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• Poppies

  

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  Posted on 20 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From the Woodshop

  

  The weed pots are from a fallen apple tree. Suzie and Nancy offered John some bits of it and he was pleasantly surprised at how pretty the wood is. (Ladies, we... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Talking About The Tall Woman

  

  THURSDAY, MAY 25, 7-8 PMTalk on The Tall Woman by Vicki Lane, West Asheville Library - 942 Haywood Rd. - Asheville(828)... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Banned in Florida?

  

  Such a beautiful sight! And so many cultures have read a meaning into it--beyond the scientific explanation. The Judeo-Christian traditionsees it as a sign of... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Merry Month of May

  

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  Posted on 16 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Really?

  

  A tiny, featherweight box of spot bandages (needed for a recent dermatological procedure) shipped in a much too big cardboard box--why? Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birthday Party

  

  There were kids and parents and grandparents and cupcakes and hotdogs and fruit kebabs and veggie kebabs and hula hoops and bubbles and a pinata. And lots of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birthday Stuff!

  

  It is not my birthday yet, not till next week, BUT I am having a birthday party today and yesterday there was a package from my fairy godmother and Meema let... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not a Bit Political

  

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  Posted on 12 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And the Cherry on Top

  

  While I was still basking in the afterglow of E. Jean Carroll's success in civil court, came the news that the serial grifter currently trading under the name... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

  

  Or rather, since this was a civil court, "Liable! Liable! Liable! as my attorney friend Elaine pointed out. In any event, it was a pleasurable moment, hearing... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Generations

  

  My grandmother Ruby made this dress for me toward the end of the Forties. It was a Halloween costume for kindergarten and my picture was made in it, holding my... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Day of Small Things--Another Look

  

  There were bits of The Sky Club (see post of a few days ago) that made me think of my own Day of Small Things. It seemed like time to revisit Birdie's story... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Jenny on Watch

  

  Her nose tasting the scents in the air...Soon she'll patrol the boundaries, keeping us safe from lions and tigers and bears. And moles and chipmunks as well.It'... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Sky Club by Terry Roberts

  

  When her worn out, dying mother tells her to leave the hardscrabble mountain farm on Big Pine and make “a life that I can’t even imagine,” plucky Jo Salter... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• So Happy To Be Surrounded by Trees

  

  As they return to waking life in the spring, decking themselves in every shade of green and gold and even red, they resume their mission of breathing for the... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 5/4 Be With You

  

  When John and I saw the first Star Wars movie, we were totally blown away, and we envisioned ourselves in years to come, settling in for an all-day,... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• May Flowers

  

  RhododendronOld timey bush roseSiberian IrisButtercupCommon VetchGroundsel Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Tooth Fairy

  

  My loose tooth came out! I was eating a peanut butter sandwich and I thought I bit on a big piece of peanut and I spit it out but it was my baby tooth! My mama... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• White Iris

  

  She's back! I look forward to this white iris every year. While I'm generally a the-more-color-the-better sort of person, this pure blaze of white in the sun... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY