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• A Random, Much-Needed, Sort of a Day

  

  The fish are awakening from their winter coma... Toads emerge around the pond.. . Pieris japonica's graceful blooms appear . . . Another toad sends his... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Scenes

  

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  Posted on 07 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blue Ridge Sunset

  

  Well, it's Friday evening and here I am in Blue Ridge, Georgia -- just a little ways from the SW corner of North Carolina. I'm the keynote speaker at a Writers... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• When the Easter Bunny Brought a Whoopee Cushion

  

  Watching his uncle inflate the device . . . Precise placement is important . . . And oh! the joy of that prolonged farting sound -- a little boy's dream. . . Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Trees and Sky and Sky and Trees

  

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  Posted on 04 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Aftershocks...

  

  The big event of the weekend is over but, like aftershocks following an earthquake, new words and images keep appearing. Justin's older brother Ethan posted a... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bubbles

  

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  Posted on 02 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And Then It Was Easter . . .

  

  After two days of wedding doings, it was time for our annual Easter party -- a tradition since 1979. The rain that had so kindly held off during the wedding... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Wedding Day

  

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  Posted on 31 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hi-jinks, and a Rehearsal, of Sorts . .

  

  The day before the wedding dawned clear and beautiful. Friends and family from all over were gathering to help with preparations . . . Lots of young uns . . .... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Getting Ready . . .

  

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  Posted on 29 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Amateur Marriage

  

  Anne Tyler never disappoints me. Her books are quiet, closely observed depictions of ordinary people living ordinary lives -- even boring lives -- but just as... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From My Window

  

  Yesterday it snowed almost all day. The sun cane out briefly and much of the snow melted but by nightfall it was still snowing. I saw this turkey from an... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Queen of Denial

  

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  Posted on 26 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Sonora Aero Club Flies Again

  

  Charles Dellschau, who came from Prussia to Texas in 1853, made his living as a butcher. But he was obsessed with the idea of flight and, around the turn of... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Sure Sign of Spring . . .

  

  New chicks for the laying flock . . . Some Red Sex Links and some tiny banties -- I 'll try to get better pictures soon.What's this about Sex Links? I hear you... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Faded Beauty

  

  The very last of the lily stems given me a month ( a month!) ago . . .This series was taken over the past three or four days . . . She's beautiful, even in... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mother Nature's Little Joke

  

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  Posted on 22 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the First Day of Spring

  

  So much to catch my eye -- pink blossoms against the clear blue sky . . .Early light gilding the edge of the Dwarf Alberta spruce . . . A neighbor's forsythia... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Vernal Equinox

  

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  Posted on 20 March 2013 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY