AmandaMuses

Category: Life

  • Postcards from the spring

  • Rainy Day

    Found this little fella on a rainy stroll through French Quarter a few weeks ago… Today it’s stormy here in Charm City. How’s the weather where you are, dear readers?

  • This time last year

    This time last year, we had a glorious sunset… This year, the sunset is a little underwhelming but I’m glad to have captured last year’s. How’s the weather been in your neck of the woods, readers?

  • Rundetaarn

    Sometimes when I’m visiting Copenhagen for the day, I like to go up to the top of the 17th century observatory called the RundetÃ¥rn. The walk up to the top of the tower is a cobblestone spiral ramp. In the 18th century, Peter the Great rode a horse up to the top while visiting. Toward…

  • A stroll around Copenhagen

    Among the ports of call on my seemingly endless travel itinerary this year has been Copenhagen. When spending time in Sweden, I often like to pop down for the day. Thanks to the Oresund Bridge, it couldn’t be easier. Day trips like this are such a treat and nice way to give my mind a…

  • Up to something…

    Recently, I’ve been doing some serious tinkering with a new project.. Not quite ready to share, but so far it’s fun and a tiny bit exciting to be doing some a little different…

  • A walk through the countryside

    While visiting the farm, there was a lot of downtime which is generally in short supply these days. While the weather was on the miserable side during my stay, we still managed to venture out a little each day. Sometimes for social calls to friends on the island or on an excursion to an ancient…

  • Absent

    Lately I’ve been getting a lot of ‘where are you?’ or ‘what are you up to?’ emails from friends and readers alike. Which isn’t much of a surprise after the long spells between my posts so far this year. Sorry folks, it’s been a heck of a ride so far this year and we’re not…

  • Five Years

    This past week, AmandaMuses turned five, wild! While I’ve maintained a blog in some form since 2000, it wasn’t until 2007 that I finally moved on to a single domain of my own and started sharing some of my work or visual explorations rather than focusing on chitchat. In the last year or two as…

  • Summer Storm

    We’ve been experiencing record breaking high temperatures… which is actually nice–the streets aren’t too crowded and everyone slows down. The other pleasant side effect is the inevitable thunderstorms that roll in after the heat wave…

  • Recent observations

  • Postcards from a quiet Sunday

    It’s been a rainy, somewhat reluctant spring, weather-wise. Today was no exception, complete with tornado and flash flood warnings.. most other days are moody, stormy mornings with sunny afternoons and stormy nights. The cloudy skies have been beautiful though. This past weekend brought the first peonies of the season though, which always puts a massive…

  • 6 years ago today…

    …I was in Stockholm attending an opening with one of my neighbors. We were there to see a piece of my work on exhibition, one which earned me an award that night. The evening was freezing and strangely solemn but there was champagne and a few laughs –not too shabby, really. Time flies…

  • Thunder Snow

    Today has been a grab bag of strange weather with an evening of thunder snow, sleet and freezing rain.. it’s snowing like no one’s business at the moment… Even so, it’s lovely. Hope you’re staying warm wherever you are, dear readers…

  • The year in portraits

  • Brambles

  • Charm City

    Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of networking; and one of the frequent topics of conversation has been the City itself, Baltimore. People inevitably want to understand why I left sunny California and adventurous Colorado for what is often perceived as a humdrum, quirky little town on the Chesapeake. And my answer is always the…

  • Fall in Gothenburg

    The last few days of rain and autumnal gloom have lulled my memories back to Göteborg. I haven’t paid it much mind over the last few years– I finished my MFA and didn’t really look back afterward. But here I am, back in Baltimore after a move back from Sweden, and two three 1500mi+ moves.…

  • Coastal

    This past weekend, I took a drive up the coast for a quiet getaway. I camped close by in the redwoods and was early to rise so that I could explore: This is within an hour’s drive of the loft… and people wonder why I moved…. I took these pictures with a current side project…

  • Sunday