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• 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

• On a Misty Morning

  

  Quick shots from 8am to 8:45-- as I followed John to the Walnut Service Center where he left his truck and back home again. 'They' say that for every fog in... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hooray the First Day!

  

  I am at Big Kid school now! Yesterday was my first day of kindergarten. I had already met my teacher who is very nice and saw my room and where my cubby was... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Blasts from the Past

  

  John with tobacco sticks. Maybe 1977 or 78. Probably our first crop. . . The tobacco has been jammed onto the sticks and will be left a day or so to wilt and... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• As the World Turns . . .

  

  Sitting on the porch in the soft pre-dawn light, watching the sky slowly brighten, I seem to feel the roll of the earth.We were appalled when the first small... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Memory Overload

  

  Continuing on with the upstairs bookshelves--now I come to the picture albums. My maternal grandmother's wedding album, ditto my parents, ditto mine and John's. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Blooms

  

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  Posted on 19 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Esmeralda and the Brown Brachet

  

  As I worked on this, I realized there must be a story to go with it. Here's a beginning--both story and picture need some work--but I have more pictures and mor... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Subscribe Here!

  

  Coryat calls your attention to the newly restored subscription widget in the top of the righthand column. Several folks have told me they were no longer... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Appalachian Kintsugi

  

  John's at it again--turning inadvertent cracks into turquoise accents. (Sandy, your acorn is getting its finish coats of polyurethane.)This pot is locust from... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Close-ups

  

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  Posted on 15 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Goldfish Memories-- Gail Armour and Jeanie the Half-Girl

  

  Sitting out on the deck with John and our adult beverages, I was mesmerized by the goldfish. It's always challenging to count them--we think we have eleven... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Out and About

  

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  Posted on 13 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Progress Report from Me, Josie

  

  Now that I am five years old and will start kindergarten in 11 more days, here are the things I can already do: I can fix my own breakfast. First I pour cheerio... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Out of the Woods

  

  Penland's in Marshall in now carrying some of John's work. After the shock of the fire and the long slow cleanup and rebuild, it's so gratifying to see his... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Change

  

  A maple on the bank above our house always jumps the gun and begins dropping beautifully colored leaves in early August. And while I know in my heart that autum... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gallimaufry

  

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  Posted on 09 August 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY