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Wedding bands, molten.

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Wedding bands ablaze.

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Wedding bands aglow.

needles

Here is a close-up of a needle in his foot, with another up his leg in the background. That other foot is Sara’s.

needled

Henry had his first acupunture session yesterday to try to treat “atypical migraines” and possibly stomach aches as well. His response to the neddles was generally good, but the practitioner wants to treat him with Chinese herbs and some dietary adjustments too. Basically, she wants him to eat more meats [...]

When Narcissus rejected the nymph Echo in Greek myth she, according to Ovid’s version of the story of the two, prayed to the gods that he should suffer the unrequited love that he had doled out to so many others. The goddess Nemesis — toppler of the proud — responded by placing a curse on [...]

I learned the southern term “dogwood winter” the hard way — watching my very expensive Japanese maple burst forth in glorious foliage two weeks ago when we had 70+ degree temps, only to see it slowly wither to death in our recent cold snap that sent nighttime lows below freezing for several nights. The leaves [...]

All right gentle Goyareaders, you can now rush out and make a bid on my house:
buy my house here.
I took the first three photos of it, but the real estate agent did the rest and the funny captions. Do I have any takers?