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• Keeping Calm?

  

  My sister-in-law Fay sent me this mug -- so appropriate when every day there is some new and worrying story about where this country seems to be headed. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Would Almost Think It Was Spring

  

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  Posted on 24 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Remains . . .

  

  I'm reasonably sure that this is the skeletonized seed pod of a Jimson Weed -- a type of wild datura. . Out in the pasture its elegant structure caught my eye. Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Longer Walk

  

  A beautiful beginning to the day and I decided to take a longer walk to the bench in the pasture. Since I want to avoid the steepish bit at the top of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back to Baking

  

  Just as it felt good to get my fingers in the dirt last week, it felt good to be kneading dough again and filling the house with the yeasty fragrance of onion... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Consider the Lilies . . .

  

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  Posted on 20 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Most Obliging of Spring Blooms

  

  The flowering quince is one of the first things I planted in the spring of 1976. It was an offshoot of a bush down at what was the Freeman's and is now Justin... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Salix Gracilstyla Melanostachys

  

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  Posted on 18 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology

  

  I grew up reading Greek mythology and knew those gods and goddesses and their carrying on backwards and forwards. But somehow I was never much attracted to the... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Despite the Chilly Air Outside

  

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  Posted on 16 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• French Broad River Dreams -- a Repost

  

  Sometimes a man just needs to be off by himself . . . Away from the bother of family life . . . The screaming kids, the quarrelsome wife . . . Out in nature on... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Options Available . . .

  

  One of my Facebook friends posted that she and her wife were considering different plans for Valentine's Day -- dinner out? dinner and a movie? Fancy restaurant... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sweet Songs of Froggy Love . . . Ribbet!

  

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  Posted on 13 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Work in Progress

  

  This is what I'm working on now -- while I wait to hear the fate of my Civil War novel -- a loosely connected series of short stories set in my neighborhood or... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moonstruck

  

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  Posted on 11 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Better Living Through Dirt

  

  The planters on the deck still have a few blooming violets, planted last September. They also have weeds. Aha! A gardening task of just the right scope . . . Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Fish, More Fish

  

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  Posted on 09 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Progress Report

  

  Much improvement! I'm cooking and doing laundry and other light chores. Going up and down stairs (carefully) and no longer need to sit down to shower nor to... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking . . .

  

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  Posted on 07 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Channel Islands

  

  I find myself doing a lot of re-reading these days -- comfort reads for these perilous times. I'd read The Guernsey Literary etc. a few years ago and, turning t... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY