French Broad River and Mountains | Picto Project Week 3
There’s a trail in Hot Springs, NC called the Jack Branch Trail. This is one of the views that made the hike worth the 1,000-ft. elevation gain in just over a mile. We started the hike down by the...
View ArticleFloating Tree? | Picto Project Week 3
My question is this: did you really look at the photo? Because I have no idea what’s going on here. Last Monday, I went for a hike on the Jack Branch trail. I’m always looking for great photos for...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday Featured on Sunday 8 – Nature and Technology
This week for Wordless Wednesday, I had record-breaking (for Pictimilitude) submissions and wonderful entries! Many photos also followed one of two themes: nature and technology (and oxymoronic,...
View ArticleFrench Broad River | Living the Life of an Artist | Picto Project Week 4
This image is a similar one to the color version I shared last week. However, it is at a slightly different angle and in a rich black and white pattern. I wanted to share it because this is the...
View ArticleJack Branch – A View in Charcoal | Picto Project Week 5
This is my charcoal drawing of the view from the Jack Branch trail. A couple weeks ago, I went hiking there and it opens up on a ridge. You see the French Broad River as well as stunning views of the...
View ArticleHighway 209 | Luck, NC | Picto Project Week 5
This image is from a ridgetop on Highway 209. It’s a long connecting road between Hot Springs, NC and Waynesville, NC. We had just passed through the town of Luck. And I got lucky. Believe it or...
View ArticleHighway 209, Near Lake Junaluska, NC | Wordless Wednesday 10 | Picto Project...
This week, I’ll keep sharing a few images of the Scenic Highway 209 that we traveled from Hot Springs, NC to Waynesville, NC. I did a little post-processing on this image: I desaturated most of the...
View ArticleHighway 209 Overlook | Picto Project Week 5
Driving along Hwy 209, we were just outside of Hot Springs, NC. There was this pull-off and we’ve driven by it many times. I was on a mission to find great images, though. Pulling over, I looked at...
View ArticleSilhouette on 209 | Vote! | Picto Project Week 5
Here’s another one of those hairpin turns from Hwy 209. In some places, there were several inches of snow, creating these majestic views. In other places, there was hardly any snow. I continue to be...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday Featured on Sunday 10
Snow and Sky… I just realized it’s March 10th. And the 10th Sunday I’ve been featuring others’ blog posts. Kinda cool. That has to be some sign, right? In any case, the posts from this week were all...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday #11 | Purple Crocus | Picto Project Week 6
I know that all of us in the northern hemisphere of the planet are looking forward to spring. So when I saw these crocus flowers coming up in my front yard, I had to get some images then and there....
View ArticleOld Barn | Picto Project Week 6
When I was working on this photo, doing a little post-processing, my husband walked by and said, “So, when am I going to see a painting of that? You don’t usually do buildings and I really want to see...
View ArticleCrooked Tree | Picto Project Week 6
You know, I’ve walked by this tree on the mountain behind my house and I’ve photographed it like 20 different times. I’m not exaggerating. But every time, I couldn’t quite capture the extreme loopy...
View ArticleBends in the Road | Picto Project Week 7
You never know what’s around the next bend in the road. And if there are several bends? Life gets more interesting. I have all sorts of thoughts that this photo makes me think of. I’m going to try to...
View ArticlePastoral Scene | Wordless Wednesday 12 | Picto Project Week 7
Welcome to another Wordless Wednesday. Except it’s never wordless for me. I mean I think someone conjured up that concept for photographers at some point, but somehow overlooked that many...
View Article10 Reasons Why President Obama Should Buy My Painting of Highway 209 Overlook
Haha, I got you there with the title, didn’t I? If you came here for a political debate, you’ll have to look elsewhere. This hare-brained idea came to me as I was putting the finishing touches on this...
View ArticleOld Horse Barn | Picto Project Week 9
I can’t believe I’ve been doing this Pictorialization Project for 9 weeks already. In that short amount of time, so much has happened: I have secured a place for my August exhibition I have a magazine...
View ArticleSpring Flower Photos and a Poem for Inner Peace
I went for a walk at Lake Junaluska...and then I thought up a poem - a meditation, rather - about bringing peace into your life.
View ArticleFinding My Calling; Thoughts From a Year of Searching
It's funny that you think you know what you want...until what you think you DIDN'T want turns out to be just the thing you need.
View ArticleGoing on a Beach Retreat
I'm headed to the Outer Banks for a beach retreat. It's going to become a spiritual retreat, too. I have a few ideas on how to make that happen.
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