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• Josie and The Room

  

  When I stay with Meema and Grumpy, I like to play in The Room. My bed is there and lots and lots of my stuff. I have a box of dress up things... like my farmer... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shetland Binge

  

  My friendly local book pusher/enabler brought me a big old bunch of books a while back and I began with the first of the Shetland series and never looked back. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Trees Are Writing Messages on the Sky

  

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  Posted on 29 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My Brain Still Hurts

  

  As I mentioned earlier, it is our family tradition to torment each other with riddling clues as to what is beneath the wrapping paper before the gift is... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Glimpset of Josie's Christmas

  

  This is a GIANT octopus Aunt Aileen crocheted... Eight long tentacles with suckers all up and down them! There was also a hedgehog! And a doctor kit... With a... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie and the Tamalada

  

  Why look who's here! And busy as you must be on Christmas Eve. Come right in and git you a chair. You got a house full, I reckon. Rosemary and her man stopped b... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Christmas Riddles

  

  Much of yesterday was taken up with wrapping presents and (this is the hard part) coming up with riddling clues as to what might be inside the package. I found... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowering Quince Thinks It's Spring

  

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  Posted on 22 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Shortest Day and the Longest Night

  

  The great wheel turns and we hang garlands of light inside and out, bring in evergreen boughs and a tree in token of our confidence that the wheel will... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Random Notes

  

  Amidst a tizzy of holiday prep -- wrapping gifts, cooking, bringing in greenery-- a few small items to share: When I was struggling to get Josie buckled into he... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Tree Is Done!

  

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  Posted on 19 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Might Be an Elephant

  

  Or, a bald eagle. That's why I try to always take along my camera. I almost didn't yesterday because the weather was rainy but how glad I am I did. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Story

  

  Yesterday Meema and I were reading books in the living room when there was a loud knock on the door. 'Who could it be?' Meema said. So we went to see who it... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I Am Becoming My Grandfather

  

  "Take some of these tangerines with you," I found myself saying as Claui and Josie were going out the door after lunch last Friday. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Practices for the Big Day

  

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  Posted on 15 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Is Getting Ready

  

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  Posted on 14 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, Joy!

  

  My good camera -- the Nikon D5300 -- has been at the camera repair shop shop since before Thanksgiving, waiting on a part for a broken thingamajig inside the... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This and That

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Very Small Book Club

  

  Oddly enough, in all my years as a voracious reader, I've never belonged to a book club. There was a time, early in my marriage when I read and reported on book... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Kittehs Seek to Adjust Their Lifestyle

  

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  Posted on 10 December 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY