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Things on My Mind
No – not things for me to write to you. Just things. So, it is pictures again for you today. Our favorite – right? Just pictures. Two cardinals in one shot. You will remember that this bird feeding set up is just outside my study doors. I watch the birds while I am thinking. Tonight’s…
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Photo Tip : Check your Horizon
Lift your head up. Look for the horizon. There is one there. Just look for it. Then straighten your shot up. Before you take the photo make sure the image is straight. Or straighten it later in your photo app. Choose a line. Your viewers eye will relax when your horizon is level. And your…
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I’ll just wait right here …
In case more bird food gets thrown out the window. Said Mr Flowers. Or that ripe tomato that someone forgot was ready, falls in my direction. Sighs Mr Flowers (the scourge of tomato plants everywhere). Though he professes innocence. Jude is watching Tima carefully in case she decides to climb the fence. Tima is remarkably…
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It was New Years Eve
“New Years Eve is a kind of witching hour. Like a time within a time. The in-between. The moments between flashes. The pause between seconds”. (I began to write this post last night – I was waxing lyrical). “It is eve of a new year. 2024 is coming. I am half way through a bottle…
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Start your Success List Today
I am still thinking about and listing all the things I got right and am proud of in 2023. It is a fun exercise in this curious lull. But the mud. This is not on my Nice List. The mud just keeps getting worse. No cats are allowed inside until they have cleaned their feet…
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An Experiment with Movement while Over-Tired
Not that I was terribly tired of course. But people like me try to pack in all the things on all the days. And yesterday was one of those days. I thought I had done ok but when I got home last night – my evening Take Ten video had been published to the list…
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