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• A Much Needed Rain

  

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  Posted on 26 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At the Pond

  

  We took a bottle of bubbly and some herbed brie and crackers down to enjoy the early evening at the pond. The scent of the wisteria was intoxicating.Along with... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, Robert!

  

  As I continue going through our many bookshelves, deciding what to donate to our library book sale, sometimes I just have to re-read a book before consigning... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In Iris Time

  

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  Posted on 23 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Things Left Undone

  

  I've wrestled my workroom into a cleaner, neater, more organized place. But in doing so, I've been confronted with an embarrassing number of unfinished projects. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Animal House

  

  Cannoli helps Josie with her reading. The Babysitters Club is a big favorite.Angeline is not impressed. She prefers T.S. Eliot. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 1925 and Beyond

  

  "Rainbow Fairies" It's 1925 and my mother is seven. She's the tall one second from the right --- and I've unearthed yet another scrapbook in my workroom cleanup. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Breathing Place

  

  Find a spreading tree... Lose your Self in its branches...Breathe deeply . . . Ah, peace! Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs,

  

  The inhumane conditions in the privately run concentration camps that house the victims of ICE are a disgrace to our country. The mere fact that the USA has... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bluebells and Ramps and a Spring Galette

  

  I went to check on the bluebells behind the house. (I have visions of a bluebell wood, such as we saw in England but it's not there yet.)Still, their numbers ar... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, What a Beautiful Morning!

  

  And now you have an ear worm . . . Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Like the Cat Ate the Grindstone

  

  Little by little I'm working my way through the repository of my past. There is so much to look at and so many memories . . . The picture above is one I'll... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oh, Spring! Oh, Joy!

  

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  Posted on 14 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Woo Hoo!!!

  

  What good news! The autocratic Orban and his "illiberal democracy" have been handed a huge defeat. Unlike Someone, Orban has accepted defeat and conceded. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunday

  

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  Posted on 12 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Twenty-Two Years Ago . . .

  

  I continue in my purge of my workroom. After recycling the manuscripts of my Elizabeth Goodweather novels, I turned to the stack of notebooks that contained... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• They're Back!

  

  Such a delight to see the swallow-tails rioting amongst the azaleas! Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Memories . . .

  

  Fifty-some years ago when we lived on a lake in Odessa, Florida, we frequented a small country store called Fox's Corner. It was run by a grumpy feller and his... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ceasefire Or No, DJT Needs to Go!

  

  After spending a beautiful spring day worrying about Dear Leader doing something really awful that would brand our country forever as a rogue nation, I was... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dear Sirs

  

  WAKE UP! Our country is well on its way to becoming a pariah nation. The madman in the Oval Office must be removed before he commits even more war crimes to... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2026 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY