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• More Fairy Friends for Josie

  

  When I came up on Wednesday, there were two more fairies from Aunt Fay. (Did you know Fay means fairy? That's what Meema said. Maybe she is my Fairy Great Aunt.... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Get Off My Bird Feeder!

  

  Kids today! You can't tell them anything... Once they figured out the bird feeder, they got no time for their old dad who wore himself to a frazzle bringing foo... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Captive Feather

  

  I am often surprised by things that turn up in pictures--things I hadn't noticed when I took the picture. I wouldn't call it photo-bombing--maybe... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Cranky Meema

  

  Aunt Fay sent me another person for my castle. She is the fairy elf Surah and she has a fancy horse. I put her with Mr. King and Mrs. Queen and Miss Lady. They... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What! Monday Already?

  

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  Posted on 17 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• More Summertime Easy Livin'

  

  Too many too-ripe bananas so it was time for banana bread--my grandmother's recipe and my grandmother's cooling rack. Once it was in the oven, I realized I'd... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It Must Be Late Summer

  

  When the Joe Pye Weed flaunts its mauve blooms . . . And the Milkweed pods ripen. . . And the wild Virgin's Bower clematis twinkles like a flowery galaxy . . .... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• .. . . and the Livin' is Easy

  

  A.M.--pick corn, tomatoes, cukes, and zucchini. Shuck, sort, and wash. This lunker is an Amish Paste tomato. The plant was passed on by Ginny Koranek and I am... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Down the Road

  

  Our late neighbor Mearl used to say dismissively of some folks that they were "bad to go down the road." In other words, they were running around rather than... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Elegant Fowl!

  

  I still get excited at seeing wild turkeys. These photos were all taken through the not very clean windshield, of my car, alas, but what a joy to have captured... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has Some Surprises

  

  Hey, it's me Josie. I have an Upstairs Snugglepuppy and a Downstairs one. I brought the Downstairs one Up so they could play together. They liked being together... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Randomly

  

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  Posted on 10 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• There is So Much I Would Like to Say . . .

  

  . . . about the state of the world, the state of the country, and the machinations of the current regime to hold on to power no matter what . . . . . . Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• First Corn!

  

  Some of the top tier of corn is beginning to mature, tassels drying to black. The tier below it was planted a couple of weeks later, a strategic decision to... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Wordplay and Defenestration

  

  Along with make-believe and play dough and reading books and Highlights magazines, Josie and I do some learning games. We've been doing a lot of 'What letter... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Stubborn Snake

  

  I was giving the greenhouse plants a quick watering when I found myself eye to eye with a young blacksnake enjoying the sun. I always know that there may be a... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This Blessed Land

  

  Even when you know the science behind rainbows, they still feel like a magical blessing. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Milestones-Josie Has Braids and Draws Stuff

  

  I have two braids (and a topknot.) I like braids. My little chair is handy for checking out my top shelf. The other shelves that are higher are where Meema... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Great Smokies Fall Writing Workshops--All Online

  

  Beginning August 27 on Thursdays from 6 to 8:30, I'll be leading a 15 week workshop for writers of creative fiction who have up to sixty pages in need of... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Intimations of Fall and a New Beginning

  

  Not falling leaves, not cooler weather, but something as utterly mundane as putting the yearly inspection sticker on my car suddenly made me think of Getting... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY