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• Moving Day Part Two

  

  The Devons are happy in our neighbors' pastures across the street and yesterday the Jersey girls were lured up the road to greener pastures near our house.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Sacred Trio

  

  When John and I were first married --almost fifty-three years ago -- and living in a tiny trailer at Camp Geiger Trailer Park (officially designated... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ode to Peppers

  

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  Posted on 20 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aliens in the House

  

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  Posted on 19 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday, Sunday . . . Skies and Sourwood

  

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  Posted on 18 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Load of Shitakes

  

  John came into the kitchen Thursday with a bucket full of shitake mushrooms. A log that had been inoculated about five years ago and had done Nothing in all thi... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 16 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cargoes

  

  By John Masefield Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory. And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood,... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recently Read

  

  Vagabonde sent me a copy of Widow -- I'd been meaning to read it ever since I sat next to Mr. Hicks at a book signing years ago. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Early Autumn Color

  

  Glass Gem corn Wild Persimmons Sassafras leaves Seek-No- Farther apples Poke berries Glass Gem corn (again -- thanks, Dannie P.! Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My New Favorite Soup

  

  The cooler rainy weather we're having seems to call for soup. I've made this potato/kale soup twice now -- and suspect it will become a menu regular. It's fairl... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Silence

  

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  Posted on 11 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Falling into Sync with the Season

  

  Layla is puzzled as I shift the decor about. Away with the summer blue and white and in with the colors of fall! I change the pantry curtain and pillow covers i... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Creeping Color

  

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  Posted on 09 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Blast from the Past . . . Or Is It?

  

  Continuing my purge of my workroom, de-accessioning books. going through files and folders and mysterious boxes of stuff, unopened in thirty-some years, I came... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Just to Say. . .

  

  Though we never lost power during all the rains and our weather is glorious now, our internet server is down. I am briefly at the library to post this notice.... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Still Raining . . . But Not Too Much

  

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  Posted on 04 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in Heaven

  

  “Careful, Gabe, The Big Guy’s in a seriously unheavenly mood at the moment. I’d just shove all those petitions behind a cloud for the next few millennia if I... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Signs of the Season

  

  Blackberry leaves turn . . . Squirrels feast on Black Walnuts . . . Poison ivy takes on beautiful color . . . Sang (ginseng) yellows up . . . Michaelmas... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thankful for Rain . . .

  

  We've had rainy weather for days now . . . and our dryer isn't working. John has diagnosed the problem and has the necessary part ordered . . . Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY