“It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in ’em,” said Captain Jim. “When I ponder on them seeds I don’t find it nowise hard to believe that we’ve got souls that’ll live in other worlds. You couldn’t hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn’t seen the miracle, could you?”
— L.M. Montgomery, Anne’s House of Dreams
My husband, who is always amazingly supportive of all of my hobbies & whims, got me a new camera lens for my birthday — the Nikkor 105mm 2.8d — and it is wicked cool (pardon my New Hampshire-speak). Can I just say that I am so grateful to be married to someone who not only knows what I want, but knows what I want even before I know that I want it?
I’ve never used a macro lens before, and this one is manual focus on my camera body, so I’m anticipating a bit of a learning curve. Numerous wise people have noted that it’s not just how much you practice, but how far you push yourself outside of your comfort zone, that makes the real difference when it comes to getting better at something.
I give you my inception — withering tulips.
I’m not really into “home decorating,” especially given that it’s enough of a challenge just to keep the place clean with a toddler around. But, I do really like to make things — in other words, I like to craft. I decided that I’d like to share some of things I’ve crafted and the little spaces I’ve created around the house. My decorating impulses tend to mirror the seasons and I love bringing bits of the natural world into my home, both with found objects and with those I create.
I feel like I really lost touch with “nature” during my late teens and early- to mid-twenties. The house we rented when we first moved to Walpole was in a very rural area, and living there re-awakened my sense of wonder and helped me to re-learn the rhythm of the seasons. I feel so lucky to have had that experience because it truly changed my life. I now feel much more myself, and I think a lot of that can be attributed to my reconnecting with the natural world.
