sounds.

Housework was a pleasant pastime. When my floor was dirty, I rose early, and setting all my furniture out of doors on the grass, bed and bedstead making but one budget, dashed water on the floor and sprinkled white sand from the pond on it, and then with a broom scrubbed it clean and white; and by the time the villagers had broken their fast the morning sun had dried my house sufficiently to allow me to move in again, and my meditations were almost uninterrupted. It was pleasant to see my whole household effects out on the grass, making a little pile like a gypsy's pack, and my three-legged table, from which I did not remove the books and pen and ink, standing amid the pines and hickories. They seemed glad to get out themselves, as if unwilling to be brought in. I was sometimes tempted to stretch an awning over them and take my seat there. It was worth the while to see the sun shine on these things, and hear the free wind blow on them; so much more interesting most familiar objects look out of doors than in the house.

-Thoreau and his experimental lifestyle in the woods.

look forward.

[May no man's touch ever tame you
May no man's reigns ever chain you
and may no man's weight ever defrayed your soul]

Ray.

speed of time.

a rush of water, like the pace of life, is one big blur.

but every once in awhile, something comes into focus and leaves an imprint, like drying sap, slowly dripping from the cracks in the tree.

then, somehow, you allow yourself to drift back into that blur.

Ray LaMontagne - I Still Care For You

dark wood and sunshine.

hiked on easter sunday. took my time on the way down and ventured into the woods a little. it's always worth it when i find things like this. just have to look closely. infinite ways to see the world that way.

"Barton Hollow" | The Civil Wars | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO | [HD]

old before your time

[Through the years I've known my share of broken hearted fools
And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking
There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man
Who never knew his life was his for making

Ain't it about time you realize? It's not worth keepin' score
You win some, you lose some and you let it go
What's the use of stacking on every failure another stone
Till you find you've spent your whole damn life
Building walls, lonely and old before your time]

Ray.

easter in the woods

best way i know of to spend an easter sunday.

at the ocean.

visited Portland Head Light today.

One day....

how lucky is he???

a day in the life of....

around the house. cold outside and rainy. no hike for me.

Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise (pro shot)

:)

Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs - This Love is Over (Live)

This whole album is awesome.

Fuzz.

so cozy.

just sitting there.

It intrigues me to think about all the living/ dead things in the woods that just grow quietly while we, as humans, run around like crazy trying to get so much done before our life is over. Can't we just sit still like the moss on a tree and watch everyone race by?

a hike and an apple.

nothing better than a hike, sunshine and an apple to eat at the top.

water everywhere.

snow is melting = streams are flowing!

Sherman Farm

Brought some photos over to Sherman Farm stand in East Conway, New Hampshire. So excited to be displaying over there...fits perfectly with all of their fresh veggies and homemade goodies. Thanks Kathy!

this is what it looks like on the wall: C

ON WEBSITE

Final production framed on canvas and hanging on wall!

this is what it looks like on the wall: B

ON WEBSITE

Final production framed on canvas.

this is what it looks like on the wall: A

ON WEBSITE

This is the production finished onto canvas.

snow back in january.

[A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.]

Emerson.

think my backpack is big enough?

im psyched to get back out on a hike. planning sunday morning i think. may go up the face of shawnee peak on the ski trails since the mountain is closed. (i like to pack my backpack full to make it a harder hike....it looks like i had enough stuff in there for a week!) im weird. i know.

if i could pick a texture to define me, this is what it would look like.

ray.

it's official. see you may 26th in bangor. :)

just confirmed.

excited
to
announce
the
Oxford
House
Inn
in
Fryeburg,
Maine
has
scheduled
a
3
month
opening
in
their
downstairs
pub,
Jonathan's,
for
me
to
display
my
work!

[August 15th-November 15th]

I am so excited.
Thank you Natalie and Jonathan!

a walk beneath the power lines.

not quite the same as hiking. but it'll have to do. and yes, we still have snow.

24.

friends.

first experiment with sketching faces....and this is what came out. wasn't using any references...no nobody should be offended. don't really know why they look so scary.