Good Morning, Dare I Say Spring
Perhaps not so much today, with highs in the lower 50s, but most of the rest of the week will be in the 70s.
Embracing Reality (Or Not)
There’s the version of yourself that you hold, and then there’s the version others see. Yesterday, I removed the gutter screens above our front door, which had been causing runoff problems during heavy rains. I set my heavy-duty 10-foot fiberglass step ladder firmly on the front sidewalk, climbed up to assess which tools I needed,…
Beneath the Snow
The weather has been unusually cold here for the past two weeks, but it is warming now, with only a few small patches of our previous large snowfall remaining in shaded areas. After the snow melted near my fern hillside in the backyard, we were pleasantly surprised to see hints of red and white. I’m…
Finding Art In AI?
From what I gather in my reading, photography, much like AI graphics today, was once not considered an art form. When photography first emerged, people struggled to accept that a mechanical device could ever create art. They believed art required skill, time, and most of all, the direct human touch. Since photography could depict the…
Digging Out
There’s the beauty of the snow falling, and then there’s the days after, which often include labor with a shovel, wet and slippery travel, and mornings of refrozen ice and eventually mud. We normally get ice here in the Piedmont of North Carolina, but snow like this, 10-14 inches, not so much. Even with all…
Snow Storm, It’s Been A While
I’ve been wishing for some decent snow here for several years now, and it looks like I’m finally getting it this weekend. It’s nice, fluffy snow! For those of you who frequently experience heavy snowfall, please bear with my excitement. Snow brings out my inner child, which can be quite a long haul for this…
