I’ll know when I see you

“Tributary in purple” drawn with colored pencil by Sandy Ross Bender .
“I’ll know when I see you” composed and performed with guitar and mandolin by Sandy Ross Bender on November 30, 2025.

Horses and riders

“Horseback riding upstream” photographed in Tyler State Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania on November 1, 2025.
“Horse and riders” composed and performed with clarinet, concertina, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on November 7, 2025.

A confident traveler in foliage

“Autum foliage” photographed in the Neshaminy Creek watershed in Tyler Park, Pennsylvania on October 29, 2025.
“A confident traveler in foliage” composed and performed with guitar and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on October 31, 2025.

Summer elegance

“Great Blue Heron” photographed at Newtown Creek, Bucks County, Pennsylvania by Sanford Ross Bender on August 23, 2025.
“Newtown Creek” composed and performed with guitar, banjo, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on August 16 & 23, 2025.

Yellow fleece

“Ice pools” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Stowe, Vermont on January 26, 2025.

He wore a yellow fleece,

Wherever he might go,

Until the night he vanished,

In the falling snow.

But following his lilting music,

Along the brook’s icy flow,

I found him in the swinging pines,

Radiating in luminescent glow.

SRB – February 2, 2025

“Yellow fleece” composed and performed with clarinet, concertina, and guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on February 2, 2025.

Wintering in Vermont

“Wintering in Vermont” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Stowe, Vermont on January 26, 2025.
“Wintering in Vermont” composed and performed with concertina and guitar on January 29, 2025.

Clarinet, Concertina, and Guitar Trio in A minor

“Clarinet, Concertina, and Guitar Trio in A minor” composed, performed, and recorded by Sanford R. Bender on August 30, 2021.
“Accordian Creek “painted with watercolors and gouache by Sanford R. Bender in May, 1982.