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Charcoal portriat 28"x34" A few years ago at Christmas time I was very broke and could not afford to buy much in the way of gifts. I decided to do a portrait of Tim's deceased father to give him as a gift. . I had never met the man, as he had passed away before Ti… Continue

I got to play this game today when I stumbled upon a cache while mushroom hunting. I have seen blurbs about this on the news from time to time and it looks like fun. For those who do not know I believe it is world wide- people stash something outdoors and put the GPS coordinates on the web site and others must locate it with their own GPS. This one I found in a state park. I was mushroom hunting and saw a bit of red- thinking it was garbage and how rotten people were who threw garbage out into t… Continue

I have been looking into naturally occurring patterns in nature for my doodling and thirty-days of creating. I have posted this tree elsewhere but am putting it here along with a few other photos so I can show the answer to the question-what do they have in common? Here is the tree- and a picture of some roots I discovered on the ground- the picture is a little blurry, but it is the only one I have and I can't remember where it was to get another

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I do not consider myself a poet- I wrote this today and have decided to post it. I hope some of you CCS word smiths will pass by and let me know what you think. Here is the background - or inspiration- for the poem I had a favorite little woods located between a local community college and a warehouse. This jewel of a place poivided me hours of serenity and sacks full of morels. When I got there today I found the entire section flattened to accomidate a parking lot. The saddest thing of all wa… Continue

I posted some glittery treetop pictures in this blog but they were so large they overwhelmed the screen and were distorted so I took them off and put them in my album if you want to go peek. I will have to experiment and convert my files to something smaller and see if that makes any difference. I am eagerly waiting for Spring. We have had a few nice days, but you know how that goes- I want more. Instead of crocuses I woke to ice in the trees. It was a beautiful sight to see-as much as I hate t… Continue