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• Spring Trees Float Like Apparitions

  

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  Posted on 10 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Looming Threat

  

  I was going to talk about the damage done to my beloved state of North Carolina by HB2 -- the hateful so-called 'bathroom bill' ( full explanation HERE. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Boomer and Blooms

  

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  Posted on 08 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Old News

  

  Claui brought me this trove of newspapers from the Twenties and Thirties. They'd been hidden beneath the liner paper of a cedar chest inherited from my... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dogs, Dogwoods, Etc,

  

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  Posted on 06 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where I Live

  

  Jayna, my long-time Facebook asked for a map of our farm so she could get a better idea of the layout. I sketched out the thing above -- very badly done but I... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Interruption in Service . . .

  

  Yikes! Our internet service went down Friday night and I'm just now (Monday morning) getting to the library to read email. It's been strangely peaceful without... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Elusive Boomer

  

  Not a Baby Boomer (they're not what you'd call elusive) but a Mountain Red Squirrel, also known as a Boomer. Justin spotted one a few years ago down at the lowe... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Out Like a Lamb

  

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  Posted on 01 April 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Evil Twin and Other Literary Crimes

  

  Just as "It was a dark and stormy night" is reckoned too cliched a beginning for any piece of serious fiction, there are a growing number of tropes that, while... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Toadly Adorable

  

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  Posted on 30 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Everlasting, Ever Evolving Easter Party

  

  Sunday was, I think, the 37th Easter party held down at 'the lower place.' We had smaller Easter egg hunts up at our house beginning in'76 or '77 but when my... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Easter Party 2016

  

  Lots more pictures from the Easter Party in an Album HERE Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Big Weekend

  

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  Posted on 27 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Irrrational Exuberamce?

  

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  Posted on 25 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lonely Hearts

  

  That fella above is Lucito Gonzalez. He asked me to be his friend on Facebook and, as I always do, I checked out his profile before accepting. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Salix Gracilistyla 'Melanostachys' -- Black Pussywillow

  

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  Posted on 23 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And On the Second Day of Spring . . .

  

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  Posted on 22 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Alligator Candy

  

  Saturday morning and I was checking email and making lists for things that had to be done. NPR's Weekend Edition was nattering away and I wasn't actually... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Vernal Equinox -- And It's Spring!

  

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  Posted on 20 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY