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• Mystery Photo 28: Clues
  on Jan 14, 2017
  This lighthouse is located on the coast just a little north of our mystery Castle.These fascinating animals beach themselves for several months a year, about 4 to 5 miles north of our mystery Castle.This beautiful bay is very near our Castle that is...
• Mystery Photo 28: Where Is This Hilltop Castle?
  on Dec 27, 2016
       Castles and castle like buildings abound in all parts of the world. I have not posted a Mystery Photo for years on this blog. Therefore it is about time. Does anyone recognize this destination castle without my giving any clu...
• Woodpeckers, especially the red bellied woodpecker.
  on Nov 26, 2016
  Male red bellied woodpecker. Note the red on its head extends from eyebrow to the nape of the neck in the male. Also note its toes: two toes forward, two toes back to enable better grasp when it is vertical on a tree trunk.This is the female near a n...
• My Woman Cave
  on Nov 26, 2016
       In the 1990s, there deeloped a kind of place the theoretical need for which arose in prehistoric times. This no doubt is where it's almost universal name came from. That place is called The Man Cave. The idea of its nece...
• Kensho. Wow! I Had No Idea!
  on Nov 21, 2016 in Buddhism spirituality
  Sartori  Visionary Art by Martin La SpinaThe article below describes my experience of kensho or sartori and provides a little bit of information about this very powerful Zen spiritual event.     It was January, 2016. I had be...
• The Foods and Wines of a Spouse's 80th Birthday Celebration.
  on May 5, 2016
  Larry's Market, Brown Deer VillageLarry, with his signature beret.     Recently my husband of 49 years celebrated his 80th Birthday. He has been feeling those 80 years and I did not think he would really want to celebrate other th...
• 98 Years Old and Still Going
  on Nov 22, 2015
       My mother turned 98 years old in October. She still lives by herself. She is almost blind with wet macular degeneration and is what I would call "stone deaf." But her mind is fine and she still fixes food for herself, and kee...
• The Little Gray Furry Creature
  on Nov 21, 2015
       Just having completed my photo essay on the End of the Earth, I was walking through the house not trying to hard, but contemplating a possible topic for my next posting. And low and behold came to mind my adventure with the l...
• To the Ends of the Earth!
  on Nov 20, 2015
         Sometimes in looking back at one's life, certain decisions that are turning points seem to stand out in vivid technicolor. A life decision which may even seem small in the scheme of things takes a turn that dramatically aff...
• Rental Properties Are for the Birds! Bluebirds and Orioles
  on Nov 7, 2015
    I am just getting around to writing this story about my summer of 2015. It seems appropriate since on November 5th, it almost seemed as though summer just ended. A cold front has just come through after 4 days of sunny 70 degree weather. Actua...

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