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• Still Searching . . .

  

  So. Here’s my New Year’s news. Just before Christmas my agent told me that, as her health is bad and energy low, she’s cutting back and making plans to retire.... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy New Year!

  

  What lies ahead? I'm doing my best to make 2019 go well. . . The black eyed peas for luck, cooked with hog jowl for prosperity, are ready . . . So are the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2019 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Family

  

  Our niece and nephew and their boys from Charlottesville came for a quick visit last night . . . bringing gumbo made with duck and chicken and sausage! Josie wa... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Lovely Day at Year's End

  

  The amaryllis are in full shout AND my replacement snow globe arrived unbroken. The little cabin sits on something of a tilt but, so do many old cabins around... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Branches Are Roaring

  

  After a morning of heavy rain, fog draped the mountain and the branches were up. Living on a steep mountainside means we don't have to worry about flooding,... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Gift That Keeps On Giving

  

  Black walnut As most of you will remember, a few months ago we had quite a few trees felled in order to reclaim our once spectacular view. We thought of it as... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Becoming Amaryllis

  

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  Posted on 27 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Unedited Batch of Christmas Day Pictures

  

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  Posted on 26 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie's Christmas Angel

  

  Oh, my, I was jest setting here remembering and didn’t see you at the door. Come right in and git you a chair. This? Why hit's a Christmas angel, jest a... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Serious Photos

  

  Our friend Cory is a professional photographer (see more of his work HERE) with a serious camera (Canon 6D with a Sigma art series 14- 24 mm lens.) He got... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 'S No Globe

  

  I've always wanted a snow globe -- preferably with a little cottage and a few trees -- but I found this one with Santa at an affordable price and ordered it... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Becoming by Michelle Obama

  

  I was enchanted by this book. For me, it was a page turner, even though I knew the ending. I read late into the night and finished up the next day, despite all... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• December Flowers

  

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  Posted on 19 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Christmas Josie

  

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  Posted on 18 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Is Getting Into the Christmas Thing

  

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  Posted on 17 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dawning

  

  I see this sequence as representing the state of our country. It's starting to get lighter, folks! The news of the past week -- starting with the resignation... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Jailhouse Now . . .

  

  Unknown photographer Yesterday I went to jail. The old Marshall Jail (the white building above right) to be exact. A group of folks have bought the building... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snow and Shadow

  

  The shadows are so bold on the snow that they have me thinking that perhaps they could be manifestations of a parallel hidden world. The more I focus on the... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Back!

  

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  Posted on 13 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Undeniable Unfairness of Life

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2018 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY