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The medicine way

On June 10th the lupine theater played for a full house.  They perfumed, awed, and colored the landscape extraordinarily.  We onlookers gushed at their purple, pink and white symphony and deeply inhaled their essence.  Their lupine-ness shined superb; never were … Continue reading

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“Friendship is the breathing rose”

Last week my friend Doris invited me to stop by.  We get together every few months at her house.  She serves coffee or tea and delicious sweets.  Her husband, Howard, usually stops puttering to say hello, pausing at the table … Continue reading

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Ladybug in parsley and other winter stories.

Life is so weird. After writing yesterday’s post about my current camera conundrum (say that fast three times) I am suddenly feeling re-inspired about taking pictures. Twice today have dug out the Canon Rebel and photographed. The first photo shoot … Continue reading

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Weekly photo challenge: Leaf a comment, will you?

Can you believe how the green life is slowly retreating from the leaf as it dies? Let’s play with the green leaf photographically-speaking, shall we?  How can we renew this dying leaf?

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Pigs in space…Skull in tree

Counting down the days until I can say something on this blog.  August 10th!!

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Hi ho the dario the farmer in the woods.

Here we are.  Mid to late September.  Still working in the garden in front of our house.  Still pulling plants (feeding them to the deer who have been zapped away from the garden by the handy electric fence) and harvesting delicious broccoli, … Continue reading

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Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away…

You can’t see them.  You can’t hear them.  Yet a million tiny wings beat in the clouds and sky, veering south, aimed toward Florida and Mexico and the Caribbean at this time of year.  They left late this year.  The females … Continue reading

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Blinded by the light

I’m sure all of you have walked up the road in the evening, toward the setting sun, completely blinded by the rays. You’re staring befuddled into the bright rays of dying sunlight, unable to see anything straight ahead except the … Continue reading

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