• Little Bug on a Star

    Little Bug on a Star

    Today was the day to turn over the vegetable garden and rake the leaves. Before starting, I needed to pull all the beautiful wild nasturtium that had grown throughout the…

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  • Centipedes, Slugs, and a Sniffing Deer

    Centipedes, Slugs, and a Sniffing Deer

    I’ve been having fun lately taking photos of centipedes in the basement, slugs in the rain and a wonderful little deer sniffing the air. Remember – click on the photo…

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  • Stink Bug Revisited

    Stink Bug Revisited

    A few weeks ago I mentioned I had gone to my local photography club and showed a few of my recent photographs. The club members were less than impressed. I…

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  • Beautiful Spider in the Garden

    Beautiful Spider in the Garden

    I’m taking a new photo class this month on macro photography. I was out in the garden this morning and this afternoon. I took a lot of flower pictures, but…

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  • Carol Scafuro

    Carol Scafuro

    The last time I saw Carol Scafuro was eleven years ago – before Yumiko came home. She flew in this weekend from Vermont and we picked up right where we…

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  • Miracle in the Driveway

    Miracle in the Driveway

    Back in early June while we were still in Tokyo we got an e-mail from our next door neighbor, Sharon Garcia. She told us a great big snapping turtle had…

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  • Hollins Reunion in Washington D.C.

    Hollins Reunion in Washington D.C.

    I got together with my wonderful eight best friends from college this past weekend in Washington, D.C. Oh, what a time we had. Can’t believe it has been 35 years…

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  • Nobody Liked My Pictures

    Nobody Liked My Pictures

    I went to my second ever Camera Club meeting tonight. The meeting was held in an old Main Line mansion that’s been converted into a night school. I brought a…

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  • New Bathroom

    New Bathroom

    When we got home from Japan in July, we decided it was about time we had a bathroom on the first floor. Ken went to work and put pen to…

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  • Yumiko and Ken at the Window

    Yumiko and Ken at the Window

    We had a great weekend. Ken is feeling pretty darn good these days. Yumiko has made a great transition back to school and I am still taking way too many…

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