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• Spring Beauties

  

  I've long loved the cluster of roof lines at the Boyd place down the road. When the sun is on them, they look like something one of the Wyeths might have... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bingo!

  

  Another wait on the chilly porch yesterday morning and this time, I got the equinoctial sunrise I'd been hoping for. Clear sky, mostly . . .And here comes the... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hidden Figures

  

  I was experimenting with watercolors--especially with adding texture by dropping salt or drops of alcohol onto the wet paint, when these critters emerged.... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Great Wheel Turns

  

  For the past two mornings, I've sat on the porch waiting for the sun to show itself in the center of the horizon.There's a nice glow in the expected spot. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Daffodil Dizzy

  

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  Posted on 18 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Beeing There

  

  The beautiful weather lured me out to do a little preliminary cleanup--cutting back dead stalks and stems of lemon balm, sedum, daylilies, and iris. Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pink and White

  

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  Posted on 16 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Busy Person

  

  This is a family of Castle People. Carmen is the mama, Big Red is the daddy, Hildegarde is the grandma. There is a big brother and a big sister and a little... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Re-Watching--a Mini Steve Martinfest

  

  As well as re-reading favorite books, I like to re-watch certain films--all of Monty Python (Life of Brian, The Holy Grail, The Meaning of Life,) most of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Magical Time

  

  The star magnolia, forsythia, and flowering quince know it. The tender green of the weeping willow flutters in the breeze. The weeping cherry is awash in... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dent De Lion (repost)

  

  Is it a weed or a wildflower? Dandelions are showing their cheerful sunny faces all over our farm just now.Its jagged edged leaves, which account for the name... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gateway to Spring

  

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  Posted on 11 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Table Garden

  

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  Posted on 10 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Why Are These Two Laughing?

  

  I've probably told this story before, but yesterday, as I was sorting through boxes of old photos, I came upon two that, I'm pretty sure, document said story.... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs in the Blood Revisited

  

  I wrote SIGNS, my first published novel, over twenty years ago. It came out in 2005. I was thrilled, as a rank amateur, to be published by Bantam Dell, a... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rainy, With a Chance of Forsythia

  

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  Posted on 07 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• FB Outage, Oh No!

  

  Yesterday's massive Facebook outage got me. as it did so many others. Repeated attempts to log in, only to be told it was the wrong password and then, when I... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie at the Art Show

  

  There was an art show at the Arts Council and there was art from kids all over the county. Meema and I went after school to look for my picture. I found mine! Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Thoughts

  

  A photo of an undisciplined dog--that's why I took the picture. But when I looked at it, I had some second thoughts. Second thoughts about the book in the... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Into the Woods

  

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  Posted on 03 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY