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Hope You’re Safe and Sound

Hope You’re Safe and Sound

This song about Persephone is haunting me, seeping into the interstices between all my favorite Christmas music. I think I’ll have to add it to the list. “Persephone” by Kula Shaker Deep below the world Persephone Sings of love forgotten Calling out across the river – Persephone Deep below the world Persephone Waits upon her rescue Mother Nature’s only daughter – Persephone She saw the dawn with the light in her hair Twisted and torn she was taken from there…

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Got a Digital Camera!

Got a Digital Camera!

All RIGHT! My Canon Powershot A610 has arrived! The only flaw in the package is that I’ll have to get a bigger memory card. Here’s what it could do right out of the box. I’ll learn all the options and settings later. This is a kind of lavendar-colored plant called Plectranthus. I have two, outside on the deck. It’s a pretty plant with fuzzy heart-shaped leaves, but I wanted them because of the beautiful detail of the tiny tubular flowers….

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Opossum in Yard

Opossum in Yard

Opposum – Originally uploaded by mountainpath2001. I was just outside and heard something rustling in the leaves in the back yard. Grabbed a flashlight, and went to investigate. It was an opposum, bigger than the one above. Every once in a while, I find an opposum out on the deck eating cat food. Normally there is a mutual I’m-eating-leave-me-alone policy between the ‘possum and the cats. Usually it scurries off into the fig tree and pretends I don’t see it….

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