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• Hot, Hot Day

  

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  Posted on 13 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Painting Day

  

  My painting buddy Louise came over yesterday. She is working on an amazing project--about which I'm not at liberty to say more or show any. She is always an... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Almost Summer

  

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  Posted on 11 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recently Read

  A novel without a plot or a protagonist, STW's The Corner That Held Them is an absorbing account of the daily comings and goings at an English Benedictine... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's To Do List

  

  A day with Meema. First of all she made a To Do list.1. Organize Castle People2. Draw3. Eat lunch4. Tablet time5. Paint6. Play cards7. Read8. Brush the dog9.... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Field of Daisies, Updated

  

  In 1973 John and I decided to escape the ever-expanding suburbs that were wiping out the old Florida where we’d grown up. We ran away in search of a new home. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Summer Thought

  

  "But no summer is so long . . . as the summer before it. Time, a river, hollows out its bed, and every year the river flows in a narrower channel and flows... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wild Raspberries

  

  Just below one of the north-facing windows in my bedroom is a steep, kind of no-man's land. John weed eats it occasionally, but he left this fine patch of wild... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Favorite Poet

  

  I first met the poetry of Tu Fu almost sixty years ago when I was teaching at Berkeley Prep in Tampa and one of the students (hi, Evan) lent me his copy of... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  So the iniquitous plan for the 1776 slush fund has been shelved, at least for the moment. That's good. But the Get Out of Jail Free card--added by Trump's... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Pot of Gold Is Just Down the Road

  

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  Posted on 03 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Dance to Die For

  

  One collapsed beauty . . .The last pas de deux . . .And the entire corps de ballet appears to have met a tragic end.I always see fuchsia blooms as ballerinas an... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Thankful

  

  So thankful that Noli (Cannoli) is back! Friday evening he followed Otter and Jenny off on a little toot. They came back before dark but he didn't.Justin went... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Stalking the Red Winged Blackbird

  

  John told me that there were red-winged blackbirds down at the pond--a bird I've not heretofore seen on our place. So yesterday afternoon we took a bottle of... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Exercises

  

  One of the joys of being old and without too many demands on my time is that I can ease into the morning at my own pace. That is, after I've let Jenny out at... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dolce Far Niente

  

  It's not the beach or a hideout in the backyard, but it's right pleasant for doing nothing. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• When School Was Out

  

  Photo from Pixabay by leoleobobeoTomorrow is Josie's last day of school and it has me remembering when I was her age and the joy that summer vacation brought. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Japanese Iris

  

  After the Siberian and the Bearded Iris have called it a day, the Japanese Iris are a pleasant sight. At one time I had three or four different ones but, at... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Turkeys (non-political)

  

  These two toms were showing off for two apparently unimpressed hens, Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  While you're enjoying your Memorial Day weekend, give a thought to what you and your party will be remembered for: an unprovoked war on Iran, leading to... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY