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• Fooling Around

  

  What with keeping Josie, getting a haircut, and having friends to lunch, I've not had a free morning (when the light is good) to fiddle with the watercolors til... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Fully Vaccinated Social Interaction!

  

  Oh. the excitement! Friends to lunch!A Mexican mini-feast--Fish tacos with jicama/cabbage slaw, spicy garbanzos, calabacitas (summer squash and zucchini, sautee... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Works, Tends to Her Children, and Gets Ready for a Ball

  

  So much to do!While I eat breakfast, Hamsie and I play the piano.Then I have some tracing work to do. I get a sticker to put on a page when I finish. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower

  

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  Posted on 03 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Righteous Reading for Miss J

  

  A while back I was expressing some chagrin at the lesson taught by Jack the Giant Killer and Puss in Boots--that it's okay to steal the property of innocent... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Hellebores Are Ready for Their Closeups--and a Winner!

  

  With thanks to all who left much-appreciated, reviews, I announce that the winner of the mug is Marsha Hubbell! Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Beginnings

  

  For years I've wanted to learn to paint with watercolors. About twenty years ago I played around with acrylic and oils and really enjoyed that challenge. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• No Hats on These Cats

  

  The sun did not shine; it was too wet to play. So we stayed in the house all that cold cold, wet day.Too wet to go out , too cold to play ball. So we stayed in... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Is So Excited

  

  On Wednesday it was warm and sunny and Meema said we could go down to the park at the river. Can we take a picnic? I said and Meema said Yes! Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Beautiful Day Except for This Guy

  

  Lovely blue skies and spring-like weather . . . and a lone guy with the Confederate battle flag in front of the courthouse. Because . . .? Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Last Chance Before Drawing!

  

  This handsome mug with Nancy Darrell's artwork will be sent to some lucky reviewer! Come Sunday night, I'll be drawing a name from all of you who've left review... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Monday with Josie

  

  After breakfast (pancakes) Hamsie and I did some finger painting. Meema couldn't find the brushes so I used my fingers and made dots.I used all the colors but... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Bayeaux Tapestry Now Online!!!

  

  Think of it as an early graphic novel, replete with action. . . portents . . .slightly kooky characters. . .a dead (defunctus est) king and the English kingdom... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• How Many Springs

  

  have passed since she watched the first green shoots break from the earth And the bright blooms unfurl? A handful of the precious bulbs she’d planted in the fal... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• East in the Evening

  

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  Posted on 20 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Bones of Your Mother

  

  In Greek mythology, Deucalion and Pyrrha are the sole survivors of a flood caused by angry Zeus. Daunted at the prospect of having to repopulate the world,... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie 'Reading' The Lorax

  

  I read part of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss to Hamsie. It is my favorite book. It is Hamsie's too, and he read with me.This is what I read: "At the far end of town... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Least We're Not in Texas

  

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  Posted on 17 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Fairy Tale Puzzle

  

  Josie has a book of fairy tales and nursery rhymes that I read to her and I've been pondering something--the ethics, or lack thereof, in some of these stories... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• At Random

  

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  Posted on 15 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY