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Home grown (not mine), fresh cut, destined for my plate. 😋
#pineapple #314_on_my_plate_24 #picturethis365 #freshcut #sliced #photoaday #2024photochallenge #juicy #iphoneography

“Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges.”- Herman Melville.

#linocutting #flexcut #313_sharp_24 #picturethis365 #pictureaday ##2024photochallenge #sharp #hermanmelville #hermanmelvillequote #brainyquotes #blackan

“The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren’t always defeats and victories for the fellows at the bottom.”- Bertolt Brecht.
‘Tis the season?

#312_shop_24 #picturethis365 #puppets #bookstore #shop #konastories #

On the Rocks. Make yourself a pest of a drink. What’s in it?

#308_insect_24 #picturethis365 #cockroach #icecubes #pestcontrol #cockroachcocktail

“Every language is a world. Without translation, we would inhabit parishes bordering on silence.”- George Steiner.

#picturethis365 #307_book_24 #book #georgesteiner #bookbinding #oldbook #translationnecessary

“Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.”- Alexander Calder.

Today’s theme had me stumped until I started waxing my cutting board and thinking about gluing some collages I made to wood backings. A sc

Happy Halloween!👻 #spooky #scary #picturethis365 #305_spooky_24 #spellcasting

W. Worn. Wooden. Washboard. I’ve got this hanging next to my front load washer where my mom’s “count your blessings” often echoes. ☺️

#w #304_w_24 #picturethis365 #wooden #washboard #wednesday #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdayvibe

“The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed.”- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

#neutrals #hen #browns #hereforthefood #303_neutrals_24 #picturethis365

“An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.”- Will Rogers.

I’m trying to acquire a taste for bitter melons but can’t seem to let it get past a tight lipped smirk. Okinaw

SLICED. Rain before sunrise, black coffee, dragon fruit and fourth quarter action: a piece of my Sunday. 🫶🏽 #picturethis365 #fruit #dragonfruit #301_fruit_24 #sunday #footballgames #llmetalworks

“The roles assigned to her are various, but variations on a single theme.”- Joan Didion from Slouching Towards Bethlehem.

#anthurium #flower #300_flower_24 #joandidion #joandidionquotes #picturethis365 #readmorebooks #iphonephotography

LOOKING BACK. Looking at her, looking back, while at an exhibit of WWII soldiers from Hawaii. She lost an older brother in the war and never forgot him, even when the present became a blur.

“I was born on October 25, 1929. What year is this?

Ready and Waiting. A ladder, a ripening mango and a picker. 😊 #mango #waiting #fruit #summertime #picker #upatree

Double Paned.
“A person should always offer a prayer of graciousness for the love that has awakened in them. When you feel love for your beloved and the beloved’s love for you, now and again you should offer the warmth of your love as a b

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”- Sharon Begley.

#emptychairs #shade #shadows #waiting #thegoodlife #blackandwhitephoto #bandw #iphonephotography

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