The Stonecutter

If you have a couple minutes and want to make the day for 10 fourth-graders, have a listen to their recording of The Stonecutter, an adaptation of a Japanese folktale. They narrate this touching tale about a Japanese Stonecutter who seems to always want to be somebody else. There's music, sound effects, and even body percussion! 

Clematis?

No sign of spring out there yet, but there was this lovely seed pod. Clematis?

Swinside, Cumbria, England

Swinside, in the Lake District. Swinside Farm B&B (left) and Swinside Inn (right), with Cat Bells in the distance.

Elen's Tower

 

Too cold for outdoor photography, so here's a watercolor I've been working on instead.

Here comes the snow!

Here comes the snow!

Winter Silhouettes

Winter Silhouettes

A Flocket?

Flocket: A rocket-shaped flock of birds zooming off towards outer space. Jan, there's probably some Escher-like patterns in this one too.

Snow on Cedars

Snow on Cedars

Birds and Snow are flying

Birds and snow are flying.
Flocks wheeling, the snow swirling,
Only I am still.

Van Gogh-ized November Cornfield

Van Gogh-ized November Cornfield.
You're right, Alan. Those are Van Gogh cornfields! :-)

November cornfield

November cornfield

Over the river and through the woods...

Over the river and through the woods... My neighbor's house looks ready to welcome her family home for Thanksgiving!

Sunrise across the pond

Tops of trees just catching the first rays of the sun this morning.

This morning's mist

This morning's mist

Shoe Garden

Shoe Garden, at the Children's Garden, Canton Garden Center, Stadium Park, Canton, Ohio

Marigolds

Marigolds

Sunset Maple

Sunset Maple

Fox Squirrel

Fox Squirrel

Sunrise across the soybean field

Sunrise across the soybean field

Feed Corn

Feed Corn