Published July 5, 2015 Madagascar labradorite This is from Madagascar. This mineral is iridescent. It has its own mineral term named for the shimmering blues and greens – […]
Published August 3, 2015 Fractal portrait This stainless steel concave dish by Anish Kapoor, an untitled work from 2010 at the High Art Museum in Atlanta, uses triangular […]
Published October 16, 2015 Butterfly shadow This late flowering zinnia looks a bit like a blooming sun. The butterfly was sipping nectar and I positioned my camera to […]
Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]