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• 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

• The Copper Beech

  

  For several months I was mildly obsessed with what seemed to be a large dark tree in a meadow across the river. Even from a good distance (a mile or more,) it... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Taking Pictures Elsewhere

  

  Borage Our friends' (Bob and Sue) garden is a target rich environment for taking pictues. It's always beautiful but between the stay-at-home mandate and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Work Weekend--with Social Distancing

  

  Reconstruction on the shop has been languishing, what with one thing and another, but this weekend, Justin's longtime friend Josh was in town and a plan was... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Clover

  

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  Posted on 14 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• Josie and Octalia

  

  When I was up at Meema and Grumpy's, I had to check on The Room and there was Octalia. reading to some of my friends. She is such a nice octopus. Then they all... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• In the Garden--Of Course There's a Snake

  

  Thursday was a perfect day to transplant the last seedlings to the garden. Heavy rain yesterday left the soil damp but not muddy, and the air was gloriously... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY

• This, That, and the Other

  

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  Posted on 11 June 2020 CREATIVITY, PHOTOGRAPHY