RMW Ramblings

  Fall Color  Dogwoods Fall color season is here!  We have dogwoods and sweetgums which have bold autumn color, and lines of ginkgos are along several streets in our Highlands neighborhood.  Here are some dogwoods framing Mount Salem.  The sweetgums and ginkgos are coming along. And another view of a dogwood along with fall color vines and ferns...

  Baby Bubbles Here I picture a little girl discovering the joy of bubble blowing.  My monogram signature is in a bubble.

  Eye of the Eagle Over the Brooklyn Bridge This painting was done as a present for our grandson and his new bride as a wedding present.  They live in Brooklyn with employers in Manhattan which we view here over the bridge.

  Cathartis Watching the birds, up close it's easier to spot and identify the smaller song birds.  In the sky the larger raptors and scavengers are easier to spot and identify.   Over the water we follow the ospreys and eagles.  But looking back landward we more often see circling turkey vultures ( cathartis mura) , usually several at a time.  Here is one of mine, with a heraldic glyph.   The bald eagle is not really bald, but has a head with white feathers.  The turkey vulture is truly bald, devoid of feathers, the better to bury his head in messy carrion, hence its red fleshy head.  

                 GNOSIS  It's officially fall, and thus apple season. Here's my apple, gnosis (γνῶσις), the apple of knowledge.    

  Veggie Still Life   Thought about doing a still life painting, but my kitchen reference picture is enough.