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• As the Great Wheel Turns . . .

  

  I know I've posted this lovely poem by Mary Oliver before but here at Solstice, it bears repeating . . . The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan an... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not So Itsy Bitsy Spider

  

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  Posted on 20 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Flower Window Quilt

  

  As promised yesterday, here are some closeups of the group quilt presented yesterday at the shower. It's been in the works since December -- with me hobbling... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Unabashed Baby Worship Was Going On . . .

  

  photo by Renee Yesterday my friend Sue and I hosted a shower for Josie at Sue's house. The guest of honor slept through much of it. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Family Night

  

  John, Josie, Claui Asher Josie and Aunt Fay Lucas and Amelia Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

  

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  Posted on 16 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Karma's a Bitch

  

  I got called out by a few people on Facebook yesterday for posting about the shooting in DC and pointing out that Scalise, the Congressman wounded the most... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hollyhocks in My Dooryard

  

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  Posted on 14 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mountain Talk - Part 2

  

  (continued from Sunday's post) Fast forward to 2000. Our boys are away at college and with two fewer mouths to feed, we no longer keep a milk cow or raise pigs... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sundry and Various Critters

  

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  Posted on 12 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mountain Talk

  

  The following is part of what I said when I spoke to The Friends of the Library in Montreat yesterday . . . A mountain retreat is just what my husband and I wer... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sometimes There Are Bugs

  

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  Posted on 10 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Zen and the Art of Baby Holding

  

  Of course I paid attention to the Comey hearing yesterday, catching bits on line between doing some household chores. And then after lunch, I went down the... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Some of This and a Bit of That

  

  Hollyhock Wild Day Lily Eats-Young-Lettuce, drat him! Early Apples Say Lily Close-up Lutyens Bench Close-up Spangled Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Weeks Old

  

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  Posted on 07 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gracefully Curving

  

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  Posted on 06 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kathryn Stripling Byer

  

  As I write this on Sunday night, it appears that Kathryn Stripling Byer, first woman to be named North Carolina poet laureate, is leaving us after a struggle... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ruminating

  

  Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Gathering of Cousins

  

  Yesterday nieces and nephews and a great niece came from Tampa and Charlottesville and Asheville for a quick reunion and to meet the newest member of the clan. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's MY Future We're Talking About!

  

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  Posted on 02 June 2017 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY