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

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

Silent autumn reflections

October 17, 2020October 10, 2020 ~ Jnana Hodson ~ 4 Comments

Colorful foliage reflects in a cove along the Cocheco River just a few blocks from downtown Dover. At one time, the site was used to cut blocks of ice each winter for sale to cities to the south each summer.

The picture was taken from this former railroad bridge that’s now a highlight of the Community Trail.

Now, if we only had a place to put a canoe or kayak into the water.