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Monthly Archives: May 2019

May Flowers, 2019

May 31, 2019by tompostpile 3 Comments

Just for pretty, in no particular order, the ‘pile presents a pile o’ posies.                                 […]

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Ambling the Archives

May 22, 2019by tompostpile 2 Comments

I’ve been ambling around the photo archives, revisiting with today’s eyes what I saw with years-ago-eyes. Here’s a group of some of those photos, mostly from 2010. The first half […]

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Coquina and Okini. Part Four.

May 21, 2019by tompostpile 2 Comments

The walk is nearly over. We leave the field and head back to the house. Before leaving, we take a tour of Christa’s gardens. “Hey! Look at this!” called young […]

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Coquina and Okini. Part Three.

May 19, 2019by tompostpile 2 Comments

We have come out of the woods, and now walk along the shore of the Great Pond. It’s a good time to take a break for some play.    Along […]

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Coquina and Okini. Part Two. (Distraction.)

May 18, 2019by tompostpile 2 Comments

The “crew” sets off for the weekly walk. Coquina frequently looks at who she’s with. It’s endearing to have a dog who maintains eye contact with a person. I look […]

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Coquina and Okini. Part One.

May 17, 2019by tompostpile 3 Comments

You’ve met Coquina. Meet Okini. Okini and Coquina are almost exactly the same age. Okini is a little smaller, but has just as much energy and zip as Coquina. Coquina […]

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Self-Drying Dog

May 9, 2019by tompostpile 1 Comment

When Coquina comes inside from the rain, she’s wet, so she gets dried. For some reason, she thinks a towel is fun. That’s good! Here’s what happened a couple of […]

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Sunny Fractures

May 8, 2019by tompostpile Leave a comment

Ten years ago, on an excursion in the middle of the afternoon on a hot February day, I regarded a rock in a roadside cut bank. One rock was an […]

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Just for Pretty?

May 6, 2019by tompostpile 4 Comments

Raininess and grayness have been this springs consistent theme.   The spring warm-up has been “backwards”, as in “slow”, but we have been without sharp swings of temperature, which is […]

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Costa Rica Roadside Details. And Rhythms. And Digression.

May 5, 2019by tompostpile Leave a comment

I remember learning, back when I was studying sign painting and lettering, that letters don’t just flow out of your brush. You have to learn how a brush behaves…and how […]

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