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• Josie's After School Routine

  

  This week, Meema is picikng me up Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Yesterday was Wednesday and Meema asked me which day I wanted to get an ice cream cone becaus... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Evening Mood

  

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  Posted on 14 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Picture Man

  

  "The Picture Man was Paul Buchanan (ca. 1910-1987), an itinerant photographer who, on foot, on horseback, and by car, wandered four North Carolina mountain... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cloud Cuckoo Land

  

  What an amazing and wonderful book! Literary/historical/science fiction all rolled into one glorious ode to the endurance and transformative power of the writte... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Odds Nd Ends

  

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  Posted on 10 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Seventy Years . . .

  

  When I was nine years old, I was completely consumed with the upcoming coronation of Princess Elizabeth. I filled a scrapbook with clippings and magazine storie... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Along the Way

  

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  Posted on 08 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Way Back in 1982-84

  

  I pulled out a photo album from 1982-84 to show Josie some pictures of her daddy as a little boy. This first one shows him in the 'chain mail' shirt his big... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Naming Things

  

  Japanese anemones.Caryopteris (aka Blue Mist)I haven't a clue what this wild grass is named, but in our family, it is forever known as Heentreens. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Full Day

  

  Look at these bad babies. Every time I come up to Meema and Grumpy's, I ask her what the babies have been doing because they like to run around and hide in funn... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cattle. And Skies

  

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  Posted on 04 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Butterflies

  

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  Posted on 03 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What If Everyone Had to Tell the Truth?

  

  Sometimes when I see the outrageous and clearly false assertations made by politicians, (looking at you, former guy,) I fantasize about a Universal... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Miss Birdie at 100

  

  Come right in and git you a cheer, honey. Shamed to say I’m just a-loafering here in this recliner—my old legs is bout give out today. What’s that you got there... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Randomly . . .

  

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  Posted on 30 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Quirky Family Tradition

  

  Our older son Ethan came home for a belated birthday celebration. It was cancelled twice, first due to covid at his end, then due to the same thing here with... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 28 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Waiting in Line

  

  At Josie's school. It seems that the vast majority of parents choose to pick up their elementary students rather than have them ride the bus. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Talks Kindergarten

  

  Me again. Now that I'm, in kindergarten, Meema is Driving Me Crazy with questions--What did you do today? What did you have for lunch? Do you sing songs? and... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• We Were So Young . . .

  

  My mother and her father. I wondered why they were standing out by the mailbox for this picture. (The house across the street belonged to the Hammers who had a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY