Jennifer Steen Booher

botanical

The Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor, Maine

The Asticou Azalea Garden is a local landmark, and like most locals, I rarely manage to visit our landmarks during their seasons. You New Yorkers out there, betcha only visit the Statue of Liberty when you’ve got enthusiastic houseguests, right?…

By Jenn | June 8, 2013 | botanical, Maine, photography | 1 Comment |

I finally took a walk with my camera to catch the last of the fall colors. The birches and poplars have finished, the red maples are going bare from the top down, the sugar maples are clinging to their…

By Jenn | October 25, 2012 | botanical, Maine, natural history | 1 Comment |

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (The Common Ground Fair)

It’s bald, but I think it’s supposed to be like that. Who breeds bald chickens? The Common Ground Fair is held near the end of September ever year in Unity, Maine. It’s run by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners…

By Jenn | October 8, 2012 | botanical, Maine, photography | 1 Comment |

Autumn Leaves – Barberry and Fothergilla

Village Burying Ground, Bar Harbor, Maine; November 13, 2011 (Woodland series No.4) Fall just keeps lingering on this year. Usually by November all the leaves are gone, the wind is bitter, and the skies are grey. With the snowstorm we…

By Jenn | November 15, 2011 | botanical, collections, Maine, photography | 7 Comments |

I just had to get in close on this one.

By Jenn | November 14, 2011 | botanical, Maine, photography | 4 Comments |

This is the poppy seedpod that started me off. And here’s another composition. The longer I look at it, the more I love that clematis. I think it needs a portrait, don’t you?

By Jenn | November 11, 2011 | botanical, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

Seedheads, a photo by quercus design on Flickr. I started weeding the front garden today while waiting for the school bus, and the coolest, lacy poppy seedpod rolled right in front of me. Then I noticed how frilly the empty…

By Jenn | November 9, 2011 | botanical, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

Pressed Flowers, a photo by quercus design on Flickr. Found this collection in one of my studio drawers last week: flowers I pressed when I lived in Virginia. A little bit of spring from 1996, forgotten in an envelope. Maybe…

By Jenn | October 29, 2011 | botanical, collections, photography | 2 Comments |

“Horse Chestnuts, Ledgelawn Avenue, Bar Harbor, Maine; September 28, 2011” (Woodland series No.4) When I was little, I used to fill my pockets with horse-chestnuts. I loved the smooth feel of the glossy nuts, and was always surprised and disappointed…

By Jenn | October 21, 2011 | botanical, collections, Maine, photography | No Comments |

I found these beautiful, lacy things on an afternoon walk through Glen Mary Park. They were curled and crumpled in damp piles, so I brought them home and tried to flatten them for a photograph. They resisted, so I ironed…

By Jenn | September 23, 2011 | botanical, collections, photography | 4 Comments |

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Jennifer Steen Booher

botanical

The Asticou Azalea Garden, Northeast Harbor, Maine

Leaf Peeping

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral (The Common Ground Fair)

Autumn Leaves – Barberry and Fothergilla

Clematis Seedhead

More Seedheads

Seedheads

Pressed Flowers

The Woodland series No.3

Today I Ironed Leaves