I am a Flâneuse!
September 20, 2024
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Plainly there is a flâneur side to the photographer,
and if he is gifted with a methodical mind,
he can use it to put together a sort of repertoire… *
Flâneur (masc.) and Flâneuse (fem.) — French term coined in the nineteenth century to denote a person given to aimlessly sauntering, strolling, wandering; someone with a keen eye who walks aroun...
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Losing Myself
September 12, 2024
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Or lose thyself in the continuous woods *
Last weekend I was happy and content. I was free! I was a golf widow. Two. Whole. Days. One of my dulcet pleasures is getting out of bed in the morning, knowing I’ve a whole day stretching before me with nothing on the agenda. Eat, drink, walk, write, shoot just exactly when and where I please. Bliss! Sund...
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Oaks and Magnolias and Zinnias
August 30, 2024
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English Oak (Quercus robur)
In Scots Gaelic, an Darach means “the Oak”, and àite nan Darach means “place of Oaks”. Mill Creek Townhomes, and the woods in which they are nestled are definitely àite nan Darach. Representing longevity, strength, justice, and honesty, the mighty oak was the most revered tree in Greek, Celtic, and Roman mythology. The...
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Crannich: Place of Trees
August 16, 2024
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The world is full of nice, ordinary little people who live in nice, ordinary little houses on the ground.
But didn't you ever dream of a house up on a tree top?*
I did!
One Sunday night when I was seven or eight, The Wonderful World of Disney aired “Swiss Family Robinson” — a visual masterpiece — starring Dorothy McGuire and Sir John Mills (Hayl...
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Dulce Domum
August 06, 2024
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Dulce Domum*
[Sweetly at home.]
Fun fact: In every known language there is a word that translates directly into English as "home".
The pretty iron gate that welcomes one and all, has become my talisman of dulce domum.
Dulce domum here at Mill Creek is Phil, riding off on her daily bicycle excursion; it is Aase and Orville nurturing our gardens;...
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