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• Barnett Mountain Jesus

  

  Sol Gentry wasn’t drunk yet but he was working on it. He had just eased his pickup around a sharp curve on the narrow gravel road and was heading into the pull... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East

  

  67 beautiful degrees F this morning---bliss! Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Porch Time with Josie

  

  Yesterday when I went up to stay with Meema, I was nervexcited. That means I was nervous and excited. Do you know why?FIRST GRADE starts Monday. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Change

  

  After a lengthy series of thunderstorms in the early morning hours of Tuesday, by Tuesday evening the weather had become cool and dry--a most welcome... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Teenager Birds

  

  The products of a second or third hatch are learning more about their world and how the birdfeeder works. They all look a little scruffy yet. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Old Soul

  

  Many years ago, a mystically inclined friend of a friend, told me (after a few hours acquaintance) that I was an Old Soul and had obviously lived many... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's What's for Supper

  

  One of those meals that happens when the fridge needs clearing out. I had some corn and some collards and kale that needed using up, as well as some potato sala... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Randomly

  

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  Posted on 13 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New to Me--a Red Spotted Purple

  

  This beauty was feasting on a ripe fuchsia seed on our front porch. It was so fixated on eating that it totally ignored me.It just hung out there under the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Late Summer

  

  Cardinal FlowerJoe Pye WeedMorning GloryChicoryAnd a Maple Leaf, turning early. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Past Times

  

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  Posted on 10 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Playdate at the Pond

  

  My friend and I had a playdate at Louise's house. I brought my new baby Lily because we were going into the pond later and Lily can float.My friend's mom brough... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Island Beneath the Sea--Another Good Un

  

  I have always spent a lot of time in other times and places--some more real than others. But I've always particularly loved historical fiction for what I can... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ol' Touch-Me-Not

  

  Also known as Lady's Earring. Common name Jewelweed. It grows in damp places and often near poison ivy--for which it is something of an antidote. The crushed... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East, Looking Up

  

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  Posted on 06 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• M'am--Watching Vera Yet Again

  

  Thirteen seasons, this British mystery series, based on Anne Cleeves's novels, has been running. And John and I are working our way through it for the second... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Demon Copperhead--Wow!

  

  I've been a fan of Kingsolver since The Bean Trees and High Tide in Tucson--two favorites. Some of her work I've loved, The Poisonwood Bible springs to mind;... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Celebration in Yellow

  

  Several of our porch plants are sporting mini-sunflowers, courtesy, I suppose, of the local chipmunks who visit our birdfeeders. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's New Baby

  

  Me and Mom went shopping for school supplies (school starts week after next and I can't wait for first grade!) and I also got a new baby. Her name is Lily and... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moments of Grace in a World Gone Mad

  

  Water in Key West at hot tub temps. . . .indications that the Gulf Stream may collapse . . .Russia destroying grain shipments . . . Colorado River in peril . . . Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY