Category Archives: Weekly 2

April – The Language of Flowers, the Memory of Love

In the first week of April I photographed among the Cherry Trees in Golden Gate Park.  But I was interrupted before I posted them. Since then I learned from Vanessa Diffenbaug’s novel “The Language of Flowers” that the cherry blossom … Continue reading

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March Week 4 – Dressed in Purple for the Spring Show

Purple Goddess purple resurrection of She the color of her glory and compassion Iris, Lupine, Larkspur, Chinese Houses – local expressions of her presence among the shrubs, tall grasses and their own turned-over leaves.   We have moved from                 … Continue reading

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March Week 3 – Stop and SEE the flowers. You will be blessed!

Wildflowers are living metaphors of rebirth, hope, love, transformation and renewal.  Their reappearance every year is a sign that Earth herself returns to the rhythms and seasonal cycles that have been repeated for countless millennia.  As they blossom, their gospel … Continue reading

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March Week 2 – Yellow and Orange, Balm of Healing

Interior Designers tell us the beautiful warm colors of yellow and orange go well together.  You only need to look at the coastal poppies to know that.  Perhaps these colors which call spring out of the earth and us also … Continue reading

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March week 1 – Are we seeing white yet?

One-petaled white flowers filled the sanctuary of the church.  Single thick stems reaching two to three feet heavenward with arrowhead shaped leaves were jam-packed into pots, vases and aluminum foil holders.  It was as if they were standing at attention … Continue reading

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February Week 4 – Over and on the ocean … seeds and surfers

In 1849, some 2,500 people left Sydney, Australia for San Francisco.  They traveled in American clipper ships and slower moving vessels.  It was among these voyagers and their ships that the first eucalyptus seeds were transported to California. The seeds … Continue reading

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February Week 3 – Stars in the Forest and in the Sky

Walking into the redwoods on Mt. Tamalpias always provides a sensual experience: the feel of the soft-needled floor of the forest, the smell of the bay leaves, the sounds of silence interrupted by the call of the raven, the sight … Continue reading

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February Week 2 – blink poems (with or without words)

Deer eye and ear rimmed by morning light early morning Marin Headlands (400 mm lens and quiet steps)   The A Woman’s Eye Gallery collective consist of 5 visual artists and a curator of the word.   The latter is Poet … Continue reading

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February week 1: I will take mustard on vine, please.

With selective focus it is all about softness in the background. This effect can be achieved by using a very wide aperture (f/2.8).  This way your subject or specific in-focus portion of it is highlighted. A day that is slightly … Continue reading

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January week 4: Face – ing the Issues

These past days have been filled with various celebrations and remembrances of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.  I am a (younger) baby boomer and my older “sisters” (women of this generation) rallied in the 60s to make the … Continue reading

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