My memories in New England are some of the sweetest of our whole trip because I met my best friend in person for the first time. Because I was enjoying my time with her, her siblings and her parents so much, I didn't spend as much time noticing the little quirks about New England as I had other states. However... The largest grievance (and most familiar one) was the roads… Again. This time, it wasn’t just how bad they were—it was the fact that they were acc

It's been quite awhile since I've written any posts for Shades of Art. Those of you on my email list have already found out why: I left Tennessee and am currently traveling around the U. S.! While I've been writing a good deal the last week or so, the art I've probably been focusing on most is photography (and clearly not blogging.) After all, what better things to take pictures of than the Washington Monument, the Statue of Liberty or my best friend that I finally met in per

With the writing of this post, I began to realize a couple things about my picture-sharing methods. First of all, it is very often; I appear to be a very visual person. I love to share and receive pictures, so you'll probably get more than you asked for (if you did at all.) Even if a post isn't specifically concerning art, I usually have a lot of photos to go along with it. (An example of such a post is my " Sunshine Blogger Award " post. Another thing I realized about this s

I wish I could say this was from my mountain (I took it not far away though!) and it fits in spirit with the post. :D I love autumns on my mountain. I love the walks, scuffing among the leaves. I love the curled leaves all about the dying grass. I love the little cabin in the woods...how it fits so snugly among the trees. I love how orange leaves are the blue sky's compliments. I love the golden light, I love looking up,

Badminton with my siblings... Wild roses... Thunderstorms... And the window pane after... Freshly cut grass... Wild roses and gates......

Earlier mornings... Splashes of color... Growing trees... Blue skies... Pink sunrises... Spring rains and rose petals... New buds... This...