Notes from the Woods

seeing · environment · exploration · photography
Coral

Coral

Continuing my involvement in the AtoZ Challenge ... and bringing in my passion and concerns for our oceans ... C is for Coral Everyone knows (or should know) that the El Niño for 2015/2016 continues to set records in adding stress to a system already under significant...

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Beyond

Beyond

Yes, my involvement in the AtoZ Challenge continues.   A wasn't for April fools! 🙂   The fact is, despite being a bit nervous about a commitment of 26 posts in a month (except Sundays!), I am looking forward to it a bit.  Hey, it's early and a good time to be naieve...

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Ambiance

Ambiance

I have really let my posting frequency drop off over the past two years and have recently encountered a challenge that I thought might energize it.   It is called the AtoZ Challenge that has been around for a number of years, but I only discovered it recently.   I was...

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Turbulent seas

Turbulent seas

It is no surprise I have a love for water and shorelines, and fortunately around the Great Lakes, we have an abundance of them in great variety.   This, combined with a love for diving, I suppose I get a pretty healthy dose of being around water.   However, it is...

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Tangerine Tango sky

Tangerine Tango sky

For a few years now, I have been casually following Pantone's Color of the Year.   These colors are the trends Pantone's color experts see in the markets of design, art, and fashion combined with an outlook of where the world and society are headed the upcoming year....

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This is not Ice

This is not Ice

    This is not ice, but an assembly of order and chaos. This is not ice, but a depiction of environment. This is not ice, but where water fractals meet. This is not ice, but a bubble fortress surrounded by a shard army. This is not ice, but the decorated...

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Abstract Extractionism

Abstract Extractionism

I am quite backlogged on my Inspired by Stone project.   I have been collecting various pieces of stone over the years such that my office is beginning to resemble a small rock quarry.   The problem is, I have been collecting them faster than I have been able to...

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In search of symbiotic subjects

One of the 'themes' I have been looking for while out in the field are situations where all of the elements have some type of symbiotic, circular relationship. It it more of a visual, thematic relationship rather than a biological symbiotic one. I have it as an...

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