Author: barryhassphoto

Along the Charles River in Newton.

On a porch in Chatham, Mass.

The artist Dale Chihuly creates fantastical worlds of blown glass. This is a small section of one of them, from an installation at the Museum of Fine Arts.in Boston in 2011. I was reminded of this picture by a post from my friend Lynn Holbein:(https://www.lynnholbein.com/2024/07/07/playing-with-color/

There are hundreds of daylilies in bloom now, in gardens and along roadsides. But the way the sunlight was hitting this one stopped me in my tracks.

It’s officially summer.

One evening last week, the rays of the setting sun made the fountain in front of our local library look like it was shooting off fireworks.

At the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover.

Porchfest – the very name evokes images of country folk playing guitars, banjos, and fiddles in front of a farmhouse on a summer evening. Oh, but it’s so much more than that. As these events have grown in popularity, they have attracted all sorts of musicians. In addition, people with porch-less houses have joined in the fun. The confluence of these two trends can sometimes lead to scenes that the founders of the original Porchfest probably never envisioned, like this one.

The irises have opened in our yard. Seen from above, they are remarkably symmetric.

These cattails and their reflection remind me of a musical score.