These images were photographed near the camellias, in the same woodland garden corner of our backyard. They are traces of a huge multi-trunked maple tree (we have some giants on the west coast) that had to be cut down some 15 years ago because of rot and concern that it might come down on our house in a windstorm.

As long as we’ve lived here, the trunk’s base has had a hollow or small ‘cave’ under the roots on one side where they spread upwards and over a tiny hill. Big enough for a raccoon though I’ve never seen evidence of a nest, it continues to intrigue and stoke my imagination. I keep checking on it as the trunk ever so very slowly rots away. I love the textures! I think this may be the first time I’ve actually taken photos of it for posterity though it’s permanently in my mental image bank.

Clear and cold.

Days of rare sunshine.

Skylights with night shades of solid white frost.

Rising sun’s rays glance frozen glass. Thawing, changing, spreading patterns.

Sun’s art as brilliant as Jack Frost’s.

(Captured between 8:40 and 8:43 a.m. on February 1st, 2011)
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These have made me recall some footprints in the sand from some years ago….

Continuing to collect scanned images of roundish glass objects, and enjoying the surprises. These appear quite abstract, I know, but may work well in combination with other images and textures in some print work that is in progress, or in future.

….. more images of glass circles for my image library

still gathering circular images of textured glass… will any find their way into some prints?

I am gathering images of textured glass circles for possible use in some of my current print projects. This heavy glass base with holes is used in flower arranging. It had belonged to my mother who used it often as do I. I’ve never seen one like it anywhere else, it’s so much better than crumbly unnatural floral foam. And of course it made for a great image, don’t you think?