May 7, 2025
Robert Stowe would have been 75 today.  He's been gone 20 years, yet, I walked down the staircase this morning wishing him a happy birthday and hearing his voice.  






Yesterday I drove to Brattleboro on the back roads and I was so aware of all of the flowering trees that had released all of the petals onto the ground in the rain.  Today the sun came out a little and all of those piles of wonderful colors lay beneath trees.   

The rookery was 63 this afternoon and completely overcast, but by the time I'd finished my ride there were wide openings of blue sky.  I actually think the sunrise might be beautiful tonight.   



I love knowing Sam and Max's names now after all these years.  I talked to them for awhile.  The gnats are here along with foliage.  I'm not sure how these guys put up with them, but they looked very healthy today.
I'm going through the blog tonight to decide on what photos to print for the Marlboro Remainders show.


I'm not sure which shots I like the best and I'm not sure I want to use bird shots.  It's people shots I like taking the most, but that's different from what I need for this show.  Also, I'm thinking that 2 photos and a poem maybe what I do and I want the photos to fit the poem.  To tell you the truth it's the grief work I like the most, so it maybe on grief.

The problem with blogs is that you don't get as much participation in them as you'd like.  People don't answer your questions, they don't tell their own stories in response.  I wish they did. That's why I want to link other blogs to this one.  Has anyone gone and looked at Billie's blog since I posted it?  


Enjoy  the photos.   I had fun seeing today.   


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