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• Going to Water

  

  A peaceful moment in a busy day... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Very Busy Sick Day

  

  I have been a little sick with an earache and a cold. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and then with Mama to her office for the day. (I had lots of stuff to... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• John and Vicki Go to Buy Some Pigs

  

  This is a re-post. It's one of my favorite stories.For years we raised pigs—not breeding them but buying two young pigs in the spring, feeding them through the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Clear and Cold

  

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  Posted on 15 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oops, We Did It Again

  

  Meet Bailey.Yes, I said that Jenny would be my last dog. But as it happens, John is as big a fool for Border Collies as I am for hounds. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fleeting Beauty

  

  Sunday was rainy and chilly, but the spring blossoms shone through the gloom. Redbud and forsythia-- lots of forsythia--are having their moment. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flora and Fauna

  

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  Posted on 12 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fear of Falling

  

  Back when I was very young and my grandmother was very old (a reasonably vigorous seventy-something,) it seemed that her friends were all too often falling and... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here and There

  

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  Posted on 10 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Spring Cleaning

  

  Almost Spring and predictably my thoughts turn to Spring cleaning, organizing, and de-accessioning. Back in the fall I took many books to the library book sale... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Glory

  

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  Posted on 08 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Don't Mention DeSantis

  

  photo Orlando SentinelI loved Florida when I was growing up there—back before The Mouse and an influx of new residents had changed the state forever. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Too Beautiful, Too Early

  

  Idyllic days...Of course, enjoyment of those days is tempered by thoughts of climate change, as well as the memory of a March blizzard and April snows of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Greenhouse, the Fig Tree Reaches for the Light

  

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  Posted on 05 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Detectorists--Oh, Yes!

  

  The most charming, delightful, good-hearted comedy series I've ever seen. And we've watched all three seasons now and are bereft because there don't seem to be... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie--Author/Illustrator

  

  There are a lot of cardinals at Meema and Grumpy's house so I painted a picture of one. First I drew an outline then I painted. It is not quite finished.The las... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Nature's Disposal

  

  Let's hear for these majestic birds. Beautiful in flight, impressive up close, part of the natural balance.I have watched (through binoculars) them soar,... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I've Always Wondered...

  

  These tousle-headed daffodils are the ones I see most often around old homesteads here. I have quite a few myself--descendants of some bulbs given me by a... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Do You Read? Why Do You Read?

  

  After my post last week about the book Read Dangerously--an invitation to read subject matter that may make you uncomfortable, even as it expands your... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Rainy Day Beauty

  

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  Posted on 26 February 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY