raining, pouring

the first delivery of our csa farm share arrived last week. my hubby just took a hog butchering class and the results are in the freezer. the chickens are laying. the bees are making honey. and it’s strawberry season. it has been less than three months since april 1, when there was still a little bit of snow on the ground in the shadows and on north facing slopes.

mid-june strawberries

saint paul, minnesota

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a feather of feathers

it’s quite amazing what you learn about feathers when you try to put one together. for one thing, they look as if they are shaped like christmas trees, but they are not shaped like that.  they are much longer and slimmer than that. my first effort, with each ascending layer of feathers laid out wider than the one before, was on its way to looking like a wedge, not a feather, before i started over, and actually paid attention to real life feather construction, rather than the imagined feather in my head i was trying to imitate.

found feathers: turkey, owl, eagle, egret, hawk, crow, goose, chicken, pintade, flicker, mallard, woodpecker, cardinal, blue jay

mostly found in minnesota, with a few from southwest france

  • margie says:

    love this but watch out i might sneeze xx

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  • Carol Sommers says:

    This is SO great.

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  • Dede says:

    Wow! What colors

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  • mary says:

    Terrific! One of your best.

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  • Susan says:

    Exquisite!

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  • Kim says:

    This is my hands down fave of all time :D

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  • Jenna Scott says:

    I would be interested in purchasing the print file for this. Is that possible?

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  • Joan S says:

    love-beautiful!

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  • Helena says:

    I would like to purchase a copy. How????

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  • Reelika Laisaar says:

    Amaizing! What would be the price of this file?

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