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• Orchid Update

  

  A new orchid on the table! After blooming bravely all summer and into the fall, the old orchids' last flower dropped, leaving a stark arrangement of stems ...... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• All Photos Considered

  

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  Posted on 16 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Dark Day. . .

  

  The horrific terror attacks in Paris brought forth the predictable calls for prayers and solidarity -- and, from a certain segment of the American public --... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Rosy Fingers of the Dawn . . .. . .

  

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  Posted on 14 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Is This My Idiom?

  

  I've had a moment of clarity after years of subscribing to magazines of house porn -- you know, Architectural Digest, HG, Veranda, House Beautiful and the like. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flower, Lichen, Leaves, and a Rather Naughty Pepper

  

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  Posted on 12 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Veterans Day -- Faces from WWII . . .

  

  In the midst of my on-going campaign of de-clutterization, I came across an envelope of photos from my father's WWII service. (The pic above is not my father... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Let Me Be Perfectly Clear . . .

  

  On my post yesterday I said that, despite the legalization of same sex marriage, John and I had managed to stay together for fifty two years. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Spite of Gay Marriage . . .

  

  In spite of gay marriage and all the other temptations of modern life . . . John and I are celebrating our 52nd wedding anniversary today . . . Holding strong... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Feelings . . . Dogs Who Have Feelings . . .

  

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  Posted on 08 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Crow, One Crow, Two Crows, Gone Crows

  

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  Posted on 07 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Witch Hazel

  

  Several of you asked yesterday about the yellow squiggly things in two of my pictures and I said that I was pretty sure it was witch hazel. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Far and Near

  

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  Posted on 05 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the River Arts District

  

  My writing classes this semester meet in the Asheville River Arts District -- a formerly industrial area now given over to art studios . . . Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One Last Blaze of Glory

  

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  Posted on 03 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hunkering Down as the Dark Moves In,

  

  Even though we haven't had a hard frost yet and the temperatures are relatively balmy, autumn is on its way out and we are acting accordingly. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• As the World Turns

  

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  Posted on 01 November 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie in the Graveyard -- The Man with Two Graves

  

  . Why, look who's here! How good it is to see you! I heared that vehicle coming up the road to the grave yard and I said to myself, if that ain't Lizzie Beth,... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Down to the River

  

  Look for a visit from Miss Birdie tomorrow. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dog Meets Cow

  

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  Posted on 29 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY