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• Sphinx Moth, I Think

  

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  Posted on 10 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Iconic Summer Supper

  

  Chicken salad! Just like my mother and grandmother made, though I add curry powder and a good deal more onion to the chicken, apples, celery, and mayo... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Close to Home

  

  For days Hosta had been watching Foxglove, admiring their deep lavender bells, so enticing to the bumble bees. Hosta leaned out over the stone walkway, hoping... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Watercolors

  

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  Posted on 07 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• WOKE--What's in a Word?

  

  Much as Communist or Socialist has been a handy scare-word since the Fifties for the Right to hang on anyone with progressive social views, now woke is the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Closer Look

  

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  Posted on 05 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Not Feeling the Fourth

  

  I'm finding little to celebrate as the Supreme Court chips away at hard won freedoms and the GOP continues in thrall to a criminal and con-man. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• My Kind of Fireworks

  

  Once I enjoyed fireworks. The explosion of color against a dark sky, the changing patterns, the inevitable ooooh of the watchers. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Salade Caprese

  

  Several varieties of sliced tomatoes. The heirloom varieties now in the grocery stores make it special.Fresh basil leaves.Creamy fresh mozzarella.Coarse sea sal... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wherefore "Pinks"?

  

  I love these hardy, kaleidoscopic, clove-fragrant flowers. They survive well for me in containers--in the ground, they tend to get crowded out after a season... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie--In Her Own Words

  

  The past two times Josie has stayed with me, she has produced what I call documents. Not my idea, she just set in to writing, calling out for help with... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Unexpected Treat

  

  It arrived in the mail some time back--a gift from Martin, my English blog/FB friend of many years. "I know how much you love the English countryside," he said. Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hosta Blooms

  

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  Posted on 27 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Real Beauty and the Beast

  

  I went to theater camp last week! It was in Burnsville and on Friday we did a performance of Beauty and the Beast at the Parkway Playhouse. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Flowers

  

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  Posted on 25 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Still Learning . . .

  

  Not upside down--drooping. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Drunk As a. . . Bee?

  

  On the porch yesterday morning, I discovered a bumble bee struggling in a half-finished glass of Scotch from John's pre-dinner sup. I poured it out onto the... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Great Wheel Turns and It's Summer Sosltice

  

  Summer--when I was young it meant long, lazy days in my outdoor hideout, reading books from the end- of-school book fair. Later it was trips to the swimming poo... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East

  

  It's been hazy for several days, so hazy that we can't see the Blue Ridge in the distance. I believe it's smoke dispersed from the Canadian fires, but it's not... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Went to Nature Camp

  

  I love this sign because I love this place! I was at day camp all last week and learned new stuff and made new friends. We played in the forest and did things... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY