Heirloom Apple On The Tree Photo
Along the crumbling stone wall,
beyond the back fields,
grows the persistent remains of an old Apple Tree
with ripening newborne fruit on ancient gnarled branches.
The Duck Pond
I’ve passed this farmland throughout my life…
Ducks…Geese…a lovely view…
This small building on the shore of the pond…so picturesque on a late autumn day…
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Return of the blogging witch
I’ve been away from my blog for a couple weeks, and it feels good to get back to it. I appreciate that you have continued to check in with my site though nothing new has been added.
I’m still a bit shocked that we are in the middle of November and the holidays are approaching fast.
I have a lot of photos still in my camera to upload and lots to write about.
It seems I also have some blog housekeeping to do. A few of the photos have been removed – not intended – and I will have the site fully functioning as soon as possible. Thank you for visiting Five Element Arts!
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Hallowed Ground in Salem
Salem, Massachusetts cemetery headstones.
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Calm River
Along a back road I stop to take this photograph.
The afternoon light, before the coming cold weather, illuminates
the changing leaf colors beside the calm water.
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Hickory Nut Gathering
I grew up in an old house overhung by Hickory trees.
This time of year, the Hickory nuts fall in a constant rain wrapped in their green casings that dry and fall away from the fragrant nuts.
Just walking beneath these trees I can smell the nuts, and I stoop repeatedly to stuff my pockets with this precious protein.
The squirrels stuff their faces with the nuts, and I understand their excitement with the prospect of enjoying these nuts some cold winter day.
If you have access to Hickory nuts, set them aside for a winter day to crack and extract the nut meat from the difficult and hard nut casing and make up a batch of brownies with them.
Unforgettable!
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Bayberry Candles
I recently found Bayberries on Mom and Dad’s property, and I immediately went into “Little House on the Prairie” mode and began thinking about how to make my own real Bayberry candles.
I have ordered real Bayberry candles from Abundant Earth in the past, but they no longer carry them. I do know that if a company claims to make real Bayberry candles all year long, they are not made with berries off the bush in season.
A bit of research yielded enough information to convince me not to get too excited about the few berries at Mom’s. The berries are beautiful…I should have taken a photograph, but I was lazy. The old blue with a blush on the surface immediately called out to me.
The berries have a wax-like substance that is melted off to make candles.
“…one and a half quarts of Bayberries to make an 8 inch taper candle”
I have enough to do this season, but I will put the idea on the back burner to consider in the future.
