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• Rain and Shine

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Of Books and Book Pushers

  

  I've been accused of being a book pusher -- but when I read a book and really enjoy it, I just have to tell folks about it, And there are often great suggestion... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Sunday Stroll

  

  Wood Hyacinth Azaleas, Pink Dogwood, and Redbud Buckeye Bloom Purple Trilium aka Wake Robin Dwarf Crested Iris Yellow Violet Bleeding Heart Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• April the Cruelest Month ? -- Oh, Thos. Stearns, I Have to Disagree!

  

  April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Opening lines of The Waste... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Old Friends

  

  Oriental magnolia Elizabeth and I have known each other for about sixty years (she and John and I were in the same class in junior high school back in Tampa. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Around the Road

  

  On Monday I went around the mountain to a friend's house to do some quilting. This quilt has been in the works as a gift for a member of our community for an... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On a Misty Day in April

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wastin' Away . . . One Life at a TIme

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Little Pleasures

  

  Apple Blossoms Shadows Yellow Trillium Thread Leaf Japanese Maple Ramps! They're Back! Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs of Spring (Non-Floral)

  

  Time to wash the windows and put up the screens! It's a joy to have fresh air in the house after a long and doggy winter. Time to let the pillows bake in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh! The Beauty and Joy of It!

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Have You Ever Been Betrayed?

  

  I just recently read a book which left me feeling, well, betrayed. The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald, was on special offer from Kindle and I downloaded it... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wordless Wednesday

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Quilt Closeups from the Easter Party . . . and Links to Albums

  

  When I got down to the barn yesterday morning, the cleanup crew was hard at work -- all had travel plans and had to be flying back to California or driving to... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Fine Day

  

  Of course I have more pictures and will make a web album sometime this week. But here's a taste of our Easter celebration. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Joyous Easter!!!

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Getting Ready for the Easter Party

  

  Draping pastel dyed sheets over the woodworking tools . . . And hanging quilts . . . This year all the quilts were made or designed by Libby Woodruff . . . who... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Free Range Chickens

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My First Time

  

  Whirrrrr . . . Whoosha . . . Whappety Whap . . . Shhhhzzzz . . . Ploop . . . Ploop . . .Whshhh . . . Shwpp . . . Shwpp . . . Shwpp . . . Have you figured it out... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bloomers!

  

  GREAT SMOKIES WRITING PROGRAM CLASS Critique workshop (forty pages worth) for those with a novel in progress -- just begun, partway there, or finished and in... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY