OK, I’m a sucker for raindrops. Good thing I live near Seattle. Even though it’s summer (or that’s what I hear), there are some bright, crisp mornings after a rain shower that just make the coffee taste better than usual!
My husband’s profession of horticulture blends well with my passion for capturing vignettes of form, light and reflection. My Samsung Captivate android phone has a 5 mp camera app with a macro setting that gives depth-of-field effects that I think are superior to what I could get with my outdated Minolta digital camera. And the …
When my husband and I got married, we had a pair of frogs on our wedding cake. Long story. But frogs have become the “totem” of our marriage and our property (if you don’t count cats). When defining my style in pottery, I discovered a way to incorporate frogs in my work, on plates, mugs, …
Also known as “bleeding heart.” This picture does not show the dangling heart-shaped flowers, but I wanted to capture the jewel-like raindrops on the plant’s velvety leaves. Dicentra is one of the species that my husband has worked hard to preserve and encourage on our property. Every year, the pay-off of his efforts seems to …