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• 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

• Poor Starving Jenny

  

  I thought she was getting a drink of water . . .Jenny is actually fishing for waterweed/elodea.And she is eating it. It's probably full of vitamins. And she's... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie

  

  These are some thank you cards I made. One is a panda and some bamboo, and the other is a mouse. When people give you stuff, it is polite to send them a thank... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Instead of a Josie Post

  

  All I can think of is the agony of the families in Uvalde and the murderous complicity of every politician and voter who rejects rational gun control. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Towel Day

  

  Today is Towel Day, honoring the late Douglas Adams, creator of the amazing Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe, in which the hitchhiker is advised that a towel... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Between the Rains

  

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  Posted on 24 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Three Books

  

  The Moons of Jupiter by Alice Munro is a collection of quietly unassuming powerful short stories, many of which were first published in the New Yorker--which... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY