When I lived in Vermont I felt like a tourist every time I stopped the car to take a picture. And since I passed the same scenes all the time I thought, "Oh I can always take it that shot tomorrow." Consequently the list of my "untaken" Vermont photographs is long. Ridiculous, right? So when I visited back in August I made a point of stopping even if I had to turn my car around. The images feel old to me because I wanted to photograph them as far back as 1990. Why do I love Vermont so much? Because all those scenes still exist. Dirt roads I know like the back of my hand, old farm buildings, even favorite trees. It was a great road trip. More to come.
Sunflowers in Ferrisburgh.
When I lived in Vermont, I'd pass this sunflower field when I drove my favorite back roads to Lake Champlain. Last month when I was visiting, I finally stopped to take a photograph, but I like my little watercolor sketch better, so I've posted that instead...
Innisfree Gardens.
While in New York, my friend Lynn suggested a trip to Innisfree Gardens in Millbrook. I thought I could do a watercolor sketch and Lynn thought she'd work on her story. Turns out the gates were closed the day we tried to go, and as that was Lynn's only free day, she made me promise I'd go by myself. It was beautiful! Here are a few more images (the lily pads inspired my watercolor sketch in my previous post).
