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• The First Daffodils

  

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  Posted on 24 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Is An Author (and Illustrator)!

  

  Guess what! I have written a book! I did the pictures and told Meema the words to write down. You can read it. It is called THE BEAUTUL BUTTERFLY WIH THE PERFEC... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• I'll Be Back

  

  Somehow, I seem to have become 79. Dang! My mother died at 69 and one of her friends told me, "She would have hated to be 70." I don't feel that way. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Gilding the Goldfish

  

  I was inspired by the beautiful beaded and appliqued goldfish below (from the Embroiderers' Guild of Victoria) to attempt something similar in watercolor. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Sunday Silence

  

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  Posted on 20 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Two I Loved; A Third Defeated Me

  

  I was entranced by Rules of Civility -- a richly detailed picture of New York City in the late Thirties and one young woman's journey through the various... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Spring and an Announcement

  

  The frogs were singing on Thursday and the temperature was in the balmy sixties. Glorious! Rain is forecast and the temps will drop but still, Spring is on her... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lovely Luna

  

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  Posted on 17 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Playdate, Dress Up, and a Creation Myth

  

  Finally my friend came over for a play date. Our last one was before Christmas and we had missed each other very much.We did a lot of painting but then we... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Time Flies

  

  We have lived here on the farm since 1975-- that's 47 years. I tend to forget till I seen the girth of these trees I planted--the weeping willow behind the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• An Embarrassment of Riches

  

  A friend came to lunch and brought copies of the New York Review of Books and The London ditto. What fun! Paging through them kinda reminded me of back when I... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Evening Skies

  

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  Posted on 13 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• February Flowers

  

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  Posted on 12 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recent Reads

  

  Talk about a misleading cover/title! I figured this was a bit of sci-fi. Wrong--it's about an Twelth Century nun-- an abbess, therefore mother to the nuns of he... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Legitimate Political Discourse (R)

  

  Only in the bizarro/Trump world inhabited by the magahats and the Republican National Committee would these images be considered "legitimate political discourse. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Valentine Workshop

  

  Yesterday I made Valentines for all the kids and teachers at my school. It was a lot!Meema helped. She cut out hearts and then I painted them. I put roses on... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Klara and the Sun

  

  I really loved this book--raced through it because I'd gotten so invested in the fate of Klara. That's Ishiguro's magic--he can bring to life an Artificial... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Promises

  

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  Posted on 05 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pup Playdate

  

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  Posted on 04 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Superlative Brownie--No, Really

  

  Double chocolate brownie with lemon curd. This redefines brownie for me, lifting an ordinary kids' favorite into the stratosphere.I had some leftover lemon... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2022 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY