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PappasBland are contemporary photographers based in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
VISUAL STORYTELLING
PappasBland are contemporary photographers based in the Berkshires, Massachusetts.
Today we dropped into our favorite ice cream shop, Ella May’s, in our town of West Stockbridge.
For Art Drop #26 we repaired the diffusion box we originally made last year and took it out into the meadow to capture the flowering milkweed. Prints of Tom’s Diffused Milkweed photograph are only available until July 7, 2025. Subscribing to our publication is the best way to follow our work and receive our art drops in your inbox.
This 30 x 45” print of Dune on Lindisfarne is now on its way to a home in Massachusetts.
In mid-June our meadow is full of flowering smooth bedstraw, which looks amazing but is unfortunately an invasive weed that’s spreading rapidly across the north east. We also have the stands of goldenrod making themselves known and a lot of milkweed along our western edge too. Nature sightings include snakes, toads, so many species of spiders, fireflies every night, monarch butterflies, too many birds to mention, and finally our first black bear (a young one) passing through.
-Tom
For Art Drop #25 Diana explored dandelions and spent some time searching for beauty within the weeds. Prints of Meadow Hand Bouquet, Spring Dandelions are only available until June 7, 2025. Subscribing to our publication is the best way to follow our work and receive our art drops in your inbox.
Today we remastered and republished our Wild Kefalonia story. It was shared to our newsletter, Writing with Light, and can also be found on our website here.
Look at the unreal colors and contrast here as an angry storm rolled over the mountain above us and the sun simultaneously broke through behind our house, illuminating our meadow and woods.
-Tom
I found a lush stinging nettle spot and returned recently with gloves, scissors and bags to bring home a big harvest. Most of the leaves we will dry for tea, others we will blanch and freeze for future spanakopita (nettle-opita?). It’s a delicious and nutritious gift of free food from nature and one we gladly receive with open (covered) arms! Yes, I am wearing my winter jacket in May.
-Diana
One of Tom’s outtakes from Art Drop #24.