Look what I found in the snow under super magnification!I’ve just started my very first attempt at Macro photography (without a macro lense!) and I am so addicted! Not only are the photos themselves fascinating because it provides a peek at the secret world of teeny tiny miracles and beauty, but the photos are also working as a springboard to inspire paintings!This ice crystal seahorse painting (in progress) was inspired by a macro photo of some slushy melting snow! From this hum-drum melting snow on the railing of our deck… …came the subject matter of this photo that looked to me…
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There is nothing quite like the October moon. I have many fond memories of going for evening walks (physical training for a trip to Disney World) and as we would reach a certain point on the road we would round the curve and see the October moon, low in the sky, HUGE and gorgeous. The crisp Autumn air would dance with the balmy end-of-summer breezes, creating miniature tornadoes swirling through piles of leaves, making orange red and yellow kaleidoscope patterns in mid air. It’s one of the many sensory delights of the season that remind me that the world is…