Variations On A Theme

I love the art of collage. Taking pieces parts and making something new. For me, like most of my artistic endeavors, it is a very intuitive process. The process becomes a journey. The journey becomes a meditation. The meditation becomes a new creation.
This piece is a variation on a theme. The theme is randomness. It keeps evolving.

It's time for ghosts, goblins and vampires!

Well it's that time again, ghosts, goblins, vampires and who knows what else will be roaming the streets trick or treating, hopefully just looking for treats, not trying to play tricks. But kids will be kids, so beware! My grandson is going to be a Vampire this year...I will post his picture as soon as I take it on Halloween. I'm sure he'll be blood sucking cute, of course I am a little biased...LOL!
Enjoy the season...I should say seasons because they'll all be here, one right after the other. The time of year to have fun, reflect, give thanks, reconnect with friends and loved ones, maybe make amends....

The delights of autumn!

Pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin bisque, pumpkin seeds, and jack o' lanterns. Whatever the sight of pumpkins conjures up, the season is here. I took this photo of these lovely pumpkins at a roadside stand about a month ago when we were up at Catawba Island for the weekend. They had all kinds of good stuff here, I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. In the background of this photo you can see the row of bushel baskets overflowing with fresh ears of corn. We bought a dozen and they were so good, especially dripping with the fresh Amish butter we bought down the road at the cheese place. Of course we also bought 3 different kinds of fresh Amish cheese too. It was a high calorie weekend but hey, you have to splurge once in awhile!

Design for the season...

Fall is upon us and the leaves are changing into the palette of autumnal colors. This annual occurance has inspired me to paint this digital design. I selected a maple leaf from my photo archives and this is what I came up with.
We are kind of into our Indian Summer in northeast Ohio, several counties have experience their first frost. Although we are finding temperatures in the mid forties over night, the next several days will be sunny and in the low seventies.
Since gas prices are down a little, you might want to fill up your tank and take a little sightseeing excursion through some rural areas a little south of Cleveland and experience the magnificent colors of the turning foliage.

Sunset From Catawba Point

Since I talked about the sunset that I photographed in today's earlier post from 12:54 am, (which was actually my yesterday's post, posted late because I kept falling asleep as per usual by my computer), I figured it was only right to share it. It was a nice view after the blah rainy weather we had for the previous 24 hours. For any viewers who are not from this part of the country, or world for that matter, Catawba Point is in Ottawa County near Port Clinton, Ohio, (USA), and is part of the resort area know as The Lake Erie Islands. It is a very scenic place as you can see. It is not far from Cedar Point, one of the most popular amusement parks in the country. Make sure you look at the earlier post, "Parkbench At Catawba Point" because it relates to this post.

Parkbench at Catawba Point

The weekend before last we went to Catawba Point. It rained Friday and half of Saturday, then finally the rain stopped and the rest of the weekend wasn't too bad. We had a beautiful view of the lake and there was even a half way decent sunset. I got a few shots of the sunset and as I was heading back I noticed that this ornate iron parkbench was really lit nice by the setting sun. This is one of the shots I took of it. It was so peaceful being there with just the sound of the waves rolling in.

Ground Music

Everything vibrates at its own frequency, therefore music is everywhere, even in the silence. In the shadows and in the light, in the air and on the ground......listen and you might hear its sound!