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• One of Pooh's Hums

  

  The more it snows,(Tiddley pom)The more it goes,(Tiddley pom) The more it goes, (Tiddley pom)On snowing. And no one knows,(Tiddley pom)How cold my... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Snow, and the Birds Aren't Thrilled

  

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  Posted on 14 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moongarden

  

  The Secret Garden was one of my very favorites when I was growing up. So, when I was perusing books at the library on Wednesday, Moongarden, a sci-fi/YA... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fun at the LIbrary

  

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  Posted on 12 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Poco the Movie Star

  

  This was Poco, the Jersey cow that wanted to be a star.Our Movie Star Cow- a re-post from 2010. The friend to whom we eventually sold Poco recently posted a... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Josie Afternoon

  

  It was too cold for an ice cream cone when Meema picked me up from school today, so we went home and made chocolate chip pancakes.The Castle People all wanted... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back At It

  

  Justin and Claui gave me a new watercolor how-to book for Christmas and I'm really enjoying it!I'm using notecards to do the exercises on--now I have to start... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Terry Pratchett's HOGFATHER

  

  Oh, my goodness, where to begin. I’ve just finished Hogfather, by the marvelous and lamentedly late Sir Terry Pratchett-- is a wonderful book for those of a... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There Must Be a Theme

  

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  Posted on 07 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Ongoing Circus in the House . . .

  

  As the eighth ninth tenth wherever-it-stands-now vote fails to bring Trump's 'my Kevin' any closer to the Speakership, I admit to being caught up in this... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Big Reveal

  

  As the buds began to swell, I began to suspect that Lady Amaryllis was not the usual red . . .Surely that's a deep blush . . . Shyly, she drew aside a single... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Weather Alert (Tuesday Morning)

  

  What a glorious sky! And how lucky I am to wake up to such beauty!The above was the last shot of the series. Below they are in order from first to next to last. Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Anticipation . . .

  

  Spent Monday breaking up Christmas--all the ornaments off the tree and stored away, popcorn-cranberry chain deconstructed and ready to feed wildlife, red and... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East--Morning and Evening

  

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  Posted on 02 January 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Breaking Up Christmas?

  

  I find myself faced with something of an existential dilemma. For the fifty-nine years we've been married, I have adhered to my grandmother's tradition of... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie is Building a Portfolio

  

  She often returns to the rainbow theme.Claui is in a car not a jar. The artist sometimes likes to play with upsetting our expectations. Claui appears to drive... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Where on Earth?

  

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  Posted on 29 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Writer

  

  Guess what! I wrote a book! It is five pages long and I wrote it all by myself with Meema helping me spell some of the hard words like unicorn and alicorn and... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Life

  

  A gift from Claui's folks, the amaryllis is on the verge of bloom-maybe a symbol of the coming year? As the cold spell continues, it's a pleasure to watch... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Bleak Midwinter

  

  On Thursday afternoon we could see it coming--the projected rain and cold front due to hit around 4 am Friday morning.John was busy with preventive... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY