"tomorrow.in.spring"

On the first full day of Winter here, I am mixing images of early Spring and late Fall - with dashes from Europe and Japan.

For those who like holiday music, check out NPR's All Songs Considered Holiday Mix for 2009. A really odd Dylan song is in there, "Must Be Santa."

On the page you can listen to specific songs. I recommend Sufjan Stevens' "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," Low's "Silent Night" and The Raveonettes' "The Christmas Song."

I will be taking a number of days off so today will be my last Penn BB's until almost New Year's eve.

Thank you, always, for your visits and for your kind supportive words.

"of.cherries.and.spring"

Fish.kites and cherry blossoms, a bit of gratitude at the cusp and twi.light of spring.fever.

"for.pray.ers"

Back to Cory's beautiful piece. Some other samples as well. Hope you are all well. Here it is a continually chilly wet spring. Need a warm, bright day. Honestly.

"take.n"

Blackberry sidewalk sampled - some Lisa NZ leaves and other "odds and ends" from Japan. Detail, below.

"hat.trick"

Three soccer games today.


"detail"

"stor.m"

I have been seeing some documentaries on the HBO family of channels pertaining to Katrina.


"detail"

"twice"

Two cherry trees - each a beautiful photograph - one near Tokyo and another from The Netherlands at the cusp of Belgium. Blended on Long Island into an iced tea of sorts...intoxicating. Yes, and also an image of a magical small ball on a park bench.

Below, a detail. My best.

So, it is clear now that the Easter bunny has a day job, but does that mean the eco.no.my is getting better or worse?



Outside my window is a tree.


"once.scattered"

Back to Japan - the same tulip and Tokyo finds. Happy Easter, if you celebrate it.

Peace.

"with.you.in.clouds"

Life and mystery and joy and wonder reflected. A lake, a tulip, shared. Simply sampled spring.

Below a detail of a cousin along the way...I am smiling. My best.

"a.field.of.snipe"

Additional exploration of images in last post. Added fragments of a dusk deep blue sky and overlays.

Have less time to experiment these days - these are quick studies using small file sizes.

Snipe are marvellous relatively uncommon marsh preferring shorebirds. Every time that I have seen this gregarious species it has been in beautiful quiet fresh water wetlands, far from even sparsely populated suburbia.

"of.pin.wheels"

Today it is a warm February day in New York - high forties. This morning there were a fifty mile hour gusts, however and it was hard to walk into it. You felt nature and I could not help but think of tornadoes and hurricanes and cyclones.

Here is found parchment, some fragments of a pinwheel and vertical slices of a Tokyo wall, I think. And also some holiday stars from Ireland - ghostly now and hardly noticeable.

Three continents in one JPG. Blown together by gusts of expression. Thank you for sharing them....

Not much time to create lately....this was done so very quickly.

Hope you all are well. Warm regards.

"towards.spring.on.cherry.hill"


"detail"

Last night's image altered and some slightly new techniques, not to forget and to explore.

Feel confident lately creating, although I need to work with larger image files.

About the name. Cherry Hill is a section in Central Park just adjacent to the row boat lake, a location used in many movies to show New Yorkers in love. Adjacent to this hill is an area of the Park called The Ramble which has undergrowth which attracts birds in migration because there is cover, and that means a better chance of survival.

Cherry Hill is a long gentle slope with lawn and many large, huge shade trees.

Birds go there and it is a delight to be there at sunrise. The links in this paragraph are to New World warblers, small songbirds that pass through Manhattan, some species starting from wintering grounds in the Amazon and headed towards Canada.

"once.blue.marble"


"detail"

Sampled here - a gem photo of a marble on a mat. Lovely blog of a family enjoying the nature and even birding.

There is also some Andrea canvas board sprinkles..... thank you, Andrea,

Worked very late, got home close to midnight. Pulled this out a hat...I am tired.

My best.