Signs of Spring .... in Paris

If you live in certain parts of North America, you'll be happy to know that spring is arriving on schedule   elsewhere in the world. I had to go to all the way to Paris a couple of weeks ago to find signs of it. I'll be sharing many more photographs in the weeks to come.

2014 Calendars

2014 desk calendars are ready and shipping! I have created a super special section in my Etsy shop just for them. The pages are 5x7" in size and the images are 5x5". The calendar pages are printed on the same photographic paper as my fine art prints. The only exception is the Eye Poetry calendar. It is printed on 15 pt heavy card stock for those who prefer more rigid pages.
If you prefer a wall calendar, I have created two of them. They measure 13.5" x 19" and are printed on premium paper with either a gloss or linen finish. They are available for ordering on Lulu.com: 2014 Wanderlust Wall Calendar 2014 Paris Wall Calendar

The Way to There

The show is over for another year. It was magical and marvellous while it lasted.

Midnight in the Garden

It's not always about pale pastels in an orchard that's in bloom. If you delve into the shadows, you'll be rewarded with deep, rich, dusky blues and greens . 

Garden of Earthly Delights

"A garden isn't meant to be useful. It's for joy." 

~ Rumer Godden

Orchard Inspiration

"Orchards in the Spring-time! Oh, I think and think of them,—
Filmy mists of pink and white above the fresh, young green,
Lifting and drifting,—how my eyes could drink of them"~ Theodosia Garrison 

Hello spring!

It's official as of tomorrow and I'm rather blissed out about it. The weather this week has been gorgeous and unusually warm for mid-March in Montreal.

In the spirit of spring and cleaning and such, this week I undertook Phase I of my massively ambitious decluttering project: books! I do love 'em but I have way too many of them. And right now, I value the space that will be created more. It's a huge task, and there are moments when I feel overwhelmed, but it's mostly been energizing. Now if I could only stop sneezing from all the dust that's been freed up.

Of course, before undertaking such a task, I had to read a book about it. And that book was Shed your stuff, change your life by Julie Morgenstern. I realized that my project was about more than just decluttering, but was part of a transition. Although I became a full-time photographer almost two years ago, the transformation has never really felt complete. Perhaps there's been some fear that I wouldn't succeed and that I should hang on to that old me "just in case". But I feel ready to let some of it go and to create the space necessary to nurture this more creative self.

The color purple

"I think it pisses God off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it."