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• And There Was Sun! And Shadows!

  

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  Posted on 19 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• School Days, School Days . . .

  

  Tidying up a cabinet of family mementos, I spent a little time looking at this picture. It's a group of students in front of a one-room school in China,... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mixed Messages Yesterday

  

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  Posted on 17 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nostalgia Or Research? -- You Be the Judge

  

  Looking for a break from the Civil War but not wanting to stray too far, I picked up my childhood copy of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and quickly found myself back... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Downward Trend . . . . .

  

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  Posted on 15 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Romantic Tale . . . Again

  

  . . . for Valentine's Day. . . a repost from 2010 . . . This pair of Dresden candlesticks always adorned either end of the mantelpiece in my parents' living roo... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Tease . . .

  

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  Posted on 12 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thoughts on a Snowy Day

  

  It's getting nasty out there. I'm not talking about the snow; I'm talking about the rhetoric beginning to be slung back and forth between the two Democrats in... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Through the (Dirty) Window

  

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  Posted on 10 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Someone Else's Pets

  

  Well, yes, I was . . . Coming out of our driveway a few days ago, I noticed a charming collection of critters out for a stroll. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pre-Dawn Drama

  

  John gets up earlier than I . . . He took these pictures Saturday morning. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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