Without a doubt I have admiration for one of the great landscape photographers, Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984), an American photographer and environmentalist. His black-and-white landscape photographs of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park have inspired me to take photographs of the Snowdonia National Park, here in Wales. I […]…

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Blogger Mike Hardisty’s black and white landscape photographs, taken in response to a recent weekly photo challenge, are an homage to Ansel Adams. via Weekly Photo Challenge: Admiration — Discover

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Explore the fantastic world of illustrator Mica Angela Hendricks at Busy Mockingbird. via A Busy Mockingbird: The Art of Mica Angela Hendricks — Discover

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  Who doesn’t love a fiery little redhead? Eyes green as coke bottle glass, long fingers, long legs, long hair. She is stunning and cunning and ornery and sweet.  This particular red-head came to me fourteen years ago. She was a surprise. I had my hands full and my heart webbed with cracks. God must…

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Doesn’t that look like a great spot. It needs a little bench between the two doors. Plenty wide enough to hold me and my little doxie. Some pretty chintz pillows in reds and pinks. A soft throw, maybe in a sweet green. School is out for summer. It’s all quiet on the lake today, Wednesday’s…

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On Kennedy’s 20th birthday… Hey Mom, you should have gotten me a cake that said “Congratulations! You beat teen pregnancy!”

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Periodically, our family has ridiclous conversations.  I will be posting them under the heading you see above. I hope they make you giggle a bit. They sure tickle us!     One of THOSE conversations…. Ken has been forgetful lately so naturally he thinks he has Alzheimer’s. He keeps calling me Virgina. Me-Why are you…

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Let me make this perfectly clear. I am all for abstenence.I am a Christian and I believe that we should teach our girls to wait until marriage to become sexually active. I also believe that we are kidding ourselves in today’s society if we think that will work for all of our girls. I was…

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