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Flowers of Indian Summer
By Polly Castor on October 12, 2011Read moreDuring the stellar weather we’ve been having lately, I’ve enjoyed these flowers…
00Photos of a Marsh Morning
By Polly Castor on October 11, 2011Read moreAs of yesterday, we have a bridge being replaced on one of our most commonly used back roads. For...
A Blog Reader’s Response to Yesterday’s Poem
By Polly Castor on October 10, 2011Read moreI have the best blog readers. Shared below is the response I got from a blog reader (who is...
New Poem by me: Tattooed on Your Heart
By Polly Castor on October 9, 2011Read moreTattooed on Your Heart What do you have tattooed on your heart? What is irrevocably etched on your soul,...
Photos of the Farmer’s Market
By Polly Castor on October 8, 2011Read moreToday was the first time I’ve been to the Farmer’s Market all year since between our garden and our...
Two Abstracts in Colored India Ink
By Polly Castor on October 7, 2011Read moreHands on homeschooling has many hours where I need to be present for the discussion of ideas or the...
Recipe: Cheesy Mexican Noodle Bake
By Polly Castor on October 6, 2011Read moreThis is spicy, delicious, and deeply satisfying… Mexican noodle casserole 2 cups whole wheat penne pasta 1 Tbsp extra...
The Season’s Last Zinnias
By Polly Castor on October 5, 2011Read moreIt took my daughter three hours this morning to pick the last of the New Pond Farm zinnias…...
Book Review: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
By Polly Castor on October 4, 2011Read moreI really enjoyed this book and stayed up late last night finishing it. It is about two widowers who...
Current Guild Art Show
By Polly Castor on October 3, 2011Read moreHere are some images from the current Ridgefield Guild of Art Juried Show. I have never submitted to this...
Recent Black & White Photographs
By Polly Castor on October 2, 2011Read moreI’ve been experimenting with black & white photography lately, fascinated by the range of values and the effects of...
My New Oil Painting: Nut and Geb
By Polly Castor on October 1, 2011Read moreAt Creative Arts Camp this fall, when I learned more about underpainting, I remembered a painting I had done...