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• Connections?

  

  Part of my morning routine, along with coffee, Heather Cox Richardson and the NY Times, is playing the game Connections in which you try to make groups of four... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dragonflies

  

  The photo above is an old one-- I blogged about it HERE. I took it in the garden a long time back. I'll never duplicate that luck, but I continue to be... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• For the Birds

  

  A Downy Woodpecker, followed by a Cardinal, Goldfinch, and what I think is a young Rufous Sided Towhee. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Return to a Place of Godliness?

  

  The following is from a NY times story: Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. told a woman posing as a Catholic conservative last week that compromise in America between... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• No Words

  

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  Posted on 11 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hamlet and the Pirates (and Me Josie) at the Library

  

  On Friday, I took the babies to the library to see a performance. I am careful to buckle them in.An actor was doing a story about a guy named Hamlet who is... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East--Giving Thanks

  

  Almost fifty years here and still not tired of the view. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• June Means Daylilies

  

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  Posted on 08 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dress-Up Day

  

  On Wednesday, I brought up four fancy skirts to Meema and Grumpy's so I could dress up. That is a pink purse on my head, not a helmet. It makes a good hat.My... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Japanese Iris

  

  They always come as a nice finale to iris season, blooming as they do after the Bearded and Siberian irises have given up.Years ago, a friend of mine visited... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Opening of Tomato Galette Season

  

  This seems like such a summer dish to me. And there were some nice Beefsteak tomatoes on sale at the grocery... I love this recipe for the crust--it's quickly... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At the (Goldfish) Pool

  

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  Posted on 04 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More About CASTE--the Book and the Reality

  

  The predictable knee-jerk reactions of so many true believers to the former's guy's conviction on 34 counts (kangaroo court, all political, Jesus was convicted... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flora and Fauna

  

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  Posted on 02 June 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Day at Meema's

  

  Now that school is out, I spend all day with Meema or with Grandma. On Wednesday at Meema's, I did lots of things--seeing about the Castle People while Meema... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ferny Green

  

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  Posted on 30 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Time Tomorrow

  

  I've always loved time travel fiction--the potential for changing the past, along with all the inherent dangers that might accompany such a change--the butterfl... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dancing Fuchsia

  

  This fuchsia, a Mother's Day gift from Claui, is like a whole corps de ballet in fancy tutus. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Saw Dolly!

  

  On Saturday me and my mom and dad and a friend and her mom went to Dollywood! It is one of my favorite places EVER! And this time was extra special because ther... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Top of the World

  

  One of our old students has recently had a beautiful house built here in Madison County and we went to see it yesterday.Amazing views--pretty much in every... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY