Jon's Journal

Not a bubbling over moment of joy, just a quiet one. But that one cloud

It’s just the total absurd purity of screaming yellow forsythia against a dazzling blue sky.

For some reason it’s often the supermarket where I observe people experiencing moments of joy

Been too long since a Moment of Joy penetrated my shell, but it happened this

Sitting under a tree painting the blank white parts of my latest sculpture with whichever

Ok, so they are not bluebirds or anything exotic.  They are baby house sparrows. Their

Fly the little drone on a hilltop in Umbria, Italy. Let it take in a

Truly just a moment… Walking along at the edge of a field on a stretch

I was waiting around near the bird house where, after five years of no-show, a

I suppose if it happens every year it can’t be counted as a miracle, and

Everybody said no. Don’t put in a full length glass front door.  You’ll lose privacy.

So here I am walking along to get something from my car and coming the

There are so many ways that autumn leaves entertain us. I came upon this pair,

Walking on the shore of Lake Erie the other day I spotted a stone where

First off, this doesn’t quite belong in the Moments of Joy segment of this website.

https://vimeo.com/506267793 When there is a gentle snow, without wind, the trees get frosted and I

While I have not posted any Moments of Joy for quite a while, that does

There are few subjects more over-photographed than leaves in fall. Nevertheless, when I come upon

Don’t get me wrong; I love dogs and cats equally. But no dog that ever

The magic of snow with fall colors is a guaranteed delight. Here is a group

Saturday was warm. We walked along a rail rail for miles. A day with the

Right near my house is a little oak sapling, barely six feet tall. And growing

Two points of view on autumn. The magenta leaves, which I learned are winged euonymus,

After last night’s nightmare presidential debate more Joy is needed. Here is one of my

All sorts of color changes take place in the fall, not all are bright colors.

This plant does not look like it belongs in staid New England. It seems tropical

Feathers are one of Mother Nature’s truly great ideas. I love them all: big, small,

https://vimeo.com/447943031 Willie Nelson once wrote and sang “Been days when it pleased meTo be on

Rain in a lake with sound by my creative partner Fedor Lavrov. https://vimeo.com/445918077

I found yet another way to photography the magnificent Queen Anne’s Lace… another Moment.

Walking on a forest path covered with pine needles is a sweet thing. They are

Little behind on posting Moments of Joy… so much bad stuff going on. But the

At the risk of offending again the anti-cat and anti-pet followers of this journal (and

https://vimeo.com/428900785 Can’t get enough of clouds… this is a such a fine planet. By contrast,

https://jonsjournal.life/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/rain-window.mov Imagine a planet so nearly perfect that clouds come over and drop rain so

I had a conversation the other day with a burdock plant. It is the plant

Here is a little quiet moment, with sound optional. It loops: you can stare at

When you put up birdhouses and birds choose to live in them it’s a good

In spite of the fact that I know that farming is a difficult, dirty, and

Every spring there are a few days when flower petals rain down and create fleeting

I know it’s just a chipmunk.  Wikipedia says, “Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the

I present this photo of Sophia the Cat with not a little parental pride.  In

This toad, which I falsely accused of being a frog, was the best toad I

I wish to thank the people who do the pavement crack filling work for their

Here is a photo of goslings following a parent taken by the wonderful photographer Peter.

After the long winter in New England, the first signs of spring are often tiny,

Having said in another post that dogs clearly experience joy, it is not nearly as

This might not strike you as a likely setting for a Moment of Joy, but

Stopped at the supermarket just to get some fresh ginger root. Feeling almost silly with