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  • Love, Baltimore Style

        Natty Bo pops the question to the Utz girl!       Congratulations Baltimore Ravens! Woooo Hoooooo! Related articles Ravens Are Super Bowl Winners!!!

  • Can Crabs Smile?

        Is that crab smiling?   (GO RAVENS!)     Crab and shack in the Florida Keys.  

  • How We Learn

      "Mom, that is so cool! How do you do that?"       Free range chicks in Key West.

  • The Missing Piece

        St. Augustine Lighthouse

  • Happy Endings

      Do you ever wish that a movie or book would go on for just a little longer, so that you could see how things worked out later, after the happy or tragic ending?   For some reason a very old joke came to mind and I imagined it as a story that might have…

  • Runaway Buoy

        When we realize that we are the ones writing our own stories, it comes with a certain acceptance that some of the "well intentioned" institutions of our childhoods (church, school, family) might have led us astray – for a decade or two or three, like this runaway buoy that, were it still functioning…

  • Focused

        Will it be easier to stay focused in 2013? It kind of feels like it will be!   Probably too early to tell!       Spanish moss hanging on a Live Oak tree at Washington Oaks State Park, Florida.

  • Three Angels

        Three Angels going wild in front of a "green screen", at the Delaware Children's Museum, last June.     Do something wild and crazy in this New Year!   Happy Happy, New Year, Everyone!   And thanks for a great year!         My three favorite young nieces, at the Children's…

  • A Dog Like That

        If you had a watchdog like that you would sleep like a baby too!   Me, I had to give up coffee for a couple of days and hire a cat!   Happy New Year's Eve, Everyone! Keep safe.   Adios 2012! It has been a very interesting year, indeed!   On with…

  • Petal By Petal

      Petal by petal, this rose is put together, blooming at the end of a sturdy stem, just like us!       In the rose garden at Washington Oaks State Park, Florida, December 2012.