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• Josie's Early Christmas Gift

  

  My friend Sandy (who is also my Fairy Godmother) sent me a Christmas present and Meema let me open it Early! It is a box with a bunch of unicorns and Pegasuses... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie's Christmas Memories--repost from 2014

  

  Why, how proud I am to see you here on Christmas Eve! Come on in and get you a chair.Oh, my, is this some of your cranberry bread? Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Welcome Solstice!

  

  THE SHORTEST DAY BY SUSAN COOPER So the shortest day came, and the year died,And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white worldCame people singing,... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Ice, Ice, Baby

  

  With more coming. Temperatures are forecast to plunge over the weekend. Brrr. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fire on the Mountain?

  

  Fortunately, the fire is rather distant-almost 93 million miles. But my first glimpse had me worried.The sun is rising farther and farther to the south. It... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Day of Rest

  

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  Posted on 18 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Barbie

  

  The news that there is to be a Barbie movie meant nothing to me. I've always disliked Barbie, who came into being a few years after I'd quit playing with dolls. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Reverse Sunset

  

  After a dreary day, the clouds lifted enough to give us a reverse sunset. We never see a sunset due to the mountain at our back but the reflected glory in the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hohohohohohoho

  

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  Posted on 15 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Capture

  

  This photo--taken through a not-very-clean windshield makes me unreasonably happy.I pass this particular spot every time I go to pick up Josie or into Marshall... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And There Was Sunshine

  

  As I headed out the door on the way to my doctor appointment (routine,) I couldn't help noticing the bright light in the sky--something not seen for over a week... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It's Happening!

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Caring

  

  Following Sandy Parshall's suggestion, I have put sugar water and a halved tangerine in the greenhouse near the butterfly.As of Saturday afternoon, it was... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Unseasonal Sad Surprise

  

  Yesterday morning I was surprised to see a beautiful, just-hatched swallowtail butterfly clinging to a decorative piece of bittersweet vine in one of my orchids. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Moist

  

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  Posted on 09 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pasta Bob

  

  This is what my friend Pepper Cory calls 'scrap cooking.' I need to go to the grocery tomorrow so this is what one does with some not very good winter... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

  

  I can't resist a small cry of joy at the news that the Trump Organization has been found guilty of criminal tax fraud. May this be just the beginning of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Back at the Library

  

  Monday it was cold and rainy, but Meema picked me up from school and we went to the library! The big bunnies at the library were dressed like people and I... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Never Let Me Go

  

  I am seriously late to this fine and disturbing book, published in 2005, just when I was writing under deadline and not reading anything new. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Let There Be Lights!

  

  We don't rush into Christmas. But once it's December, I put away the Autumn decor and bring out the red and green. And the lights! Yesterday was so dark and... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY