The other day I noticed signs of summer underway…hot temps? Yes. 91 degrees in my living room (no joke). Pavement too hot to step upon? For sure – no more going barefoot on the driveway. The newly planted blooms already thirsting for water? Sadly, yes.
I see signs of a HOT summer…
Peeling paint…didn’t we just paint that last year?
A lawn chair dusted off and sitting in the sun…
The perfect summery strappy sandals…
And alas…the ubiquitous coals that won’t light.
How will you keep your cool?
Someone needs to invent scratch-n-sniff blogging…
On this day, dark gray clouds enhanced the colors of the world. Greens emerged more emerald. Blues turned a deeper violet. Yellows brightened in contrast, and pinks, reds and purples deepened their blush. This is for Mom and Jerry. LYMY.
Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more. 
All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.
By definition, a blemish is an imperfection. A wrinkle is a fold, crease or ridge in the skin…typically a side effect of aging (and living!) or soaking your hands and/or feet in water too long. Cracks are for sidewalks, not faces. Freckles are appreciated and admired by some and a source of consternation to others (for those who have ever tried lemon juice and Porcelana cream, you know what I’m talking about). Rust can either diminish your car’s value or enhance your building’s patina. And who doesn’t think dimples aren’t the cutest things ever?
I believe that our “flaws” are what make the world beautiful; stretch marks and all.
Rustic (ruhs-tik) : def. 1. Suitable for the country. 2. Made of rough limbs of trees. 3. Of or resembling country folk. 4. Lacking in social graces or polish. 5. Simple, artless or unsophisticated. 6. Uncouth, crude, boorish, awkward. 7. Having rough surfaces. 8. Lacking refinement or elegance. 9. Charmingly simple.
I think there is an inherent allure to battered old barns, wooden fence posts or rusty nails. Charmingly simple.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
From a distance, the middle of winter can seem unsightly. Brown, gray, wilted, withered and downright dead.
But get up close enough, and winter looks deceptively glamorous.
The vertical glamour shot:
The glamour head shot:
The cheesecake/beefcake shot:
The ubiquitous close-up shot:
And the perfect boudoir shot:
MUST BE 18 TO ENTER:
Sounds like the opening of a terrific rant, right? A rant that could be somewhat fitting in today’s climate of against-ness: political finger pointing and fault finding, economic blaming, moral side taking, and overall polarization. “I’m against daylight. It wakes me up, makes me squint (which will inevitably cause deep wrinkles), forces me to buy special tinted prescription glasses, and has been known to turn my skin a shocking shade of crimson.” I could go on and on.
But I won’t (I can feel your relief from here).
Against daylight or contre-jour (look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls) refers to the deliberate use of backlighting a subject. A silhouette emphasizing shapes and outlines. This high-contrast technique can produce some striking results.
As EYE See... 