Tag: Photography
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Someone or Somebody
Today our nation celebrated the National Day of Prayer. The theme was Unity. Yesterday I emailed some folks this picture of an itsy-bitsy spider on a web it had spun above a dew-drenched flower. Zooming in diffused the background creating a weird, psychedelic effect. The National Day of Prayer theme of Unity, and the diametrically…
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Black and Blue
Rural living precludes urban living’s convenient access to the theater, but Mother Nature featured a free-admission BBB feature . . . Butterflies, Birds and Bears . . . today up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ 😊 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2 Keep…
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Then and Now
On of my favorite Microsoft tools is the On This Day feature. It pops-up pictures saved over the past two decades on my One Drive that were taken on this day. It significantly assists this ole ragamuffin in remembering fond memories from days-of yore. I’ve affectionately dubbed it my AnDeHeDe . . . Anti-Dementia-Help-Device😊 Today…
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Nature’s Monet Art
“The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.” Claude Monet Today nature treated me to this inspirational scene . . . a blooming azalea and Japanese maple reflected a Claude Monet impressionist painting on the still waters. Oscar-Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who…
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Beauty and the Beast
Spring in the Smokies is in glorious bloom! Today’s woodland wander was a stroll along Beauty Boulevard. “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil or spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as one of these.” Matthew6:28 . . . until going off-trail…
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Midnight Deck Party
I was just about to call it a day and turn in last night when Ellen said, “Quiet . . . I hear something outside on the deck.” My wife’s hearing exceeds that of the Secret Service’s most technologically sophisticated listening devices. Without my hearing aids I’m borderline deaf, and often don’t wear them. This…
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Easter – Pay It Forward
“Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” Kate McGahan. Easter is this ole ragamuffin’s most beloved holiday. Recently I was both humbled and convicted reading a historical account where Easter’s resurrection message was acknowledged and fearlessly declared in the face of adversity and certain punishment. Inspired by Marxist doctrine, Russia’s…
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Snappy
Today’s 89-degree record temperature woke Snappy from his long winter slumber. I found him wandering across the road . . . without looking both ways . . . and gave him a lift home. Snapper soup with a dash of sherry is premium cuisine. We’d already ‘shelled out’ for a turkey to serve at Easter…
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News vs. Nature
This evening we visited a friend who has a home on Tennessee River. Instead of watching the network evening news, we tuned in the local nature documentary on ABC . . . Abba’s Beauty Channel . . . commercial free😊 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Psalm 119:1…