Sunday Cute

 My daughter and granddaughter (five-year old Nola) are visiting right now, and the sun has triumphed over the clouds, so the temperature and conditions are perfect for swimming. You remember that first summer a child…

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Birthdays and Depression and Light, Sweet Light . . .

What a difference light makes! Above, the absence of sunlight mimics the flatness I felt over the past few days. Below (and in other photosI posted last week) the same maple tree demonstrates a lively…

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Friday, Five Things Again

1.  This morrel morel mushroom surprised me last Thursday, popping up just outside our garden gate. I did a bit of research to confirm that it was safely edible, and then picked it, popped it…

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Saturday Morning, Quietly . . .

 I came downstairs just before 6 this morning. These apricot bar-code reflections on the pewter surface of the water. . .  What might that pattern reveal if scanned from far, far above?  From here, it…

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What She Wore — Cycling in Amsterdam, Commuting back Home . . .

Perhaps it’s the marking (I’m invigilating two exams today, and each group of students wants its essays back, graded; then the same for Friday’s exam, just ahead). Perhaps it’s the weird mental/physical space of the…

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