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• Welcome to the World, Baby Bull!

  

  A new arrival! I was on my way to the store when I spotted the mama and a baby -- fresh out and struggling to stand. (The top picture was taken a few hours... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Garden Dreams

  

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  Posted on 06 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shining in the Evening Sun

  

  What in the world? Look at that color! Some undersea creature's spiny appendages? Nope, just sprawling brambles -- probably thimbleberries. (Of which, more HERE. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Branches Are Roaring

  

  Several of my western North Carolina called me out on my sunrise pictures yesterday. "Those weren't taken this morning!" they said. True enough. We awakened to... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Sky

  

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  Posted on 03 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Easy Pork Salsa Verde Casserole

  

  This is a quickly assembled casserole that is just the thing for a chilly evening. (Well, quickly, assuming you already have the slow cooker pulled pork made. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Asheville

  

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  Posted on 01 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• John and Friends

  

  In spite of temperatures almost to the sixties (F) yesterday, our road between the barn and house remains icy, requiring chains on any vehicle wanting to make i... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• They're Back!

  

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  Posted on 30 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rime Ice -- A Magical Morning

  

  At first I thought it had snowed . . . A closer look told me it was rime ice -- frozen fog -- turning the world beyond the window into a fairyland . . . Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening Skies

  

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  Posted on 28 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return of Old Friends

  

  I am a long time fan of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. I love the wise Joe Leaphorn as well as the younger, often conflicted Jim Chee. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Weekend Snow

  

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  Posted on 26 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Drip, Drip, Drip of Time

  

  Icicles are a fleeting beauty here. They form, they grow, and then they melt. Unless they break loose unexpectedly to shatter on the ground. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snowzilla and Snow Cream

  

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  Posted on 24 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cuban Sandwiches -- A Taste of the Homeland

  

  Nephew John and family came for a visit on Thursday, bearing Cuban sandwiches from Tampa. (From The Floridian, to be exact.) Oh, bliss! Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On a Snowy Day

  

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  Posted on 22 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dogz

  

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  Posted on 21 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yesterday and a Farther Yesterday

  

  We have gone the better part of two miles when the sergeant calls out an order and our column turns up a steep trail into the woods. I am puzzled for it ain’t... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Bit of Snow . . . and Very Cold

  

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  Posted on 19 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY