by Sally | Jun 14, 2023 | Cape Cod, Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
My image Reflecting on a Leaf, now on exhibit at the International Exposition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair. I’ve been working at images involving the effect known as surface tension, starting a year ago on Cape Cod where a first “catch” photograph...
by Sally | Apr 26, 2023 | Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
Out the door, down the driveway slope I go, and turning right, stride forward down the street. I look from side to side until I reach the T intersection at the corner. Here’s the decision point: turn left, downhill? Or go right, up the hill to points west including my...
by Sally | Jan 12, 2022 | Nature and Places, Seeing and Photography |
The image above was taken at in Encinitas, a town about ten miles north of us, a major garden center. Though I’m no gardener myself, prowling its nurseries and San Diego Botanic Garden are ongoing joys, and this one is from a nursery specializing in koi and...
by Sally | Oct 21, 2021 | Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, San Diego |
Griffin Island, Wellfleet, Cape Cod National Seashore. I had made it to the crest of the dune after a climb in two-steps-forward-one-step-back sand, when whoosh! I was almost blown off my feet. I must have shimmied, but after a few steps down toward the...
by Sally | Aug 26, 2021 | Cape Cod, Nature and Places, Sally Buffington |
When I speak or write of Cape Cod, seldom is it an accident or about a place “where I just happened to be.” To me, the Cape is holy ground, where I “take off my shoes” with reverence. And anything I write or think about Cape Cod, anything that takes place there, any...
by Sally | Jul 1, 2021 | Cape Cod, Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
Oh, yes, it’s going to be one of those mornings! Either rain fell during the night and the clouds linger, or just a foggy day. Getting dressed, I wrap my bra round my chest, then hook it in the back. Ugh, the fabric’s damp already. Tee-shirt and shorts feel no...