Back Online

After two months away from hiking and taking pictures I'm back online.  I'm spending the week at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN.  Today I took advantage of the nearby Great Smoky Mountains and had a lovely walk up to Laurel Falls.  It's unseasonably warm with a mix of sun and clouds and an all around beautiful day in January.  I spent the first five hours of my day in the studio working on something new with a lot of other interesting artists.  And this is just the first day.  It's going to be a great week.

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Catching Up

I'm starting to poke my head above water and look around.  The end of the semester is in sight.  I have visions of studio time and hiking in my future.  Oh, and jury duty, cause why not.  This is only my 7th or 8th summons.  Sigh.

Flag Shapes

November

Champs

It was very exciting to see our Marple Newtown High School Marching Band take first place in Sunday's Championship Competition.  Four years of hard work paid off with a big win.  A little bitter sweet as it marks the end of Marching Band for our Senior.

Birthday Twins

Palm Warbler

Keeping an Eye on Things

Autumn Reflection

Haunted

Foggy Sunrise

Lately I've been so overwhelmed that I leave photos on the camera for days.   This is highly unusual behavior for someone who normally gets to it first thing.  It's also not very helpful for blogging.  Sigh.  Friday morning, as you can see, was terribly beautiful.

A Walk Before Class

Northern Parula

Fall Walk

The weather has been so beautiful lately.  I can't resist sneaking in some extra walks.

Expressive Self Portraits

Images from this weeks Complementary Color assignment.  This remains my favorite color assignment and this group made some really nice compositions.  These are by two Samantha's and one Lindsay.

More Coleus Colors

Coleus Colors

Dutchman's Pipe

Longwood Gardens did have plants other than coleus.  And I did look at them.  I even took a few photos.  I haven't seen this Dutchman's Pipe before.  The flower is HUGE.  

Studio

I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep up weekly studio posts.  I'm not sure if things are changing that much from week to week.  It's all part of the studio process, this uncertainty, not being sure.