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Life in the Real World

Karen Davis
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An Oasis of Peace and Beauty

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Butterfly Dance

Red-spotted purple admiral

Walking in the heat and thinking about the water that waited for me in the car. The birds were wisely sticking to the shade, and I didn’t think I’d take many photos. But then…

What have we here?!?

…I saw a flut...

7 days ago
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Drops of Beauty #426

“All the months are crude experiments, out of which the perfect September is made.” - Virginia Wolf

Hello friends! The cold front came through, and my AC made it! It’s so nice to walk in cooler morning temperatures again! The heat did have...

9 days ago
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Drops of Beauty #425

“I go among the trees and sit still, All my stirring becomes quiet around me like circles on the water.” - Wendell Berry, “I Go Among The Trees”

Hello friends! One more day of this extreme heat wave, and I am really ready for a cool front....

12 days ago
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Bird Song

September 2, 2026 - it’s hot, dry, and that’s the most “cloud cover” I think we’ve had all week.

Hello friends! I’m taking a writing holiday this weekend before what I think is going to be a very challenging work week. However, I finished...

14 days ago
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Drops of Beauty #424

“When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let me fall without regret like a leaf.” - Wendell Berry

Hello friends. It seems many friends of the earth are joining the angel realms this week. Wendell Berry’s “The Peace...

16 days ago
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    Visual poet, nature photographer, artist, writer, systems analyst, person who just wants the world to be a kinder place. "Let what you love find you. Be faithful to it. It will teach you how to live.." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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