by Dorothy Greco | Jun 6, 2021 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog, Nature, Photography
Peonies never last long enough. Because of New England’s super hot weather this week, they will bloom and fade within a few days. All of these images were shot of one bush (in our neighbors’ yard) with my Canon DSLR and 100 mm macro lens. I did not enhance...
by Dorothy Greco | Feb 4, 2021 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Articles, The Mudroom
If I asked you to describe 2020 in one word, what word would you choose? Pandemic? Chaos? Disappointment? Virtual? Social-distance? All of the above are apt descriptors for this merciless year but at least for me, they don’t quite capture it as succinctly as this one:...
by Dorothy Greco | Jun 13, 2020 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog, Nature, Photography
Ferns are some of the oldest living plants on the earth. Watching these Interrupted Ferns develop day after day, I felt as if I was witnessing something being born. They tend to appear in early spring, always in groups, and are sheathed in a fabric-like cover. As they...
by Dorothy Greco | Jul 13, 2019 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog
Peonies originate from China. They come in every color except blue. Every year I eagerly await their blooms and mourn when the last petals drop off. The American Peony Society has 6500 different cultivars. I’ve probably only seen about twenty-five. Peonies are...
by Dorothy Greco | Oct 28, 2016 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog, Nature, Photography
When non-New Englanders think of fall colors, they typically only imagine red, orange, and yellow. Those three shades abound, but autumn in New England is awash in pink from the last cosmos and ripe cabbages, blues from borage, greens from kale and squash, and the...
by Dorothy Greco | Jun 17, 2016 | Art, Photography, & Beauty, Blog
In The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis wrote that beauty is meant to be a doorway, inviting us into something deeper. These flowers do that for me. The sight of them fills my heart with wonder and gratitude. Peonies are one of the most extroverted flowers out there....
