I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s some exciting news about our light-filled ¤ Gems! ¤

Thank you to everyone who has supported, followed, liked and commented our blog since our first Gems last fall. It is with great pleasure that we announce our Second Biannual Gallery Show in support of The Gems Project!

Before the Storm in Delaware City by Niki Flow

OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS

Below, you can view our Gems by specific contributing artist. Special thanks and a big shout-out to these talented artists who have so generously shared their inspirations with us:

Ben Archer

Ensanada NM – Ben Archer

Pagoda Springs CO – Ben Archer

Lemon Lake CO – Ben Archer

Ford Dupont – Ben Archer

Sunset, Ensenada New Mexico” – Ben Archer

Millers Campground Near Pagosa Springs, Colorado” – Ben Archer

Taos NM – Ben Archer

Stage Coach Hot Springs, Rio Grande Gorge, Taos NM – Ben Archer

Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar, Lower Piedra Campground, Pagosa Springs, Colorado” Copyright © Ben Archer

Chip Haldane

Open Road, Blue Skies – Chip Haldane

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 179-194 – The Road to Hobbiton 2 – Chip Haldane

Sunset – Chip Haldane

Air Guitar – Chip Haldane

Cloudscape at Sunset – Chip Haldane

Old Trucks – Chip Haldane

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 147-163 – The Road to Hobbiton – Chip Haldane

Contessa Brown

Sunset, Moon Rise – Contessa Brown

A Common Miracle – Contessa Brown

Solitude – Contessa Brown

Her Footprints – Contessa Brown

Navajo Lake Park, NM – Ben Archer

Gems 2.44 Contessa Brown Patience Shakespeare Othello Wound Heal

Gems 2.45 Contessa Brown Galatians 5-22-23 Lake Evening Trees

Remembering Shadow – Contessa Brown

Gems 2.46 Rivers A.A. Milne Photo by Contessa Brown

Sunset Stream – Contessa Brown

Twin Rainbows, Rio Grande – Contessa Brown

Butterfly – Contessa Brown

A Garden Path – Contessa Brown

Rose – Contessa Brown

Pier, Sunset – Contessa Brown

Bridge Rio Grande Gorge – Contessa Brown

Michael Downs

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 165-179 – Bracken Quacken – Mike Downs

Nicole Huguenin

A Wild Dream Walk – Nicole Huguenin

An Engraved Morning – Nicole Huguenin

Underneath – Nicole Huguenin

Pond Lilies – Nicole Huguenin

Ice Flow – Nicole Huguenin

Life at 3mph – Nicole Huguenin

Sequestered Nook – Nicole Huguenin

Niki Flow

Cacophony Chorus Member – Niki

Atlanta Sky – Niki Flow

Gems 2.35 Amy Lowell Patience Poetry Sky Clouds Silver Lining

Gems 2.35 Hal Borland Patience Persistence Trees Nature

Delaware River – Niki Flow

Seagull Sky – Niki Flow

Bag End To Rivendell Miles – Pine Barrens – Niki Flow

Barnegat Light House – Niki Flow

Herself the Tree – Niki Flow

Ben and niece Evie, Oct 2014

Food Detective – Niki Flow

Dawn Series, Delaware City – Niki Flow

Barnegat Light 1983 – Niki Flow

“Tree Family” – NIki Flow

Sunset, Lums Pond – Niki Flow

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Bag End To Rivendell Mile 18 – Painting by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law – Shadowscapes.com

Before the Storm in Delaware City

Ben’s Orchids – Niki Flow

Small Beginnings – Niki Flow

Blue Dawn – Niki Flow

Ferns and Sky – Niki Flow

Fort Dupont – Niki Flow

Sunset Battery Park – Niki Flow

Tranquil Dawn – Niki Flow

We sat on a log that crossed a little stream

Elanthian Love Songs Cover – Art by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law

Gems 2.42 Poem Niki Flow Keep Smling Parents Children

Gardens and Libraries – Niki Flow

Wise Friend – Niki Flow

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 260-279 – Slaughter Beach – Niki Flow

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Western Esplanade – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Southchurch Park WIldflower Meadow – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 73-98 – Belfairs Wood, Leigh on the Sea, Essex – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Apple and Cherry Blossoms – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Sunset from Pier Hill Southend on Sea – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Shoeburyness, East Beach, Remains of Old Loading Piers from the Brick Industry – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 46-73 – Crickhollow Woods – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Planet Ocean – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Gunners Park Beach, Shoeburyneess – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Rose Garden, Priory Park – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 18-46 – Rayleigh Mount – Nothingtosee Movealong

Bag End To Rivendell Miles 0-18 – Belfairs Wood 2, Leigh on the Sea, Essex, Nothingtosee Movealongnow

The Thames Estuary from Southend on Sea – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Friar Park, – Nothingtosee Movealongnow

Joe Raley

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If you would donate photos, art or to volunteer, please see our About “The Gems Project” Page. We need photographers, artists, volunteers, art and photography lovers to spread the word and, of course, donations for the Artist Packs. If you have any thoughts or questions please leave a comment below.

Thanks so much again for visiting!

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GEMS 1 November 2015 KORNFIELD - CONTESSA BROWN

Update:

As promised, Gems has restarted on November 1st. We’ll be going back to M-F every week from now on. The series “Bag End to Rivendell” (The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien) Gem #’s 33-54 will be updated on Under 1000 Skies as soon as I have appropriate photos. I appreciate all the photos donated for Gems, and I used as many as I could that suited the hobbit journey. We’ll do this series again next year and by then we should be able to fill in those photos and as well as other walks through Middle Earth with appropriate photos without having to worry about copyright infringement.