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Autumn - Act I
October 12, 2026 - Autumn is a bit like a slow moving stream in the high country of the American west. The gold, orange, and occasionally r...
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a touch of Indian Market magic
August 16, 2026 - This weekend was the 104th SWAIA (Southwestern Association of Indian Arts) Indian Market on and around the Plaza in Sant...
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fine dining for insects
August 09, 2026 - Despite the heat, (which granted is not nearly as severe as it is in places such as Phoenix and Dubai), there is plenty...
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green chile cheeseburger joy
August 02, 2026 - It is typical for me to shoot a number of different subjects, day to day and week to week. During the spring through sum...
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quality time with...carrots?
July 26, 2026 - Several weeks ago, a good friend asked me how I came up with ideas for my blogs. No one had asked me that before. I proc...
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from the loom
June 07, 2026 - Having participated in some 14 Taos and Santa Fe Wool Festivals, it became relatively easy for both Fred and I to antici...
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taste of summer
May 18, 2026 - Once again, we find ourselves on the cusp of a new season as days grow longer, and baby birds appear in gardens and tree...
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At the intersection of high-tech and low-tech
April 17, 2026 - Given the rapid pace of events and communication in the 21st century, it is not uncommon to hear journalists and news re...
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spring surprises unfolding
April 05, 2026 - Whether spring is happening in a yard or around the neighborhood, in the fields or mountains or in gifted blooms, there...
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red again
March 21, 2026 - For those of you who enjoyed the red in last week's blog or are otherwise lovers of the color, here are the five images...
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red is ready for its closeup
March 15, 2026 - Writers, artists, and creators of every ilk have what I would call source material - whether it is an absolutely wild dr...
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the joy of good tools
February 22, 2026 - According to Intelpoint, nearly half of the world's total population is between 20 and 54 years old. Given that number,...
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time for love?
February 08, 2026 - The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 10th edition, defines love in these ways "an intense feeling of deep affection",...
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blooms for the spirit
January 25, 2026 - It has been a rough week for many around our country and the world. I have no doubt that those who lived through the tur...
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reflection and refraction
January 18, 2026 - Photographic inspiration comes from any number of sources in any given time period. Some arise out of necessity for adve...
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to look AND see
November 17, 2025 - More than a few times in past blogs, I have written about the processes of photography and writing, and the way they wor...
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the kitchen laboratory
October 13, 2025 - Weather in the southern Rockies this week has been more like that of the Pacific Northwest, with clouds and rain, and hi...
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forest primeval in transition
October 05, 2025 - It was a perfect autumn day, crisp and cool under a deep blue sky, and the leaves on the aspen trees seemed to be turnin...
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apple of my eye
September 28, 2025 - A person doesn't need to live in New Mexico long before realizing that when the weather is right, certain kinds of fruit...
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ponder, create, curate, dump and repeat
September 15, 2025 - Under crystal clear skies, with a temperature of 56° outside, autumn in the relative high country of New Mexico is becom...
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Labor Day
September 01, 2025 - In 1881, Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert co-founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Th...
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footware
August 24, 2025 - Some of you who have been kind enough to follow my blog for all these many years may have noticed that on several occasi...
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spines and blooms
June 01, 2025 - The winter of 2024-25 did not offer much in the way of moisture across New Mexico. There was a huge flood near Dexter in...
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breaking through
March 31, 2025 - Spring and March presented themselves in earnest last week with warm winds and sunshine. And all of nature knows this is...
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spring gifts
March 09, 2025 - The vernal or spring equinox arrives on 20 March this year, but meteorological spring arrived officially on the 1st of M...
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still life near the ocean
November 04, 2024 - Early morning hours are magical, regardless of the location. But living in the high desert of the southern Rocky Mountai...
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the creative mind
October 27, 2024 - Creativity and the creative process has been a regular theme of my blogs. It differs from person to person, but creativi...
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revelatory rain
September 16, 2024 - The rain fell gently during the night, leaving behind evocative water droplets, revealing easily missed details in the n...
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an abundance of spring
April 21, 2024 - Many mornings last week, before the wind began its daily grind, I stood beneath ornamental apple, pear, plum, and peach...
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a week of love
February 12, 2024 - If one starts a week with Sunday, this week has something for everyone to love. For American football and sports fans (n...
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Christmas 2023
December 25, 2023 - A bright blue sky is greeting us this Christmas morning, as crows and ravens circle the sky to the accompaniment of "The...
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lovely leftovers
November 26, 2023 - Many people worldwide celebrated the holiday of Thanksgiving on Thursday, and, no doubt, in a variety of ways. Most prob...
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not letting go just yet
November 12, 2023 - After a week with a taste of winter, our part of the world has been given a reprieve, and stunning autumn days have retu...
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coasting in black and white
November 05, 2023 - A call from the archivist at the Santa Fe Institute where I photographed scientists from 1995 to 1997 tested my organiza...
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time sensitive
July 03, 2023 - There are many eminently photographable things that are more or less static - mountains, meadows, trees, buildings, scul...
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paper or poppy
June 11, 2023 - At the risk of becoming known exclusively as a flower/plant/garden photographer, which is not the case, I, nonetheless,...
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hungry?
March 12, 2023 - Not that I am intentionally trying to make you hungry, but I spent what seemed to be an inordinate amount of time this w...
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a little light lunch
January 30, 2023 - In photography, as is the case with almost everything else is life, the devil is in the details. Viewing the food photog...
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per chance to photograph
January 23, 2023 - Each season presents itself to the observer or photographer in its on way. It is up to us to look for those wedges of sp...
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new year, new lens
January 01, 2023 - It is a new year. And this first blog features my recent practice with a new lens, the Fujinon aspherical lens, 30 mm ma...
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baubles and balls
December 12, 2022 - When a person walks or runs every day, particularly if the route is similar or the same, you tend to pick up little hint...
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gift bag of black and white
November 28, 2022 - Two photography gifts landed in my lap this week. The first was a compact digital scanner that my sister was kind enough...
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autumn leaves as backdrop
October 16, 2022 - Nature provides the most enticing backdrops, and among some of them are autumn leaves. The ash tree leaves are turning y...
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aspen beneath nature's blanket
October 09, 2022 - Viewing fall color in the Rocky Mountain west is a spectator sport, as it probably is all over the world, because under...
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raindrop joy
June 26, 2022 - It has been a miraculously rainy week in northern New Mexico, which, for the most part, has helped firefighters working...
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and so it begins
April 03, 2022 - Suddenly, it is April, and seemingly, just as suddenly, many things have evolved from sticks to green or colorful buds a...
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color in winter
January 10, 2022 - There are places in the world, even in the northern hemisphere, where color doesn't wain during the winter months. Many...
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the opening chapter
January 02, 2022 - Today is the third page of the opening chapter of 2022. Although the snow tragically came a day too late for many reside...
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thankful
November 22, 2021 - There was a reason other than automobile and mattress sales for the Thanksgiving holiday. Celebrated in America and arou...
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complexity, simplicity, and rhythm
November 15, 2021 - Especially at this time of year, when leaves are falling from the trees, revealing everything they shielded, I am in awe...
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the spirit of leaves
November 08, 2021 - Most deciduous trees, by their nature, shed leaves once a year. It is part of their life cycle. And the last hoorah of l...
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curating color
September 19, 2021 - Several of you commented last week that in addition to the black and white photographs I curated for a photo competition...
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back to school
August 22, 2021 - Since many children have returned and others are headed back to school in the coming weeks, I figured it was a good time...
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a study in fuchsia, coral, lavender, and pink
August 16, 2021 - Given the increased chaos of the news this week, including images from the Kabul, Afghanistan airport of people hanging...
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an eruption of color
June 07, 2021 - A visitor to the western United States, viewing the low and high desert regions, might see a rose bush and think of it a...
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sun, shade, and in-between
April 04, 2021 - It is spring. As I write, the temperature is 79 degrees, and the thermometer is eeking its way to 80. Either temperature...
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roses and then some
March 29, 2021 - Once again this week, wonderful gifted roses provided the material for today's blog. Over three days, I let my eyes, the...
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they keep on giving
March 14, 2021 - Orchids are amazing flowers. While growing up in New Mexico, it was rare to see an orchid, except upon occasion in a nur...
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thinning ice
March 07, 2021 - This week, we celebrate a rather inauspicious anniversary. Although the first known case of COVID-19 was identified in A...
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it had to be snow
February 21, 2021 - Much of northern and other parts of New Mexico received its deepest snowfall of the season this week, welcomed by almost...
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in house
February 15, 2021 - The low here this morning was 1. With a few high clouds but mostly sunny skies, the temperature is already up to 10 degr...
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changes in the world
December 14, 2020 - 2020 has been a year of changes in many ways. Watching Meet the Press on NBC yesterday morning, I found the Data Downloa...
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closing salvo
October 26, 2020 - This year's autumn in northern New Mexico has been beautiful and dramatic, and was extended by warmer than usual weather...
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what do you do?
September 14, 2020 - I have asked myself so many times this week "What can I do" and "what should I do" in reference to the climate crisis ev...
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gift of roses
August 31, 2020 - For this photographer, gifts are wonderful for two different reasons. The first is the experience of pleasure, beauty, a...
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grateful
August 17, 2020 - As the world works its way through a pandemic, elections, economic distress, hunger and wars, along with forces of natur...
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sweet, lovely, and short
June 22, 2020 - Father's Day and the summer solstice punctuated the weekend, amidst the pandemic and political crises. The world turns,...
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counterpoint
June 08, 2020 - As part of nature, human beings frequently have their own ways of being heard. We all saw peaceful protests with incredi...
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back to blooms
May 11, 2020 - You have noticed by now that my blogs for the last couple of months have featured subjects I find around our place. Like...
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March mash ups
March 30, 2020 - Here it is. The final Monday in March 2020. And what an incredible month it has been. Numbers of cases and unfortunately...
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backdrop by nature
January 26, 2020 - This planet of ours is extraordinary, and the nature of it literally never ceases to amaze me. If I am paying attention...
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round two with food
April 28, 2019 - It was great to hear from so many of you concerning possibilities for my Tasty and Artful greeting card set. The Native...
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petal pusher
March 25, 2018 - As far as I am concerned, there is nothing like a gift of flowers to get the creative juices flowing. They also make me...
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jewels of winter
January 22, 2018 - The first real winter arrived late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning in the southern Rocky Mountains. Although w...
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a new year
December 31, 2017 - Today is a brand new day in a brand new year. My hope is that 2018 provides each of you abundant creativity, adventures,...
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remembering
May 29, 2017 - Today is Memorial Day, a day set aside for remembering those who died while serving in the country's armed forces. Altho...
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studying winter
January 16, 2017 - At this time of year, particularly during a winter such as this when rain and snow and ice are frequent occurrences, my...
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2017 - fresh and juicy!
January 02, 2017 - Happy New Year from the piñon and juniper mesa! 2017 may well be a seminal year in the United States and the world, so h...
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modern art of winter
December 18, 2016 - What do you see when you look out the window? On many days in northern New Mexico, you see a brilliant blue sky. After t...
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chaos
March 14, 2016 - From 1995 through 1997, I had the privilege of photographing some of the great minds on the planet who were either in re...
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Glass: its own world
February 01, 2016 - When a blog reader mentions a specific area of art or photography that she or he likes, I think about that and, if possi...
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welcome the new year
December 27, 2015 - No doubt you have heard me say and read the sentiment "Where did the year go?" Once again, I am saying that, because 201...
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