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Pictured: Sunny Side of the Street

August 13, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

P I C T U R E D:  Sunny Side of the Street

I’m most certainly an amateur when it comes to photography, but I love taking pictures and snap lots of photos everyday. Although these pictures were taken at different times in different parts of Arkansas, the bright sunshine ties them together. From woods to battlefield to our front porch, the sunshine adds a glow to each, softening the composition of even a sad, collapsed church building.

Don’t forget to listen to the musical pairing at the end. It’s one of my favorites.

Can’t you hear the pitter-pat
And that happy tune is your step
Life can be complete
On the sunny side of the street

Eureka Springs, on the sunny side of the street

Eureka Springs

 

On the sunny side of the street - Old First Baptist Church

Osceola

 

Helena, on a sunny day

Helena

 

cabin at the lake

Gamaliel

 

our front porch in the sun

Fayetteville (our front porch)

1. Expert stonemasonry.

2. Abandoned.

3. Earthen fort.

4. Welcome to the lake.

5. Leave your worries on the doorstep. 

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Musical Pairing:

Willie Nelson, Sunny Side of the Street

Butterflies for the Win!

August 7, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

attracting butterflies to your gardenSince moving to Fayetteville, I’ve been working to attract butterflies to my garden. I’m happy to report, my game plan is working. I have lots of little white cabbage butterflies, and earlier in the spring I noticed a giant swallowtail caterpillar. The swallowtail recently made her appearance. swallowtail butterfly

Here’s another beauty. Butterflies are fast, and my camera is not.

fast swallowtail!

I saw our first monarch, too!Continue Reading

Dear August,

August 3, 2015 By Talya Tate Boerner

Dear August,

Dear August,

You were in my dream last night. We were hiking along the shore together at sunrise. Above the treeline, the sky flushed pink like champagne.

August, you’re here already? I asked. That was quick!

You answered only in the humid breeze.Continue Reading

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

THE ACCIDENTAL SALVATION OF GRACIE LEE (2016)

GENE, EVERYWHERE: a life-changing visit from my father-in-law (2020)

BERNICE RUNS AWAY (2022)

THE THIRD ACT OF THEO GRUENE (coming 2025)

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