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• The Day of Small Things--Another Look

  

  There were bits of The Sky Club (see post of a few days ago) that made me think of my own Day of Small Things. It seemed like time to revisit Birdie's story... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Jenny on Watch

  

  Her nose tasting the scents in the air...Soon she'll patrol the boundaries, keeping us safe from lions and tigers and bears. And moles and chipmunks as well.It'... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Sky Club by Terry Roberts

  

  When her worn out, dying mother tells her to leave the hardscrabble mountain farm on Big Pine and make “a life that I can’t even imagine,” plucky Jo Salter... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• So Happy To Be Surrounded by Trees

  

  As they return to waking life in the spring, decking themselves in every shade of green and gold and even red, they resume their mission of breathing for the... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 5/4 Be With You

  

  When John and I saw the first Star Wars movie, we were totally blown away, and we envisioned ourselves in years to come, settling in for an all-day,... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• May Flowers

  

  RhododendronOld timey bush roseSiberian IrisButtercupCommon VetchGroundsel Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and the Tooth Fairy

  

  My loose tooth came out! I was eating a peanut butter sandwich and I thought I bit on a big piece of peanut and I spit it out but it was my baby tooth! My mama... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• White Iris

  

  She's back! I look forward to this white iris every year. While I'm generally a the-more-color-the-better sort of person, this pure blaze of white in the sun... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Greening

  

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  Posted on 29 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Four Seasons Backdrop

  

  The backdrop for the upstairs Castle People is installed! It was a fun little project, trying to segue from one season to another in five different panels and t... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Spring Walkabout

  

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  Posted on 27 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Intricate Beauty

  

  It caught my eye, the shed skin waving in the breeze.We've has a resident blacksnake (possibly several) for years and they are most welcome as they are known... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Spring Cleaning

  

  So Tucker Carlson is out at Fox. The news gives me great pleasure, I've got a knee-jerk negative reaction to the sight of Carlson's smug, lying face. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Fashion (and Some Other Stuff)

  

  I spent Sunday afternoon with Meema because Mama had to go to work and Daddy and Grumpy were busy giving the cows worm medicine. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Long View

  

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  Posted on 23 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Small Beauties

  

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  Posted on 22 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Now That I Am Almost Six

  

  There was no school on Wednesday or Thursday because next year's kindergarteners were coming to the school to check it out and the teachers would be busy talkin... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The New Guy Gets Some Tips

  

  Listen, Bailey, you're only a dog but you're new here and I like your looks. Could be we're distant cousins or something. Nah, just kidding. But I do have a sof... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Second Chance

  

  As I was walking Bailey yesterday, once again I saw a Swallowtail on the bluebells. Once again, I did what I could with my phone (those pics are at the end.)... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Observed

  

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  Posted on 18 April 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY