Notes

Hellebores in my sketchbook. This spring I took up the practice of painting in my sketchbook first thing in the […]

Notebooks in their natural habitat. Though scientists report that populations of notebooks are on the decline worldwide, due in part

This is my dog. His name is Togo. He is as big as he looks. Bigger even. He is 100

I went to the garden with my basket to pick tulsi. Holy basil. The whole garden was wrapped in her

This is the inside of a box I’m working on. It’s part snake (I mean, it’s definitely a snake), but

Which isn’t very fair, considering it’s the last month of Summer weather. But I guess that’s the point. It’s hot

Found a turkey feather on my daily hike and was reminded of the brilliant book “Illuminations in the Flatwoods”by Joe Hutto (also made into a Nature episode “My Life as a Turkey”). In the book, Hutto was initiated into the Turkey World (entered Turkey Consciousness) when he gazed into the eyes of newly hatched wild turkey chicks.

He describes this moment of imprint thus:

I know my house used to be a barn, but we made it a proper house years ago. So why

It’s been a great year for blueberries, and now elderberries, which I will freeze and then later when it’s dark