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• 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

• Valentine's Day 2021

  

  Roses are red;43 senators are yellow.Selling their soulsFor a traitorous fellow. I don't know what happened. I'd been following the trial in the Senate off and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Shot -- Next Day

  

  Sore arm and achy all over--but I so often feel achy all over. Then as the day went on, I felt less and less inclined to do anything. That's okay--just means th... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Second Shot!

  

  And oh! the relief! Not that we'll be doing anything differently for fourteen days. But I find myself thinking about maybe a haircut. . . getting my teeth... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Hollow Men

  

  I wish this song were playing non-stop to all those GOP senators who have ignored the compelling videos, the damning tweets and incitements of the former... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Pinks and Purples

  

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  Posted on 10 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has a Sick Baby

  

  Baby Margot is a little sick but I am taking care of her. I am her mommy and I am also a doctor. And a nurse and a princess and a magician.She was crying a lot... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2021 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY