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• Josie and the Very Ordinary Day

  

  When Meema makes pancakes, which is mostly, she always makes one last big one and leaves it in the pan. She says it is for the dogs but I like to sneak and get... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• After the Rain

  

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  Posted on 06 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Celebrating the 4th In the Garden

  

  Out to the garden before the temps get unbearable. John had tilled around the watermelon and butternut squash, but we were late getting our garden in and I'm... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• On This Fourth of July

  

  The words of the Founders, from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Reading in the Time of Pandemic

  

  I've been chipping away at The Travels for some time now. The prose isn't exactly compelling -- there's a lot of repetition as in the people are idolaters or th... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Has Braids--and Meets Igorina--with Social Distancing

  

  My mom fixed my hair in braids for Family Dinner Up. I like the way they look. Meema had something to show me but first I had to get a banana for a before dinne... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And , , ,More Daylilies

  

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  Posted on 01 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Mystery Readers Journal and Miss Birdie

  

  Law, hit's good to see you, honey. Come on up here and git you a chair on that end of the porch. I'll set myself over here and we'll holler back and forth. I'm... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Website in the Making

  

  It was time and past time for a new/updated website. I finally bit the proverbial bullet and have hired a fella to bring the site up to speed. With a new book... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Poem by Tu Fu

  

  The days grow long, the mountains Beautiful. The south wind blows Over blossoming meadows. Newly arrivedswallows dart Over the steaming marshes. Ducks in pairs... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Garden

  

  I hesitate to say anything for fear of putting a jinx on it, but the garden is coming along. I've been suckering the tomatoes and removing their low-hanging... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie Presents

  

  After breakfast Meema and I took a little walk. We had to go get string for my beans to grow up. Also I had to check out the garden. The plants are growing... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Consider the (Day)lilies

  

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  Posted on 25 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Beetlemania

  

  John called my attention to this handsome critter crawling over his shoe that was on the porch railing. So I wanted to figure out what it was and did the... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Flowers and Rain

  

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  Posted on 23 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• And They Did It Again

  

  Not satisfied with their progress on the previous weekend, the gang reassembled on Friday and laid more block. The walls inched higher . . . The newlyweds were... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Happy Father's Day!

  

  Happy Father's Day to two of the best! (You know you're a grammar nerd when you start wondering about an apostrophe--Father's, Fathers', or just plain Fathers?... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Solstice--The Sun Stands Still

  

  Summer solstice and the sun rises so far to the north that I can't catch the moment it clears the mountains. Now it will begin its stately southerly progress... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Brown Dog by Jim Harrison

  

  I just spent a couple of days in the company of one of the most likeable characters since The Dude in The Big Lebowski. There are so many similarities in these... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• It wasWednesday at Meema and Grumpy's and There Were Panc...

  

  It wasWednesday at Meema and Grumpy's and there were pancakes, of course. I had to check on my bean plants. They are taller than me. It was chilly outside and w... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY