I walked to work a couple days this week. It takes a while, over half an hour, mostly because I am as slow as a turtle. But spring is a great time to walk down the sidewalks and peek into people’s gardens to see what is growing. Maple seeds crunch under your feet as you […]
We have been having a very wet and stormy week, with power outages and flooding. My original idea of taking a very cute photo of a cow and her calf against a background of beautiful green hills quickly disappeared when I saw the storm clouds massing behind the county courthouse. The road in the photo […]
This is a great time of year in my backyard for green. Here is the beginnings of my false indigo bush, that grows up from the ground each year to be almost 4 feet tall. I was jealous of the beautiful false indigo that my sister had in her yard, so I had to get […]
The Library Board…that mysterious group of people who meet in the evening once a month and decide our fate. My boss’s bosses. When they want to talk to you, you say “I’ll be there.” Really, it’s not so bad. This is not New York or Chicago, nor is it a multi-national corporation where the Board […]
Three pretty cool things happened today and they have not a thing to do with each other. Number one thing – today is my dad’s birthday. He is now 86 years young. He still lives in the house he built with Mom twenty years ago, with a big yard that he mows, birdfeeders that he […]
I found myself looking all over for patterns, which turned out to be everywhere. You just never notice the patterns you see every day unless you look. I finally decided to make my own pattern, with silver beads on a light table. Sometimes I flashed, and sometimes I didn’t. The funny thing […]
Here is my take on From Above. My mother kept her glass dishes in a lighted cabinet, so I played around with shapes and lighting. This one came out about the best. I do wish I could have filled the dish with M&Ms, though… Looking forward to seeing everyone else’s pictures!
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