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• Morning Magic

  

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  Posted on 26 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Overheard in the Herd

  

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  Posted on 25 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This and That

  

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  Posted on 24 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Composition in Curves and Coils

  

  This handsome black snake (rat snake) was atop the rock wall behind our house, enjoying the sun.The bulge in the middle is probably the result of lunching on a... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shy Sunrise...with Crows

  

  Hoping for a good sunrise to mark the equinox, I stood in my nightgown, clicking away . . .A heavy cloudbank was just over the mountains due east . . . Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Seasonal Shift

  

  It's almost Autumn and time to put away the summery blue and white and bring out the things that say Fall to me. I have the beautiful Glass Gem corn from this... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Lovely Surprise

  

  Yesterday was a lot better. The sling came off; my phone seems to be working despite its plunge into the dishwater; and I received these lovely flowers from a... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Tenth Witness

  

  I was surprised to receive an advance reading copy of Rosen's second book in the mail -- but the accompanying letter mentioned that as I had reviewed his first... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making Ready

  

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  Posted on 17 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Jimson Weed

  

  ( datura stramonium) grows wild around here. I was told by Louise Freeman, who grew up on this farm, that back when she was young, some kids would put the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evarything's Slow

  

  Firstly, our internet connection has been mired in molasses until just now -- thus the late posting . . . Secondly, back on Thursday I tripped and fell on our... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Along Laurel Creek

  

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  Posted on 14 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Run Free, Ruby . . .

  

  Yesterday was a sad day on the farm. Ruby, the lovely mare that our tenants brought with them four years back, had to be put down. It's especially... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Very Special Water Place

  

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  Posted on 12 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• White Rock Church and the Poet

  

  On Saturday when the Shelton Laurel folks were showing me around and answering my questions, I asked about what churches people would have attended back in Civi... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Animal. Vegetable, Mineral

  

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  Posted on 09 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back to Shelton Laurel

  

  Soon after my last post about visiting Shelton Laurel, a Facebook friend sent me a message asking if I'd like to see the graves where the victims of the massacr... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Light -- Early Morning and Late Afternoon

  

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  Posted on 07 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Zero at the Bone

  Emily Dickinson's thoughts on snakesA narrow fellow in the grassOccasionally rides;You may have met him,--did you not,His notice sudden is. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• David Shelton of Shelton Laurel

  

  Shelton Laurel is in a remote corner of our county -- beautiful wide flat fields lying between wooded mountains. "Some call this hallowed ground," David... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY