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• A Package for Josie

  

  My aunt Fay sent a package full of stuff for me, Josie! There are kings and queens! There is a little striped house and the roof comes off. Meema says it is a... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• What Are You Reading?

  

  These hot days have sucked the will power right out of me. I manage to get down to the garden every other day to pick stuff but that's about it for me. But... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• July Showers and Flowers

  

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  Posted on 30 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Little Sazon

  

  When the head guy of Goya Foods announced his whole-hearted support for 45*, many folks called for a boycott. I've always liked Goya's products but I had to... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie's Important Work with Color

  

  I like to play with my little color cubes but I have to be careful not to let them fall on the floor because Bobadog will chew them up. He already got a red... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Lemon Balm Tincture

  

  I am blessed with Lemon Balm. One plant added to the herb garden years ago and now I have great wodges of it scattered about the place. It's a mint (though not... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This and That

  

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  Posted on 26 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Covid Time

  

  Time runs slowly now Measured by the corn's tassel The sunflower's first bloom And our breath's thankful measure In, out, in, out, and again . . . Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• God's Thumbprint

  

  Heading out to fill the bird feeder a few morning ago, I saw this odd oval cloud and thought at once, "God's thumbprint!" It morphed into something else almost... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Does Art and Some Rearranging

  

  I did some art yesterday. I drew my family. I make big O's and put in eyes and nose and mouth. I used my art supplies and different colors to make pictures for... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Words! The Words!

  

  Apart from a quick trip (early morning, pre-coffee) to the garden to pick tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini (those unstoppable squashes) and some time spent... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Looking East--Morning and Evening

  

  Morning . . . .. . . and evening. . . Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Time to Make the Pesto

  

  The basil in the garden was flowering so it was harvest time. I pretty much cut off the top two-thirds of each plant, leaving plenty of smaller bits to come on... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Making a Garden

  

  After no garden last year, I am getting a great deal of pleasure from this year's effort Yes, the blight will eventually come for the tomatoes, the cows may... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie the Ballerina

  

  On Friday I wore my ballerina dress. Meema said I looked like a fog fairy. I'm not sure there is such a thing but Meema said that on some mornings the fog... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• July, July

  

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  Posted on 17 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Domain of One's Own

  

  When I'm not spending the day with Josie or working in the garden, I'm busily generating content for the new/updated website. My web guy has created a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Roving Eye at Home

  

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  Posted on 15 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has So Many Things to Do

  

  After breakfast (pancakes) we went down to the garden because Meema said the zucchini needed to be picked for goodness sake before they got too big. I took Doll... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Virtual Travel ~the Cotswolds 2006

  

  In search of something other than pictures of Josie and daylilies and the garden, I decided to ramble through my archives and revisit our walking tour in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY