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• 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

• There's No Place Like Home

  

  When I returned from Biltmore and began to look at the pictures I'd taken that day, I came to the one above and -- just for a moment -- thought, Hmm, where was... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back to the Biltmore House

  

  I made a return trip to the Biltmore House yesterday, thanks to my kind blog friend who sent me some free passes. It was a glorious, blue-skied, mild day and... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sometimes Less is More . . .

  

  The glorious weather has sent me outside. I haven't planted anything yet -- feeling sure that more cold weather is yet to come -- but I have done some weeding... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• All Daffodils Condidered

  

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  Posted on 16 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, How I Love This Time of Year!

  

  The forsythia is a golden explosion . . . And a shy primrose emerges. The tree peony unfurls its new foliage . . . Daffodils are poised to open . . .... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie's Evening Sermon

  

  Now, if that ain't a purty sky! I'm right proud you brung me up to your porch to see it tonight. Now that they've gone and run the time forward on us, the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Whiter Shade of Pale

  

  Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade Of Pale Lyrics We skipped the light fandangoTurned cartwheels cross the floorI was feeling kinda seasickBut the crowd called out... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Earth Rejoices . . .

  

  "And over walls and earth and trees and swinging sprays and tendrils the fair green veil of tender little leaves had crept, and in the grass under the trees .... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening in Asheville

  

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  Posted on 11 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY