tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post3347626441444822628..comments2009-11-24T07:43:56.928-05:00Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-3237999576228823782009-11-24T07:43:56.948-05:002009-11-24T07:43:56.948-05:00Juliana, thank you and welcome to my blog! All the way from Brazil, cool.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-30478836302174187802009-11-23T07:32:01.345-05:002009-11-23T07:32:01.345-05:00your blog has such good images.<br />loved it.<br /><br />Juliana<br />BrazilJulianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273371648364688414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-59227652262352272822009-11-20T13:06:17.709-05:002009-11-20T13:06:17.709-05:00Kathryn, thanks!<br /><br />Charlotte, great idea . . . once I sell my other 2 books.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-66471557933210451452009-11-20T11:48:45.810-05:002009-11-20T11:48:45.810-05:00There&#39;s your picture book, Sarah!Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203303528944375139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-46108700488540961642009-11-16T23:04:28.863-05:002009-11-16T23:04:28.863-05:00Absolutely lovely, Sarah. Thank you for sharing that treasure of a journey!Kathryn/plantwhateverbringsyoujoy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-16572447227075850712009-11-16T18:48:20.222-05:002009-11-16T18:48:20.222-05:00Cynthia, it was fun how everyone has a different favorite. I&#39;ve only seen that odd combination of pine trees and dune grass in Maine.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-47396607847081819052009-11-16T18:42:55.711-05:002009-11-16T18:42:55.711-05:00Happy Birthday to your brother too! What lovely words and images that work together to create something more. I am particularly drawn to the photo of the pine trees turning into dune grass. Love the angle and the light on that one, which seems to give it a lot of depth.cynthia newberry martinhttp://catchingdays.cynthianewberrymartin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-88904785925977327152009-11-15T15:33:17.850-05:002009-11-15T15:33:17.850-05:00Jan and Rose, thank you!<br /><br />Carol, welcome to my blog and thank you! I really enjoyed the photos on your blog too. It’s so nice to connect with you!Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-43835587471650680472009-11-15T00:58:04.373-05:002009-11-15T00:58:04.373-05:00Hi Sarah... what a lovely, poetic and artistic post. Nature as the artist... as you say... and your words with your photos are perfect, poetic and inspiring. Your images breathtaking... every one! So glad to have found your blog. What a sweet birthday post for your brother. CarolCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-71886852395635451472009-11-14T19:45:59.025-05:002009-11-14T19:45:59.025-05:00Beautiful photos, Sarah! And as artistic as they are, I know that the images of nature are even more artistic in real life. Love the driftwood and the waves on the water.Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01384059342847120951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-82870268026754771872009-11-14T05:55:52.304-05:002009-11-14T05:55:52.304-05:00Your photos make a wonderful gift to your brother, Sarah.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-54506642419806637262009-11-13T17:50:53.036-05:002009-11-13T17:50:53.036-05:00Elizabeth, living in Maine I naturally turned to photography and realistic watercolor landscapes. It&#39;s hard to improve on what is there to behold. I&#39;ll let you know about NYC soon.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-35986875869240633052009-11-13T17:02:26.757-05:002009-11-13T17:02:26.757-05:00Your stunning photos really leave us thinking that there is not much we can create that approaches its loveliness.<br />This was a particularly gorgeous post.....<br />but then I&#39;m addicted to beaches and skies.<br />Happy, probably belated by now, birthday to your brother.<br />ps will you be in NY any time soon?Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-1900142100701533462009-11-13T13:39:12.944-05:002009-11-13T13:39:12.944-05:00Kelly, thank you! The colors are intense in autumn.<br /><br />Bee, I felt a silent awe for the beauty of our planet that day. It’s a tribute to nature and to my brother, who appreciates it too but has little time for such contemplation. I loved the post, rich in memories, which you dedicated to your brother’s birthday too.<br /><br />DM, wow! That is a huge compliment. I love the cinematography of Ang Lee’s films. As for the connection to Sense &amp; Sensiblity, there is a reason this part of the world is called New England.<br /><br />Donna, welcome back and congratulations on your baby boy!<br /><br />MS, thank you! My images are fine for the internet, but they would look better as prints if I upgraded my DSLR kit lens. I use Lightroom software to sharpen the images in compensation. It’s still a pretty good lens and lightweight, so good for hiking.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-3459409311325384352009-11-13T10:56:46.728-05:002009-11-13T10:56:46.728-05:00Happy Birthday to your brother! What a wonderful gift you give us today on his behalf.<br /><br />The way in which mother nature reshuffles her deck, the way you have represented her here, fills my spirit with longing and rapture.<br /><br />Your pithy lens needs no upgrade in my eyes. Love it!<br /><br />Mama Shujaa.Mama Shujaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15978662559579409259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-14723654215796058552009-11-12T23:16:52.117-05:002009-11-12T23:16:52.117-05:00Beautiful! And your photographs are stunning.Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352909161587824227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-51539559565414180782009-11-12T23:10:29.770-05:002009-11-12T23:10:29.770-05:00You have such a great eye with a camera. I couldn&#39;t help but be reminded of the Ang Lee version of Sense &amp; Sensibility in some of those photos. Especially the scene of the seaside hill where Marianne falls and meets Willoughby... maybe it&#39;s just me.Dawn Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065998860801658132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-37036449083836812152009-11-12T19:12:26.479-05:002009-11-12T19:12:26.479-05:00And I forgot to send birthday wishes to your brother! Such a lovely tribute, Sarah.Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-68820839769607066952009-11-12T19:09:58.371-05:002009-11-12T19:09:58.371-05:00I feel that respectful silence is, perhaps, the best response to this poetic merger of words/photographs . . . but I know that isn&#39;t very satisfying for you as author!<br /><br />I do especially love this last photograph, and yet that interesting &quot;wet sand abstracts the sky&quot; is wonderful, too.<br /><br />I have been reading one of those &quot;I Wonder Why&quot; information books about space to one of the little boys that I tutor. When you think of the barrenness of the other planets, it is just so awesome and mysterious to contemplate the natural beauty of this world.Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-48955457822526765232009-11-12T19:01:55.386-05:002009-11-12T19:01:55.386-05:00WOW! Gorgeous words to accompany stunning photographs. The color in those photos is unreal!Kelly H-Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324529762031928328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-16286054052510481382009-11-12T18:43:20.756-05:002009-11-12T18:43:20.756-05:00Anil, great suggestions! I won’t be going back to Morse this month because it is deer hunting season. I actually took these photos in October but was saving them for my brother’s birthday. He loves hiking and driftwood. I have another post with Morse Mt. images (September):<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.sarahlaurence.com/2008/09/shift-by-charlotte-agell.html" rel="nofollow">more Morse Mt and Seawall Beach photos</a><br /><br />You’ll be able to follow my Morse Mountain posts through the label. I’ve always wanted to come back in winter with my snow shoes. <br /><br />On my wish list is a better lens for my DSLR. I guess I’d better sell more art and books!Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-54131840441924064232009-11-12T18:33:22.551-05:002009-11-12T18:33:22.551-05:00Ref. to your third picture again. If this location is near to where you stay, I wonder what it might look like when photographed from the exact same spot through different seasons. <br /><br />Also curious of how the marsh, with the stretch of water might look like if shot closer to the ground and more of a play to the water in the foreground.<br /><br />Some of your landscapes might lend themselves beautifully to black and white, specially if objects like the driftwood can stand out starkly in blazing white against the shades of black as the object rising overpoweringly in the foreground. While it might require a wider angle lens, still might be an useful try.<br /><br />What a beautiful place you stay in. Very nice pictures too.Anil Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-30911884509861408182009-11-12T14:26:29.229-05:002009-11-12T14:26:29.229-05:00Delwyn, I love it! <br /><br />Anonymous brother, another happy year to you. <br /><br />Les, the marshes look a bit like your part of the coast. I do hope yours soak up the flooding.Sarah Laurencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423008641739156182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-19558424326380205412009-11-12T09:52:53.647-05:002009-11-12T09:52:53.647-05:00Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous place. I particularly like the first marsh picture with the clear reflection on the water. I am envious of your trip.Leshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259325291907281485.post-56596904028628158132009-11-11T23:17:01.714-05:002009-11-11T23:17:01.714-05:00Thank you all for the birthday wishes &amp; Sarah for the writing &amp; wonderful pictures. This has to be by far my most international celebration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com