Didn't See the Spiders
April 30, 2020 - This photo is an example of not seeing what you thought you were photographing. This cluster of purple flowers was anoth...
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Iris Season
April 29, 2020 - Judy has had a multitude of gardens over the years as we have moved from house to house. And every garden has included d...
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Escape
April 28, 2020 - We escaped from the Hideaway yesterday. We crossed from our county (Davidson) into Williamson, and through Wilson, and i...
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When
April 27, 2020 - I can't predict the future. I see and hear lots of predictions. Some are grim, some are buoyant. It's an illusion that w...
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Are You the Only One
April 26, 2020 - Today is the Third Sunday of Easter, and we are worshipping at home. Our last Sunday to be physically in our church (Bel...
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Teach Me about Art
April 25, 2020 - It's a long story that I won't go into here, but I had to take Art Appreciation more than once in college. And I don't t...
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Inside
April 24, 2020 - I stopped at the ruins of this old church near Beaufort, South Carolina, expressly because I recognized the building fro...
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Earth Day
April 22, 2020 - Today is earth day and I celebrate it with the detail of a painting I saw in the Parthenon last year. I am embarrassed t...
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Gotta Pay My Dues
April 21, 2020 - Today I share an image from last year during the tulip bloom at Cheekwood. We belong to the Frist Art Museum and Cheekwo...
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Waiting
April 20, 2020 - Waiting. When will it be the right time? Waiting. At home. Keeping my distance. Eating ice cream. Because.
I watched hi...
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Protection
April 19, 2020 - The Psalm reading for the Second Sunday of Easter in this lectionary cycle is Psalm 16, a petition for God's protection.
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Backyard Companions
April 18, 2020 - Maybe you can see from this image why I find it so challenging to capture this group. And why I find it so enthralling....
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Dogwood Watercolor
April 17, 2020 - My Sony cameras have an option to take photos with an effect, although I usually take RAW photos and do the processing o...
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Third in a Row
April 16, 2020 - The newest dogwood tree in our yard is this white one. I go out every day to speak encouraging words to this beauty.
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Another View
April 15, 2020 - Why not? I don't get tired of the blooms. Maybe you won't either.
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Elusive
April 14, 2020 - We have four dogwood trees in our backyard, each one with different color of blooms from the others. Each spring as the...
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Homemade Is the Best
April 13, 2020 - The first mention of crocheted doilies is about 200 years ago. And when thread was mercerized in the 1840's the craft be...
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Hunting for Easter
April 12, 2020 - No, I didn't take this photo. I suspect it is from 1956, in front of my grandmother Wolf's house in Peru, Indiana. This...
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Mired in Grief
April 11, 2020 - We have never experienced an Easter weekend like this before. Churches are closed, millions are unemployed, and thousand...
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Found in a Favorite Spot
April 10, 2020 - Good Friday. The Gospel lesson includes 2 long chapters, John 18 and 19, describing the events of the arrest of Jesus, "...
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Bluebells
April 09, 2020 - Judy's brother, Ted, gave us these wild bluebells years ago. She remembers having them in Springfield, and Galesburg, an...
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Isolation
April 08, 2020 - Weary of staying home. Tired of not being with family. Disappointed to not have friends be with us at the Hideaway. Look...
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Missing Cheekwood
April 04, 2020 - Tulips are blooming at Cheekwood, but this photo is from last year, 2019 (April 16 to be exact). But we can't get in thi...
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Remembering How It Was
April 03, 2020 - Art will help us survive. Although I took this photo in the time before "social distancing" and COVID-19, I think this i...
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Wild
April 02, 2020 - Among the first flowers to bloom in our yard this spring is this wild columbine. Judy has transplanted this flower from...
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No Joke
April 01, 2020 - How our lives change. Just a month ago, Judy and I left Nashville to meet our friends in Beaufort, SC. We spent Sunday n...
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