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• 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

• 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