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  • Water Lilies

        As beautiful as the night.   "Which night?" You might ask.   The night of shooting stars or lightening bugs, or the first time you held the hand of someone you really loved?   You pick!       Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, Water Garden with tropical water lilies.

  • Grief

        Both plains and mountains Have been captured by the snow- There is nothing left.                                                                  Haiku by Joso     Grief, like that…

  • Just In Time

        Made it just in time to the island end of the Bridge of Lions for the fireworks. Set up the tripod as they began and my favorite one, the one that looked like a water fall, didn't photograph well, (we've all been there!)   The bridge, which is closed to traffic for the…

  • Come A Little Bit Closer

        The Swallow Tail Kite, gliding gracefully through the sky, 'round and 'round and 'round in huge spirals, writing the moments of her day on the canvas of the clouds.   "Come closer… you are so beautiful."      

  • How Many Moons?

        Often when I see the moon high in the sky, I am reminded of a balmy night in Baltimore City, when I was 19 or 20, and feeling very pleased with myself, sitting on the stoop of my very first apartment building.   The moon was shining above the tall buildings and trees…

  • Are You A Being or A Doing?

        On considering the possibility of actual mermaids being discovered, what would be the most interesting thing that we could learn about our kin in the sea?   That they send their kids to the best underwater schools? That they work really hard to get a piece of the treasure that is hidden somewhere…

  • Hydrangea

      Hydrangea, an interesting name for a beautiful old-fashioned flower.   Proof, perhaps, that a rose by any other name…        

  • Quiet Evening

        A quick stop at the beach after yoga and there are dolphins gracefully travelling south, while the sun sets over the beach,     and the moon smiles…             St. Augustine Beach, it's good to be home.  

  • Flowers and Friends

        A special day comes and goes. Friends and family pitch in and show up and laugh and dance. Did they chase away the rain too? Maybe. It's possible. Love can do that!         The day before the wedding, "Team B" arranges the flowers.

  • The Hat Sisters and Their Little Cousin, sort of…

                  The nieces and the grandchild.