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• A New Day

  

  --filled with those events that alter and illuminate human experience...If those words after the dash sound familiar, you too are older than dirt. What am I... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Bailey Report

  

  Bailey is doing very well. She is getting along with Bob and Jenny and Otter. She is learning about riding in the truck. She has to be put in but as the ride... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looks Like Spring

  

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  Posted on 24 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie at the Library Again

  

  I love our library! It has dressed up bears, and you can pretend to be a carrot while your grandmother takes your picture. Of course there are lots of books... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Black Birds

  

  When the crows comeblack against the darkening skytheir wings obscure the sunand small sounds drownin their strident caws. They storm the walnut treesnatch the... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fixed the Problem

  

  No wonder the weather's acting like Winter! I forgot to set my astrolabe to Spring. This happened a few years ago and the weather got better soon after I... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Vernal Equinox

  

  The sight of the sun rising due east, right in the middle of our horizon is a welcome sign of Spring's arrival--even if Winteris still hanging about like a... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Goodbye to the Daffodils?

  

  So far, the daffs have endured some very cold nights but the next few may be a challenge for them. So I brought a few inside for us to enjoy--and for the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Going to Water

  

  A peaceful moment in a busy day... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Very Busy Sick Day

  

  I have been a little sick with an earache and a cold. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and then with Mama to her office for the day. (I had lots of stuff to... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• John and Vicki Go to Buy Some Pigs

  

  This is a re-post. It's one of my favorite stories.For years we raised pigs—not breeding them but buying two young pigs in the spring, feeding them through the... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Clear and Cold

  

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  Posted on 15 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Oops, We Did It Again

  

  Meet Bailey.Yes, I said that Jenny would be my last dog. But as it happens, John is as big a fool for Border Collies as I am for hounds. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fleeting Beauty

  

  Sunday was rainy and chilly, but the spring blossoms shone through the gloom. Redbud and forsythia-- lots of forsythia--are having their moment. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flora and Fauna

  

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  Posted on 12 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fear of Falling

  

  Back when I was very young and my grandmother was very old (a reasonably vigorous seventy-something,) it seemed that her friends were all too often falling and... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here and There

  

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  Posted on 10 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Spring Cleaning

  

  Almost Spring and predictably my thoughts turn to Spring cleaning, organizing, and de-accessioning. Back in the fall I took many books to the library book sale... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Morning Glory

  

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  Posted on 08 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Don't Mention DeSantis

  

  photo Orlando SentinelI loved Florida when I was growing up there—back before The Mouse and an influx of new residents had changed the state forever. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2023 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY