winter’s lace

the ongoing pressure of a daily practice makes moments like this happen. in my former life i would have said, “oh, look: how cool is that half melted ice?” in my STILL blog life, i say, oh my god that may not happen again for 5 years. where’s my camera?

ice and autumn leaves

turtle lake, shoreview, minnesota

a matter of perspective

yes it’s harvest season, and these resemble sheaves of wheat and october tables with gourds on them. but my very first thought was, “subatomic particle traces in a collider.”

northern tall grass seed heads

in transition

there is summer in me yet, although i am in full fall color. i sometimes endure an abrupt visit from winter, but, for now, it always melts away.

snow covered maple leaf

turtle lake, shoreview, minnesota

(almost) back in the groove

it has been so restoring to spend several days making assemblages and playing in my studio again. i hope you could tell that the last two days of images were more engaged and inspired than the recent past. at least it felt that way to me. “i’m back in the groove,” i told myself. then, today, i had a relapse. i looked up around 5:00 and it was almost dark outside, and i was reminded that i have this little daily practice called STILL blog that doesn’t go away even when i’m busy catching up from two weeks of a circus atmosphere in my house.  fortunately, the wind had spent the day playing, even if i hadn’t. it left me this little gift of windblown and photogenically random fall leaves. i grabbed my camera and made it just under the wire.

assorted october leaves

minneapolis, minnesota

self portrait

an inadvertent portrait of my own mind. basically rigorous and orderly. leaning toward quiet playfulness. not everything in exactly the right place. pretty much holding it together. but reaching for something intangible at the edges.

patchwork of yellow and green elderberry leaves