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• Breaking Up Christmas Again

  

  When I went out to fill the birdfeeder yesterday morning, the balmy air and the budding quince made the red bows and Christmas greenery on the porch look sad an... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Me Josie Again

  

  There is no preschool this week. Which is a good thing because I have So Much Christmas stuff to play with. These are finger paints and you can make little... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Recent Reading

  

  My friend Byron's latest book is a delight and a joy. As a traditional and hereditary witch, she studies and practices Appalachian folk magic, or Hillfolks'... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Very Good Girl Mostly--The Shoes Were a Mistake

  

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  Posted on 28 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Malcolm Owen Remembered.

  

  I learned yesterday of the passing of an old friend. Malcolm Owen and his late wife Vicky, a college friend of mine, were our introduction to Madison County.... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Family . . .

  

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  Posted on 26 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Cletus and the Baby Jesus--a Re-post

  

  I'd meant to have a new Birdie story, but things got hectic . . . Anyway, this is one of her favorites. Well what about that! That there's the old place my... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie"s Castle People Need Lebensraum

  

  Otter and I spent all day Wednesday at Meema and Grumpy's. Of course, I had pancakes. And Meema made an extra-big one for me to sneak later. Jenny was Very... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• From a Real Photographer

  

  Our friends Cory and Kasie came for a visit last Saturday. Cory is a Real Photographer, and he took some fine pics with his Super Duper Whiz Bang Camera. (He... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Wheel Turns--Winter Solstice

  

  Waiting for it . . . the sun is at the southernmost end of its yearly transit of the horizon. The days will begin to lengthen and once again the promise of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Around Here

  

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  Posted on 20 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Yuletide Cards

  

  I decided to indulge my passion for watercolor by making our own Christmas/Yule cards. I came up with a design and made a rough template to speed the process.... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Holiday Color

  

  Yesterday was my day for finishing the Christmas decorations and, by gosh and golly, they are done.They are somewhat reduced from past years: a smaller tree,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Black and White

  

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  Posted on 17 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Another Sleepover, Another Playdate

  

  Meema picked me up at pre-school on Monday and we hurried home so I could finish decorating the tree. There are lots of ornaments that look like stuffies and I... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Undaunted by Freezing Weather, the Snapdragon Persists

  

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  Posted on 15 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Gets Everything She Ever Wanted

  

  She and Blue Elephant had an emotional reunion and then there was a gift and a Christmas card from her Fairy Godmother Sandy.A magical box . . .When she opened... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Decking the Halls--A Beginning

  

  Christmas around here evokes waves of nostalgia--generally pleasant. There's the Carolina Lily pillow I made probably thirty years ago. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Silent Sunday Sunrise

  

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  Posted on 12 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• All I Want for Christmas . . .

  

  World peace, serious action addressing climate change, homelessness, and poverty, the disappearance of Covid in all its manifestations (along with the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY