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• Terra Ingognita

  

  Terra incognita aka Under the Kitchen sink.At last, after some happy piddling around with books and watercolors, I've returned to The Project: Cleaning and... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Saturday

  

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  Posted on 06 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Trip to Italy (Armchair Version)

  

  From Venice to Sicily, in the comfort of home...Two mysteries took me there. Leon's Commissario Brunetti is excellent company in which to navigate the canals an... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bare Beauty

  

  You were expecting something else?As always, I am enchanted by the skeleton shapes of trees against the winter sky.And as I was taking these pictures, I... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two To Do Lists

  

  One is a list I wrote for Josie.The other is one she wrote in response.Perhaps you can guess which is which. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Onward!

  

  I love this poster--bought in England some years ago. It goes on the wall in January, and I think it has a dream-like quality that fits the season. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rabbitrabbit

  

  Leaping into 2024! Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2024 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Breaking Up Christmas Again

  

  The tree comes down today, per my grandmother's injunction that it must be out of the house before the New Year or bad luck will ensue. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Our Hideous Progeny

  

  An excellent read for this strange, somewhat patched together and unnatural time between Christmas and the New Year.Set in England of the 1850's, the novel take... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Is That A Frozen Pond?

  

  Maybe not. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time Out Of Time

  

  This time between Christmas and New Year's Eve is, in my mind anyway, not a time to be particularly productive but rather a good time to piddle about. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My Favorite Gift--A Story by Josie

  

  This was for me and John from Josie. Here is the illustration and below, on the back, an explanation (artist's statement.)Her mama said she did it all on her ow... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It Was Quite a Day

  

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  Posted on 26 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Merry Day!

  

  May your day be filled with good things! Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bucatini with Salsa Rosa

  

  Though I've been accused of chopping up onions and garlic while I decide what I'm fixing for dinner, last night I actually had a plan. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• OLD WOUNDS Revisited

  

  I blame the Solstice. This somewhat dreamy time had me remembering, or trying to remember odds and ends from years past. And then I began thinking of Old Wounds... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Winter Solstice

  

  The Winter Solstice always seems to me like the real beginning of a new year. The sunrise, hidden amidst the trees on the ridge to the right, has gone as far... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• First Snow, Kinda . . .

  

  Not much of a snow but I took a few steps in it for luck.And Josie got her snow day--spending it with Grandma Nancy. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Best Day EVER!

  

  Monday was an AMAZING day! At school we had a Christmas party with lots of cake and chips and some carrots. We had secret Santa presents and everyone got a bag... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Decorating the Castle Tree

  

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  Posted on 18 December 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY