Back in Action!
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
1y ago
Hey everyone! After 2 years shut down, sooooo happy to be back at State College’s Central PA Festival of the Arts!!! Having grown up only about a half an hour from here and gone to college here I consider this my “hometown” festival of sorts. This is the one that started it all for me back in 2016! Hoping to see some familiar faces this weekend, the weather looks great and I’ve got lots of fresh work for those who haven’t seen me in a couple years! So come on out, say hi and let Nature sooth your soul… My best, Brandon P.S. - I’m booth A-57, same spot as previous years ..read more
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Happy Summer Solstice/Welcome Newcomers/Festival Info and an Award?!!
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
1y ago
Hey everyone! I slipped away there for a bit since late April as the pace of life exploded much like the blooming season! See what I did there?? ;-) All joking aside, it has been a whirlwind since that Lewisburg Art Festival the last Saturday in April! A lot of exciting things both in Nature and here on my end have been playing out in time. And here we are, a few days into official Summer already. So belated Happy Summer Solstice to you all! I hope everyone has been enjoying the growing days of the sun and is living it up as life hits the peaking point here for a few weeks! I also would like t ..read more
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Art Festival Season!!!
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Hello everyone! I hope this finds everyone all well and good and hopefully enjoying some lovely Spring days after yet another plummet earlier this week! I was out in it for my April backpack and brrrrr! Haha, but more on that next week. This message is to give you an early outlook at my upcoming Festival season! Perhaps coming to a town near you??!… I will give updates as the year progresses and any changes come about. But here is a list of current jury acceptances and committals on my end. The jury and application process are still out on several more. Also, the process of moving to Squarespa ..read more
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Renewal
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Happy Earth Day everyone! Spring - the first 3 words that come to my mind are renewal, jubilance, and rejuvenation. I love this time of year (I know, I say that at least once every season!). But it’s true. Watching the Earth come back to life from its Winter slumber is so, well, rejuvenating!!! Although it can be a back and forth struggle as the two seasons collide and create all kinds of extreme weather. Here in central PA we just had a couple days of freezing temps, crazy winds and anywhere from 1-5 inches of snow reported in various regions following several days of beautiful warm weather ..read more
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"Fortune and Glory" - Image Spotlight Release
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
“Get off the tracks at Belton Station (now West Glacier), and in a few minutes you will find yourself in the midst of what you are sure to say is the best care-killing scenery on the continent. Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal. Nevermore will time seem short or long, and cares will never again fall heavily on you, but gently and kindly as gifts from heaven.” - John Muir - Our National Parks, 1901 This has always been one of my favorite quotes ..read more
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"This Blessed Life" - Image Spotlight Release
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Happy National Parks Week folks! I hope you are all doing well and maybe getting out to enjoy a Park or more! Life here on my end is getting to be a crazy balancing act right now!!! Between my artwork, landscaping, my fiancé and dogs, family and friends and all the other things that make up my life currently, it’s a bit bonkers?? But, most importantly, all is good. So with this in mind, I have decided to interrupt my ‘Wilderness Solitude part 2, Isle Royale’ post until sometime in May, as I simply need more time to sort through pics, video and writings to properly put everything together for y ..read more
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Wilderness Solitude (Part 1 of 2) - Voyageurs National Park
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Greetings all! I hope this finds everyone enjoying the early onset of Spring! It’s a soaker here where I sit today. One of those great for the Earth, cool rainy days of April. We are beginning to notice significant swelling of buds, and after several cool rainy days this week and a sunny warm up glimpsing ahead to next week, I expect to see quite an explosion of the early season blooms on the horizon! (A note as to why you have received 2 versions of this email, and/or why this may look a little different for you (depending which one you’ve opened first lol!) - I am giving SquareSpace email ca ..read more
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"Gratitude" - Image Spotlight Release
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Happy Friday folks! Well, I’m down to the last 3 of the 7 “new” photographs I told you I had to share back in January. And yes, I saved my 3 favorite for last! This one (and the remaining 2 you’ll see in April) is/are very special to me. As is the case with most of my favorite photographs, it isn’t just their beauty that makes them stand out, but the story behind them. So, immediate contradiction - although the story behind capturing the actual image here is not all that exciting (aside from the drama Nature provided that daybreak!?), the ordeal my fiancé and I overcame the week prior, which c ..read more
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The Theory of Repetition
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Happy almost official Spring everyone! With the Vernal Equinox only a few days away and going from a Winter storm that brought 3-5 inches of snow and a blustering wind producing chills into single digits, if not negatives, this past weekend in PA to being melted and gone, and I mean a good 95% gone, by late day Tuesday with some solid 60 degree sun, I’m sure beginning to feel Spring Fever a bit! Must be March??! ;-) In honor of the transition, I thought this would be a fun weekend read for you to enjoy, over some coffee perhaps, as you may notice a pattern that I tend to write in my journal wh ..read more
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"Maple Kissed by Dawn" - Image Spotlight Release
Trail Memoirs Blog
by Brandon Kline
2y ago
Here’s another one hailing from back in 2016. Not only was it quite a Summer but one heck of an Autumn too! One of the neat things about going back through the film archives and producing “new” work from photographs taken years ago is being able to remember and re-live these moments. I was in Vermont, of course backpacking, but also doing the last couple art festivals I had for that first plunge into the scene. It was quite an emotional rollercoaster of highs and lows, as is the nature of the beast. In some ways triumphant, but in many ways I was beat up pretty good which is all part of the le ..read more
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