Eagle in flight

April 16, 2021December 8, 2022 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Seen along the Sunrise Trail in Perry, it was huge to the naked eye but the camera thought otherwise. The shadow on the ground might help you find the bird just below the trunk of the tree.

Botanical studies, 1964

March 29, 2021February 6, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Pen and ink

Meanwhile, downtown

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Upstream, melting snow leads to this.

Two rhythms, 1962

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Cut paper explorations of positive negative black and white space

Potted plant

February 15, 2021February 6, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 1 Comment

Pen and ink on paper, 1964

Peel, 1962

February 11, 2021February 6, 2021 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 2 Comments

Cut construction paper exploration of positive/negative black and white space

Where would your texting be without this?

January 13, 2021December 2, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

Cell phone towers have become an ubiquitous part of the American landscape. This is one of three atop Dover’s Garrison Hill, and the panels also ring the giant smokestack at the mills downtown.

What I wasn’t expecting was the two workers doing maintenance within its aerial grid.

Real Maine

November 29, 2020September 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

This year the Red Barn has featured a lot of photos from Downeast Maine, many of them taken about a five-hour drive from our home in coastal New Hampshire. (Driving the other direction would put us in Manhattan in the same amount of time.) It’s easy to imagine the remote coastline as idyllic, but the reality is that much is also economically challenged and impoverished. Here’s an example from downtown Eastport.

Bridge to Canada

November 8, 2020September 1, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 6 Comments

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial bridge connects Lubec, Maine, to Campobello Island, New Brunswick. It’s seen here around low tide – which runs about 26 feet every six hours or so.

Rugged coast

November 1, 2020August 2, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ Leave a comment

We can’t forget hiking in Downeast Maine, not after an experience like this. (Photo by Rachel Williams)