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• The Elusive Clouded Sulphur

  

  At last! I've been trying for weeks to get a shot of this lone yellow butter fly that has been hanging out in our entryway. Every time I approached it, it... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Asfidity and Mad-Stones

  

  My friend Byron the Village Witch, who has been a valuable source of information as I write of mountain ways, has a second hillfolk's hoodoo book out (I wrote... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Autumn Miscellany

  

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  Posted on 26 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Playing Mother Nature

  

  The cactus-flowered zinnias were such a success this year that I made an effort to save seeds. As you can see, I have a system of sorts . . . Trying to ensure... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Odds and Ends While I Recover from the First Birthday Celebration

  

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  Posted on 24 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Through the Kaleidoscope

  

  Out yesterday I fond that I was almost woozy with the colors and driving far slower than usual. It was like driving through a kaleidoscope -- the trees are... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moving Day Part Two

  

  The Devons are happy in our neighbors' pastures across the street and yesterday the Jersey girls were lured up the road to greener pastures near our house.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Sacred Trio

  

  When John and I were first married --almost fifty-three years ago -- and living in a tiny trailer at Camp Geiger Trailer Park (officially designated... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ode to Peppers

  

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  Posted on 20 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aliens in the House

  

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  Posted on 19 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday, Sunday . . . Skies and Sourwood

  

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  Posted on 18 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Load of Shitakes

  

  John came into the kitchen Thursday with a bucket full of shitake mushrooms. A log that had been inoculated about five years ago and had done Nothing in all thi... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 16 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cargoes

  

  By John Masefield Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory. And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recently Read

  

  Vagabonde sent me a copy of Widow -- I'd been meaning to read it ever since I sat next to Mr. Hicks at a book signing years ago. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Early Autumn Color

  

  Glass Gem corn Wild Persimmons Sassafras leaves Seek-No- Farther apples Poke berries Glass Gem corn (again -- thanks, Dannie P.! Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My New Favorite Soup

  

  The cooler rainy weather we're having seems to call for soup. I've made this potato/kale soup twice now -- and suspect it will become a menu regular. It's fairl... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Silence

  

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  Posted on 11 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Falling into Sync with the Season

  

  Layla is puzzled as I shift the decor about. Away with the summer blue and white and in with the colors of fall! I change the pantry curtain and pillow covers i... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Creeping Color

  

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  Posted on 09 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY