Category Archives: Abstract

Places Remembered: Desert Drama

Posted on March 30, 2021 by krikitarts

Amid many pressing distractions, I’ve managed a quick look at my archives for this date in history and found this image that I made 15 years ago from my window seat during a flight from Mexico City to Phoenix, Arizona. … Continue reading →

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A New Cardoon Character

Posted on August 6, 2020 by krikitarts

It was a beautiful day here yesterday. There was a show of botanical drawings that CD was eager to see, as she’s enjoy8ing taking a class and some of the work of her teacher was included. It’s a drive of … Continue reading →

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Contemplation

Posted on June 4, 2020 by krikitarts

We just returned yesterday from a five-day full-family vacation in Rotorua, a town in a geothermal area a little more than three hours’ drive south. Stormy weather was predicted for the whole time, but the weather gods smiled on us … Continue reading →

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Isolation Antidotes (16): The Mysterious Monk of Granite Island

Posted on May 4, 2020 by krikitarts

A little over a year ago CD and I had the chance to spend a couple of weeks in Australia with Batty and her family. We started in Melbourne and did a most memorable road trip along the Great Australian … Continue reading →

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Flashback Friday: Canterbury Moon at Dusk

Posted on March 6, 2020 by krikitarts

My life twenty-four years ago today found me on one of my first journeys to New Zealand. I had finished conducting the day’s business in the vicinity of Greymouth, on the northwest coast of the South Island, and I was … Continue reading →

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Serenity Sunday: Hydrangea Harmony

Posted on June 19, 2017 by krikitarts

Managing to take a few more minutes out from much higher priorities, I stopped to admire the harmonic symmetry in the new growth of our oak-leaf hydrangea yesterday.    

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Flashback Friday: Frosty Florist

Posted on November 18, 2016 by krikitarts

Student days in Germany, late December 1970. A friend and fellow student in Berlin invited me to spend the Christmas holidays with his family in the town of Gifhorn, in the southeastern part of Lower Saxony, about 10 miles northwest … Continue reading →

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Abstract: Glenelg Beach

Posted on October 22, 2016 by krikitarts

We’ve had a medical emergency this week, which I hope will soon be resolved, but it’s still up in the air at present. As a result, I’ve had practically no time to devote to the bloggers I follow, to like … Continue reading →

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Happy 2016!

Posted on January 1, 2016 by krikitarts

A time for review, reflection, rejuvenation, and renewal.  Happy New Year!

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Tiger Eyes abstract

Posted on May 7, 2015 by krikitarts

Something a little different this morning: Here are some fresh leaves sprouting on our Tiger Eyes sumac (Rhus typhina ‘Bailtiger’). As you see, I’ve been having some abstract fun with it with some Nik software and a couple of Photoshop … Continue reading →

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