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• June Is for Daylilies

  

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  Posted on 18 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pork Piccata

  

  On my last trip to the store, I saw a package of beautiful little pork medallions at a ridiculously low price. So, last night I decided to try something new. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Walnut Oak

  

  Every time I go out, I see changes. Some are welcome, old buildings being refurbished, a garden planted where there were weeds. Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Time of Daisies--Fifty Years Ago

  

  1973--John and I and not-quite-one Ethan are sitting in a daisy -spangled field under a Carolina blue sky. Seduced by The Whole Earth Catalog and Mother Earth... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Native Plantings

  

  This week Josie is doing a nature day camp at a nearby location, so I am taking her in the morning (9 am) and picking her up in the afternoon (2:45 pm. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Magnificent Magnolia

  

  If only I could include the intoxicating fragrance . . .From a tree I planted 25 or so years ago. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• But His Boxes!

  

  Facebook is overflowing with memes of the boxes stacked in a (tacky) bathroom at Mar a Lago. The one featuring Gollum seems especially appropriate to the... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sisters From Different Mothers

  

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  Posted on 11 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Dawning

  

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  Posted on 10 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Frog, Flowers, Indictment, and More

  

  Welcome news that the Former Guy has been indicted over the documents at Mar a Lago. We'll see how it plays out. While I'd love to imagine him doing hard time i... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Native Plantings at Our Amazing Library

  

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  Posted on 08 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie is Back from the Beach

  

  I have been at the beach with Grandma and Apa! I learned how to ride a Boogie Board and how to body surf! And I went far out in the ocean all by myself!! It... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Everyone's an Art Critic--Bailey Update

  

  Bailey removed two of my watercolor efforts from the shelf where I'd left them between some books and proceeded to chew on them.She doesn't know much about... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Is Not a Chair

  

  We've been friends with Drew and Louise Langsner for almost fifty years. We've known Drew as a master craftsman and teacher of woodworking and, at heart, an... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pride

  

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  Posted on 04 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gardening Can Be Murder

  

  I was delighted to receive an advance copy of Marta McDowell's latest. Marta became a blog friend some years ago when I discovered her delightful prose. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wisteria Viewing

  

  John called from the lower place where he'd been mowing and proposed that we take a bottle of bubbly down to the pond and enjoy a pre-supper bit of wisteria... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hare Hears Night

  

  Rabbit, rabbit . . . Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Neat Stuff for Me Josie

  

  My school gave Nature Exploring Kits to all of us kindergarteners. There was a book about things to look for and binoculars to look with. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gifts of Age

  

  After putting it off for years, I finally took myself to the dermatologist to have a couple of suspicious spots looked at. "Gifts of age," she told me, after a... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY