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• Sunrise Inching Toward Equinox

  

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  Posted on 10 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pre-Spring Busyness and Early Voting

  

  The past few days have been glorious! The star magnolia has popped into bloom -- too early as usual. It usually comes into bloom just in time to be hit by a... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Harbingers

  

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  Posted on 08 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Last Christmas-- A Play About the Shelton Laurel Massacre

  

  Saturday night I went to a local church for the performance of a play about the Shelton Laurel massacre. I've talked so much about the massacre previously that ... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sometimes I See a Sunset

  

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  Posted on 06 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Last of the Lilies . . .

  

  Justin and Claui brought me these for my birthday . . . I've had two weeks of pleasure from these beauties . . . I re-cut their stems and freshen their water... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Full Circle

  

  Yesterday I channeled my inner Elizabeth Goodweather (the herb growing, wreath making protagonist of my mystery novels) and spent a little time making a wreath... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Now, Polychrome Cow?

  

  The Lone Cow of the Apocalypse? Nope, just me fooling around in Picasa. I liked this picture for the shapes and thought to accentuate them by going to black... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Odds and Ends

  

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  Posted on 02 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Spring

  

  We have two more new calfies -- Jersey/Devon crosses. Rose (above) was born on Valentines's Day and Gilda (below) a week later. Any guesses as to why, having... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dog + Water = Joy

  

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  Posted on 29 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Alpenglow

  

  I learned a new word recently -- alpenglow, thanks to Victoria, my California blogfriend's post HERE. Alpenglow is the light on mountain peaks just before... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Welcome Sight and Sound

  

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  Posted on 27 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Weather Or Not

  

  Wednesday afternoon between the rains . . . on the Barnard Road. For some reason this shot makes me think of something from a Coen brothers film . . . or maybe... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lilies Inside...Hellebores Outside

  

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  Posted on 25 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Things Are Going to the Dogs

  

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  Posted on 24 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lovely Lilies

  

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  Posted on 23 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Childhood?

  

  I recently turned 73 and one of the items on my wish list was a coloring book and gel pens. Adult Coloring Book sounds like porn but really it's not -- just a... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More from the Biltmore. . .

  

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  Posted on 21 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mr. Vanderbilt's Greenhouse

  

  Thanks to a kind blog friend who sent me tickets, I visited the Biltmore Estate yesterday. I spent my time in the magnificent greenhouse and the adjoining walle... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY