waterfall

photograph by kristen bach

mud daubber nest

photograph by rinne allen

moss covered wall

photograph by kristen bach

vine beauty

photograph by kristen bach

greener than green

it's amazing what a few rains can do.   with just a couple showers everything is bursting with green!

words and photographs by kristen bach

Northwoods Dispatch: neon by the shore

photo  by kristen bach

a little nature

recently, kristen and rinne and i decorated and styled a photoshoot about a dinner in the woods. we laid some rough wood planks on top of old milk crates and started to decorate. we had an idea about a table-long scape of mosses, rocks, ferns and such. i had an idea to use some old compotes and some wood fired cups to do some mini terrarium type things.
i dug up some dirt and filled the container about 2/3 full, mounding the dirt slightly. then i dug up a patch of ferns with whatever vines or grasses inhabited the same plot, and simply planted them right into the containers. i topped it off with a little more soil to cover the roots and maintain the mound shape. then i covered the whole top with some of the moss i dug up, as well as a few bits from the craft store. just water in, and vóila! they look so great i think i'll just keep them about.
try one in a sunny living room or dining room. it's good to have a little nature inside...

photographs and words by rebecca rood

painting ideas

I really want to paint abstract paintings, but I can't figure out in my mind how to go about it. maybe if i make them look like this. . . .

words and photographs by rebecca wood

brocades

on a warm, wet winter's day, I explored the nearby community garden.

I love a glorious tangle of old and new and dead and alive! I love most when it forms a complete and complex tapestry of muted colors and many stages of life, reminding me of some old middle ages tapestries. it would be so awesome to embroider this on some grey wool if I had the time! anyway, dreamy details. maybe you can embroider it?

words and photographs by rebecca wood

red berries

photograph by rebecca wood

silhouetted branch

photograph by rebecca wood