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• Josie Does a Blog Post

  

  💗 💢💃💃💕💜This is me. I took the pictures and Meema is writing the words I let her say. And this is a selfie I did.... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Meaning of Life

  

  What's it all about, Cory? Is there anything more than lying in the sun and eating cat food? I mean, is this all there is to life? Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Veiled Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 08 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Party That Really Cares About the Family

  

  Childcare, school shootings, abortion--all family issues that are in the news these days.The GOP has a lot to say about abortion (Murder! Bad! Outlaw it!... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers of Late Summer

  

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  Posted on 06 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Second Grader

  

  I always have to have my picture taken with the library bears--maybe because I am a Brush Creek Elementary School Bear Cub. I am in second grade, and I really... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• September Song

  

  On my weekly trip to the grocery, my heart was lifted by the sight of swathes of bright goldenrod and purple ironweed, filling a bottom by the river with the... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Mixed Bag

  

  Old mule-drawn hay rakes and a mowing machine--out to pasture. Many years ago, John and our mules Pete and Molly actually used these. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Forest Bathing

  

  After more than a week of temperatures hitting the low nineties and no rain, yesterday's cooler temps and soaking rain washed over us like a blessing as we sat... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbit, Rabbit

  

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  Posted on 01 September 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Tricksy English Language

  

  As Josie grapples with the English language and its many non-intuitive spellings, I applaud her determination--and tell her that, apart from memorizing... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Shepherds' Salad

  

  A tasty salad for a hot summer day. Chopped cucumber, green pepper, tomato, and onion--add lemon juice and olive oil, salt to taste, fresh parsley, feta cheese... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Justice and Righteousness

  

  Let Justice roll down like the waters, and Righteousness like an everflowing stream. Amos 5:24Wouldn't it be nice? Or, just as a start, what if everyone just... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunrise for a Hot Day

  

  A little after seven, I sat on the front porch, waiting . . .Cloudless mornings suggest a hot day ahead.And here it comes!Back inside, I was hit with a... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cracked Vessels-- A Miss Birdie Repost

  

  Miss Birdie, Dor'thy , and the Cracked Vessels Why, honey, how good to see you this fine spring morning. Look at that old pear tree, just a-busting with... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Work in Progress

  

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  Posted on 26 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Little Pleasures

  

  A scallop-winged pretty--maybe an Eastern Comma?An unexpected flower--self-seeded from last year's portulaca.Beneath the suet feeder--a gift from (probably) a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Salade 'Week-End'

  

  Yesterday I was still a little hung-over from the excitement of the convention and the unusual for me late night. After cleaning and reorganizing the... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I Saw America Last Night . . .

  

  A rainbow of people . . .Ordinary, extraordinary people . . .United in purpose, in joy, in love.As it should be . . .As it could be . . .And, if we do the... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• One of the New Neighbors

  

  What a sweet face! Still makes me say Aye, law! though. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY