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  • Some Girls…

      Some girls have all the fun!       Cascades, Virginia

  • Flower Showers

        The vine in the center of this photograph promises much when first planted and then disappears into the tree tops, its leaves blending with the oak's. It isn't until it blooms that you remember that it is there at all. That's when the flowers come sailing back to earth. They land everywhere –…

  • When You Plant a Seed…

        Purity and perfection… you can almost detect the sweet scent of this magnolia blossom.   Complimenting a neighbor on her exquisite magnolia tree, I learn that she planted the seed for it 50 years ago!   I knew a woman in her nineties who continued to plant saplings. Planting trees when you know…

  • Hammock Mate

      Sitting in the hammock isn't usually considered hazardous duty, but there is no reason to take needless chances. So, out comes the camera and off you go onto the nearest branch. Oh, you don't like that one? Then the second choice - go! (Must be related to cats.) (Might be going to a beach fire,…

  • Stormy Weather

        A huge burst of energy stormed its way through here on Saturday. The darkest clouds, huge winds and sideways rain scrambled the air.   It was the day of the night when I tried on someone else's shoes, attempting to understand how her life might feel.   An impossible task, especially if the…

  • Who Decides?

        Sunset behind them, daybreak ahead… What will tomorrow bring? More kindness, less worry, sunshine or rain?  

  • All’s Well

    Sunset sentry, overlooking the St. John's River.   All's well with the world.     Great Egret, Welaka, Florida

  • Safe Journey to All Travelers

        May we all be as lucky as the sailors who took to the sea on the ship protected by this strong and gentle woman.   May the storms that surprise us, swiftly run their course and fair winds bring us safely home.        

  • Vine to Wine or Before the Beginning…

      Everything has a beginning a middle and an end. Sometimes the beginning is obscured by secrets or lies, but it is still there, somewhere.   The middle is the fine tuning of intention. If you are a grapevine, it's simple. For humans it's fraught with trial and error. The middle contains the maturing as…

  • Pollywogs Coming

        The day after this close encounter there were little discs, about half the size of a dime, floating in the pond. Several days later, they were swimming and the little pond was host to hundreds of tadpoles or pollywogs!   After a few weeks… back legs, then front legs, and the tail disappears.  …