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Tattered Lace Curtains

January 10, 2010

On a recent walk, before the weather got so cold, we ventured into the Solana complex near Southlake. Years ago I often exercised on the hiking trail they had for their employees. No. I didn’t work there, but no one ever stopped me. That’s where we saw the beautifully entwined trees [...]

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The Potter’s Hands

November 1, 2009

I was fortunate this week to be able to watch a potter create his art. Although I took a pottery class in college, the skill eluded me (I dropped the class so it wouldn’t destroy my grade point average). Most of the few items I made were heavy enough to use as weapons [...]

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Hot Mic In Black and White

October 25, 2009

“Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates [...]

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Roomful of Rocking Chairs

October 20, 2009

In the twenty-some-odd years that I have been telling stories, I can count on one two hands the number of times that I have had “stage fright.” I have to admit that at this very moment I finally understand a phrase my Papaw always used: “I’m as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a [...]

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Warped

October 18, 2009

I looked up the definition of the word “warp” so that I could properly explain it to you. According to a certain online dictionary, it means: “a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft.” It also means: “a twist or curve that has developed in something originally [...]

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Jupiter House Java In Black And White

October 11, 2009

I enjoy making people jealous. Sorry. I’m wicked like that. If you saw “my” coffee house, you would turn green with envy. So, I thought I would show you my morning “routine.” Being a coffee addict, I have to go to Jupiter House, on the square here in Denton, to [...]

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Bowl Full of Bolls

October 5, 2009

A box full of raw cotton bolls came to me in the mail today, courtesy of my delightful (and generous) friend Cindee at CiNdEeS’ GaRdEn. I realized that I needed some visual interest for the display that I use for children when I spin and weave for them. Like a true twit, I [...]

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Fandango

September 29, 2009

This albino peacock definitely had an attitude!
I thought he had every good reason to fan his feathers and dance. I would dance, too, if I were as beautiful and if I could dance.
I thought that since he was white, he would be a likely entry in the Monochrome Weekly Theme where bloggers [...]

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A Fan of Black And White

September 21, 2009

Indeed, I do like black and white photographs, which is why I got interested in the Monochrome Weekly Theme. You should see some of the awesome pictures that other bloggers are posting. I am so jealous I could spit!
As we walked around a huge college campus this weekend to get to that balloon [...]

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Don’t Fret

September 14, 2009

Worry isn’t good for you, so don’t fret. Unless you are a guitar player. Then, I guess that fretting is alright.
I’m hiding out for a few days, as I rehearse ghost stories for next month. My Muse is not happy about this at all. She doesn’t mind writing stories, but she [...]

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Sidewalk Art or Vandalism?

September 7, 2009

It’s time for me to try Monochrome Weekly again. Every week, bloggers who also take photographs, post their photos in black and white. If you haven’t visited, you might enjoy it. Now, I’m not a very good photographer, but I’m trying to learn.
A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I took [...]

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Haunted House in Black and White

August 30, 2009

It’s probably not haunted — maybe. It certainly looked like it could be. We found it driving around in Boyd, Texas (which is another of those small towns in Wise County). Of course, I screamed, “Stop! It’s a Photo-Op!”
I wanted to wander through that old house, but it might have fallen [...]

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Alien Buried at Aurora?

August 23, 2009

When I performed at the Newark Public Library, I met a woman who had grown up in Wise County. She looked pretty smart, so I asked her, “Is there anything nearby notable enough to photograph?”
“Well,” she said. “Let me think a minute … have you seen the alien cemetery at Aurora?”
“Say whut?” [...]

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Armed-a-dillo

August 19, 2009

Nobody tells this guy to “stuff it.”
Although, he does have a thick skin and can probably take the insults. This poor stuffed armadillo presides over the general store at a small town in the Texas Hill Country. It’s an ignominious end for that little old critter, and I confess that I was a [...]

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The Haunted Driskill Hotel in Black and White

August 10, 2009

On our recent trip to Austin to view the bat flight at Congress Avenue bridge, we stayed at a landmark hotel. The Driskill Hotel is located on Brazos Street in the heart of downtown Austin. It was built in 1886 by a fellow named Jesse Driskill, who was not only a cattle baron, [...]

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Urban Fossils

August 4, 2009

Long ago, I developed a habit of looking down when I walk, instead of viewing the horizon. I’d like to tell you that I do that because I have always collected rocks and fossils. The truth is that we had large dogs when I was a kid, and you had to watch where [...]

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Ominous

July 27, 2009

Changing pictures from color to monochrome seems to change their “tone” entirely. On a bright and beautiful day, my husband and I drove through the South Texas Hill Country near Luckenbach viewing these sights. They seemed cheerful in color. Once I changed the pictures to black and white, they seemed almost ominous [...]

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Tic Toc

July 20, 2009

Do y’all wake to an alarm clock in the morning? I don’t need an alarm clock, because I have alarm cats. They always decide they need to be fed while I am still sleeping, and will go to great lengths to waken their “mommy.”
For the longest time, every morning when I [...]

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The Blues in Black And White

July 13, 2009

I listen to a lot of music during the summer, and most often I’m playing the blues. Because I’m listening to the blues today, I decided to enter this photo of a friend playing blues harmonica into the Monochrome Weekly Project. You can visit Aileni at the main site to find other photographers [...]

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Unexpected Maturity

June 29, 2009

This is my favorite photograph of my beloved spousal unit. It’s a self-portrait he made when he was a teenager. Don’t you just see the joy of youth in this?
Fortunately, most of the time he is more like the above than this more solemn picture below. In fact, it was hard to [...]

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