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• Old Times They Are Not Forgotten

  

  More old photos--I can't identify any of the people. Some white folks touring Florida (possibly one of my great aunts)--at Bok Tower and in an orange grove. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbit, Rabbit

  

  from a photo (unattributed) taken in Wensleydale, Yorkshire Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Extra Day

  

  Once every four years we get an extra day. Seems like it ought to be something special--a national holiday for running around and howling at the moon. Or... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Giving Meema Some Fashion

  

  I am trying to get Meema to wear more fashion. (She always looks the same, with about a million sweaters.) So I am making a fancy hat for her... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back Then

  

  More pictures from the recently discovered stash of family photos from the Twenties (last century's Twenties)-- the first one has no information on it, but I... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Best Water in the World (a Repost)

  

  We're proud of our water, here in the mountains. "The best water in the world" we call it. A man may live in a tumble-down shack but if he has a spring above hi... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Look Up

  

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  Posted on 25 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And About the Bible . . .

  

  Some years ago, we had a lovely couple as long-time tenants of the house where Justin and family now live. They were excellent tenants, not only keeping... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Her Many Moods

  

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  Posted on 23 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Snake Oil Wars

  

  The sequel to Waiting for the Galactic Bus, this 1989 novel is, sadly, even more relevant today. Darkly humorous, it's also a warning and a philosophic... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Frogs Are Singing

  

  Can Spring be far behind? Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Kittehs Are Glad There Is a Gate

  

  I don't know, Angeline. The Woman has no discrimination. That Domino dog is wearing a shirt and pretending to be a Dalmation and they are all of them Out Of... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Pirate Family

  

  This is a picture I made for my mom and dad's birthdays. (Meema helped with the hot glue, but I stuck the shells on.)In the picture, we are pirates on a pirate... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Amazing Amaryllis Just Keeps Going

  

  Back at Thanksgiving, Claui's folks gave us our Christmas present--a beautiful tureen planted with two huge bulbs. One bulb has bloomed magnificently,... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Valentine Stuff

  

  There was a Valentine Dance at my school! It was the first dance I have been to. This is me and two of my friends. They do Not have bubbles on their heads, but... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• VOTE--While You Still Can

  

  Yeah, just the primaries--but at a time when much of the electorate seems willing to turn our democracy into something akin to a dictatorship, I feel a need to... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From Dogfish

  

  Sometimes M.O. is so right on I can hardly stand it. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy Valentine's Day!

  

  I'm much better though my head continues to feel as it were stuffed with soggy cotton. Could be worse.No fancy Valentine meal tonight; instead, John will make... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bad Cold

  

  A non-post just to say that I have a bad cold and a stuffy head and nothing more to say. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East

  

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  Posted on 12 February 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY