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• 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

• Rime Ice -- A Magical Morning

  

  At first I thought it had snowed . . . A closer look told me it was rime ice -- frozen fog -- turning the world beyond the window into a fairyland . . . Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening Skies

  

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  Posted on 28 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return of Old Friends

  

  I am a long time fan of Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. I love the wise Joe Leaphorn as well as the younger, often conflicted Jim Chee. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Weekend Snow

  

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  Posted on 26 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Drip, Drip, Drip of Time

  

  Icicles are a fleeting beauty here. They form, they grow, and then they melt. Unless they break loose unexpectedly to shatter on the ground. Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snowzilla and Snow Cream

  

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  Posted on 24 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cuban Sandwiches -- A Taste of the Homeland

  

  Nephew John and family came for a visit on Thursday, bearing Cuban sandwiches from Tampa. (From The Floridian, to be exact.) Oh, bliss! Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On a Snowy Day

  

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  Posted on 22 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dogz

  

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  Posted on 21 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yesterday and a Farther Yesterday

  

  We have gone the better part of two miles when the sergeant calls out an order and our column turns up a steep trail into the woods. I am puzzled for it ain’t... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Bit of Snow . . . and Very Cold

  

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  Posted on 19 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thinking About PC On MLK Day

  

  Surely Martin Luther King would feel proud of this country for electing an African-American president not once but twice. He might even think that his dream... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Light Special!!!

  

  I'm late to the party on this one as it was a best seller some eight years ago. It's one of the rare self-published books to gained enough attention for a... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Much of a Nothingness . . .

  

  Yesterday's weather was like the picture below, except when it was raining hard and visibility was approximately three feet. Cold, wet, and exceedingly dreary -... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mend My Life

  

  A re-post from 2008 --- From a writers' workshop. We were given the line 'Mend my life' . . . Mend my life;Make it holy -- wholly new and newly whole. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Willa and Her Unca Monkey (AKA Ali)

  

  Justin took this sweet picture with his phone . . . And I posterized it . . . And neoned it . . . and played with the focus. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Increments . . .

  

  This huge (bigger than a basketball) hornet's nest was built one tiny mouthful of wood pulp and hornet saliva at a time. growing slowly and perfectly to its... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sun, Sky, Water

  

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  Posted on 12 January 2016 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY