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Do not take photographs while Driving
Do not take photos with your phone while you are driving. It is very dangerous – though I just can’t help myself! The sun hit this school bus at exactly the perfect moment. A bright shaft of sun streaming in from screen right as the yellow bus drives into black cloud. Do not try this…
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Getting the Bums Rush
This picture is not exactly in line with the saying: Bums Rush (Bums rush means to be ejected forcefully from a space – maybe by the fart of a pig!) but FreeBee made me think of it and you know how my subject headings are! What I think of first is what it’s going to…
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Aching hands are a Good Sign
Cross Fit for Writers! Along with my resolution to write like it’s a Real Job my hands have begun to ache. My knuckles actually. I did not even think of this; that my hands might not keep up! I have a – what do you call it – special compression glove thingy somewhere deep in…
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Marmalade Cats and Bowls
Our Two marmalade cats (LuLu and Vandal) (Naturally Vandal is the cat sitting on top of the grill), looking at the array of feeding bowls (collected over time from second hand shops) and wondering which bowl might contain their dinner. I keep videoing hoping to catch Quacker flying in. She does it every now and…
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Pig Sitting on a Dog Bed
And I laugh at her every time! Look at your little feets hanging over the edge, I say to her. The dawn came in strong and clear today which means it was able to get up and video it for this afternoon’s Take Ten. Ten minutes watching the sun rise. This shot was taken from…
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The Cardinals have Come Back
I don’t know where they go at the end of summer but they always disappear late summer then reappear for the winter and spring when they nest in the high trees. I sometimes wonder if they are escorting their teenagers off the property. Though that feels a wee bit Grimm – a tad Hansel and…
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