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Buried deep inside blowsy peony petals, like the parts of a heart...

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Posted by Marja-Leena on June 26, 2008 | Comments (10)

early this morning

    looking through the skylight, a glimmer of sunshine, too brief... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 9, 2008 | Comments (12)

onion skin

        ...one day in the kitchen...    ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on June 2, 2008 | Comments (13)

time for play

        Alternating between gardening and utter exhaustion these May days, I've not being doing anything in the art-making side of my life. Interrupted by showers in sunshine this afternoon, I had time to play! Wanting to try making... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on May 26, 2008 | Comments (11)

twisted

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Posted by Marja-Leena on May 21, 2008 | Comments (6)

bruised

He brought me some branches of magnolia
bruised by the fall, the snow and the frost...

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Posted by Marja-Leena on April 21, 2008 | Comments (7)

branching

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Posted by Marja-Leena on March 30, 2008 | Comments (6)

hurrying to the sea

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Posted by Marja-Leena on March 24, 2008 | Comments (11)

signs

signs of bursting
delicate green buds on bushes
native flowering currants....

Addendum March 17th, 2008: I've been short on words so I think you may enjoy reading lichen, a beautiful post and photo by my daughter Erika.....

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Posted by Marja-Leena on March 15, 2008 | Comments (6)

prickly

                Busy with my art work this week but tired and jet-lagged, I must say that I dislike daylight saving time! Tell me again what we are saving.    ... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on March 13, 2008 | Comments (8)

earthworks #4

Still remembering McKenzie Beach, near Pacific Rim National Park, BC....

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Posted by Marja-Leena on February 28, 2008 | Comments (7)

small things

exquisite tiny treasures on the beach

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Posted by Marja-Leena on February 23, 2008 | Comments (11)

guess

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Posted by Marja-Leena on February 20, 2008 | Comments (8)

crackle

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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 30, 2008 | Comments (3)

sepia memories

Meandering thoughts inspired by Jean's sepia photos

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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 22, 2008 | Comments (10)

calligraphic

                Do you think there may be hidden messages here? My mind must be on Qarrtsiluni's latest theme, Hidden Messages. The deadline for submissions for this issue is January 31st. (I'm still working on it...)... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on January 20, 2008 | Comments (10)

sensual

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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 8, 2008 | Comments (16)

frost and shadows

fine frost etching, edging leaves and blades of grass...

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Posted by Marja-Leena on December 7, 2007 | Comments (5)

on the windowsill

dead flies
curled up spider
feathery white moth

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 26, 2007 | Comments (10)

Happy American Thanksgiving

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 21, 2007 | Comments (10)

November's flower

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 17, 2007 | Comments (8)

silhouettes

a walk in the park
chasing clouds, dancing light
light and shadow, black and white

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 10, 2007 | Comments (3)

leaves on glass

stained glass of rusty red and yellow

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 7, 2007 | Comments (18)

spider's web

On this glorious sunny Sunday morning, all the more precious when sunshine has been so scarce this fall, I spotted a very delicate, very perfect silky spider's web outside one window. I asked my husband, a much better photographer... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on October 14, 2007 | Comments (11)

spiny fruit

DaturaFruit.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on September 6, 2007 | Comments (2)

yesterday at 5:20 am

Heavy clouds overhead, a giant's puffy quilt
straight edge parallel to mountain range
strip of sky beneath and between
brightening with dawn, rose and gold
a German Romantic painting

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Posted by Marja-Leena on August 18, 2007 | Comments (8)

the little moth

As I sat down at my desk yesterday morning, my eye was distracted by some movement in the window next to me - a tiny pale moth fluttering between the screen and the closed casement window. It must have... [Continue Reading...]
Posted by Marja-Leena on July 26, 2007 | Comments (9)

textures

catestreenest.jpg

I'm obsessed by textures, can you tell?

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Posted by Marja-Leena on July 10, 2007 | Comments (6)

070707

trying out a recently purchased smaller digital camera

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Posted by Marja-Leena on July 8, 2007 | Comments (2)

found art

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a magical find in our backyard, under the magnolia tree...

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Posted by Marja-Leena on May 27, 2007 | Comments (15)

venation

magnolialeaves3.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on March 15, 2007 | Comments (7)

ephemeral

frostbeforesunrise.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 15, 2007 | Comments (8)

snow graffiti

I felt inspired to do a little graffiti on the sparkling pristine canvas on the deck.

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Posted by Marja-Leena on December 2, 2006 | Comments (4)

reflections

ice.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 28, 2006 | Comments (5)

long weekend

physalis.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on September 4, 2006 | Comments (8)

a malady

MLRmilkweed.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on August 28, 2006 | Comments (3)

caught in a web

Battleof-Insects

A long and mighty battle between these two insects outside a window - photos by my husband

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Posted by Marja-Leena on June 12, 2006 | Comments (9)

sea shells

...another one of some objects that I scanned..

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Posted by Marja-Leena on April 19, 2006 | Comments (14)

spiral

a scan of a small ammonite

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Posted by Marja-Leena on February 10, 2006 | Comments (18)

scanning

root.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on January 25, 2006 | Comments (10)

first snow

snowlace.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 29, 2005

first frost

FirstFrost2.jpg

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Posted by Marja-Leena on November 14, 2005

frost fractals

a fleeting art installation

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Posted by Marja-Leena on December 5, 2004 | Comments (6)

circles

a tree stump on Vancouver Island

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Posted by Marja-Leena on May 11, 2004