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• The Fathers in My Life

  

  Here's to them! Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Here and There

  

  Paddlers on the riverAmaryllis gone to seedA gaggle of geraniumsJosie tending to thirsty plants. . .And a welcome afternoon rain that dropped the temperature... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer in the South

  

  Josie took control of my phone yesterday and was snapping pictures everywhere. I deleted many after she left but this one above, I realized, epitomizes a rural... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Well, That Was Short-Lived

  

  Tuesday's rain and blessed relief is just a memory. Wednesday was pretty awful--I think the technical term is 2FH.But with fans in every room and gallons of ice... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Heat Wave and Blessed Relief

  

  After a scorching Monday, we were braced for more of the same. Imagine our delight when a morning storm blew in, with welcome rain and overcast skies for the... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Is What I Did

  

  Daddy brought me up in the Kubota and Otter followed. Jenny was very happy to see her, and they ran off together to do stuff in the woods. Meema watered her... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Perfect Beauty of Imperfection

  

  John is back in his shop, turning (pun) out bowls and weed pots (vases for dried stuff) and other stuff. This one caught my eye. It's from a piece of oak,... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Time of Daylilies

  

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  Posted on 12 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From Watergate to Jan 6 . . .

  

  In the summer of '73, we had bought the upper part of what is now Wool Branch Farm and were camping out in the barn with our one-year-old. Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And There Were Fish!

  

  Our little goldfish pool has been without fish for some while. There were only a few small ones (acquired by mail at a ridiculous price as there seemed to be... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Remarkably Old

  

  Recently the New York Times had an op-ed piece titled "Why Are We Still Governed by Baby Boomers and the Remarkably Old?"The opinionator pointed out that Baby... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Random Rambling

  

  Just heard from the camera repair shop that my good camera is going to have to be sent by me to the manufacturer to have the card reader replaced AND it's... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Daybreak and Nightfall

  

  Beautiful words; beautiful times of day... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Blooms

  

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  Posted on 06 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Report from Corycat

  

  The Woman seems to have decided it was time for my closeup. Whatever.This, by the way, is The Face I use when The Nuisance they call Jenny tries to bounce at me... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Decorator and Story Teller and Artist

  

  We went upstairs to my office. It is also where Meema's ironing board and sewing stuff are. She gave me a basket of fabric because I am pregnant, and I want to... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Summer Scenes

  

  My good camera is in the shop so I'm relying on my phone's camera to capture what strikes me as the essence of early summer. If only I could share the smell of... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Mystery

  

  This charming little book appeared in our mailbox yesterday, sent from Amazon and bearing no other information. I was pretty sure I hadn't ordered it but just t... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Iris Is This?

  

  These iris are from roots given to me long ago. They look like an early relative of the showier Bearded Irises.Does anyone have a name for them? Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Imagine . . .

  

  A country that cared more for its living children than for fertilized eggs, that treated the Earth as the fragile mother of us all, that practiced loving one's... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY