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• A Moment in the Sun

  

  This little poppy is an unexpected volunteer in my flowerbed. Something kept me from pulling up the unfamiliar green plant and I was rewarded one morning with... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Spreading All the Light All Around

  

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  Posted on 26 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Around the Place

  

  Weeding, weeding, weeding. . . It's a pleasure to be out in the morning before things heat up. Sitting on the bench under the willow would be nice but there's... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has a Staff Appreciation Dinner

  

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  Posted on 24 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

  

  In the course of the forty-four years we've lived here, I've planted and lost a discouraging number of roses -- floribundas, David Austins, antique, climbing,... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Standoff

  

  This could have ended badly for our resident blacksnake. We count on him or her to keep down the rodent population and to deter copperheads. While Layla was... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Far and Near

  

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  Posted on 21 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking Closer

  

  Carolina Geranium/Carolina Cranesbill? Yesterday morning I weeded till the heat drove me inside. I was stuck by how pretty the tiny (smaller than my little... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Perfect Birthday Party

  

  The above is maybe my favorite picture of the even one hundred I took. And of course that's Josie's hand reaching for the first slice-- she knows how good the... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making Panckes . . . and a Sincere Birthday Cake

  

  Josie decided she could flip the pancakes yesterday morning. She has figured out that the Windsor chair is the perfect perch from which to supervise cooking. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Along the Way

  

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  Posted on 17 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Little Birthday Party

  

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  Posted on 16 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Light in the Entryway

  

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  Posted on 15 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evanescence

  

  For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James 4:15 - King James Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Was Born to Ride

  

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  Posted on 13 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yes, We're Still Here,--Thankyouverymuchforasking

  

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  Posted on 11 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In and Out

  

  And now the herbaceous peonies have their moment . . . I don't mind picking them as otherwise they flop to the ground. Some year perhaps, I'll organize some kin... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making Do and Finding Memories

  

  Recently Josie has been pretending to ride her walking stick (and also a black cane she calls The Hammer.) So I decided to make a little stick horse/hobby... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Orchid Cacti -- Epiphyllums

  

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  Posted on 08 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Man's Meat

  

  This book of deceptively simple and simply wise essays is a compilation of White's monthly columns for Harper's plus three essays from The New Yorker -- the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY