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• Further Adventures in Zoom

  

  But wait, there's more! Yesterday, with the help of the invaluable administrative assistant, I found the link to the recording of our session so that I could... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Kicking and Screaming (Internally,) into the Zoomosphere

  

  My brain hurts. Last night was the first meeting of my online class via Zoom. Just after lunch I participated in an online session for those of us instructors... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Birdie, Birdie

  

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  Posted on 27 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mountain Moods

  

  After spending too much time staring at the computer screen while working on an essay requested by a local magazine (publicity! Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Saying Goodbye to the Hummer Feeder

  

  I've retired my humming bird feeders after realizing that in hot weather cleaning them every day was going to be necessary to prevent black mold. Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Back in the Corn

  

  The second tier of corn is mostly ripe now and I harvested a gracious plenty yesterday. It's a pleasure to sit on the porch and shuck the ears. Most got... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Selling Oneself

  

  As I think I've said before, this is the part I hate--publicity. But needs must. I spent much of yesterday sending off emails to publications and libraries in... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Of Butterflies and Skinks

  

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  Posted on 22 August 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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