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• 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

• Fay's Crocosmia

  

  Fay, John's sister gave us the start of the crocosmia Lucifer for my creepy garden many years ago and it has prospered. (I was going to say thriven but... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Watching and Waiting

  

  A pleasant and meditative occupation is sitting on the front porch and watching the rain dance across the landscape. Sometimes it reaches us; this time it... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Have You Ever Really LOOKED at Your Tomatoes?

  

  The cherry tomatoes on the deck are Josie's special treat. But the two rows in the garden are for me and John to tend. I spent several hours yesterday morning,... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• A Reward for Early Rising

  

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  Posted on 09 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Beeing Here--and a Question for the Hive Mind

  

  Down in the garden yesterday, I was delighted to see numerous wild honeybees working the white clover. A hopeful sign for this small portion of the planet, And... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• 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