FUN IN RED
CFFC: Apple Red Colors Great time of year for red! It’s definitely the top of the line color of the season. I’m glad I took a lot of pictures of my Christmas cactus. As expected, the blooming is over long before… Read More ›
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TIME TO FEEL BETTER ALREADY
I’ve been feeling cruddy for months. I’m exhausted. Garry suggested that the cause of whatever this is might be the birds. There are a lot of diseases you can get by inhaling the dried feces of some wild birds, though… Read More ›
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UXBRIDGE BY NIGHT by GARRY ARMSTRONG
They haven’t put up the holiday lights yet. They usually do it at the beginning of December, so if it doesn’t snow too much, early next week the lights will go up. Hope everybody had a good holiday, no matter… Read More ›
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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
For the past couple of years, COVID stole our season. This year, it’s a double whammy of not feeling well and inflation. The inflation isn’t based on anything real, mind you. The actual price of a barrel of oil hasn’t… Read More ›
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LENS TESTING: HANDS, PATTERNS
I finally got my new lens so I had to check it out. The first four are “the hand test.” Four shots, each a little closer than the previous. No processing except size reduction and a bit of cropping. Two… Read More ›
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DOES ANYBOODY GEET THIS?
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 48 2022 This was my favorite. There were a couple of really long ones in Tagalog (?) I think. Not Chinese or Japanese and not any alphabet I recognize. Or maybe it’s one of… Read More ›
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THE HOLLY LACKING IVY
Our holly bush is not a bush. It’s huge. It’s full of robin’s nests and probably other birds nests. This is the time of year when it would normally produce berries, but the birds get to them before my camera… Read More ›
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CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD
An International Flavor, by Rich Paschall As you are driving around in your car or walking through the mall, you may be hearing the same holiday tunes you have heard for years, decades perhaps. While I enjoy hearing, Bing, Nat,… Read More ›
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A TRIP IN THE NIGHT
Roommates, by Rich Paschall, a roommate in the dark FLASHBACK FRIDAY ON SATURDAY FROM 2018 At some point you may have had a roommate other than your parents and siblings. They do not count for this consideration as you did not… Read More ›
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LAST NOVEMBER PHOTOS
Last on the Card – November 2022 Just these two this time. Anything left in the Pen F has been there since October or the very beginning of November. These two were taken on November 28 and 30th respectively.
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END OF THE AUTUMN BOUQUET
FOTD – December 3 – The Nearly Dead Autumn Bouquet I actually like how autumn flowers dry. This was almost the end of this bouquet. A few more days and it hit the trash can.
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BLUEBIRDS ARE BACK!
I looked out my window and what did I see? The bluebirds were back. It made me feel better. For some reason, seeing the bluebirds always makes me feel better. The little red house finches have been abundant lately and… Read More ›
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THE SHORT OF IT – IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Short Items Little, short, and even smaller! All in living black & white.
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THE CHANGING SEASONS
This is November 2022 November wasn’t a big picture-taking month for me, either. I think I blew my wad on October’s 10 days of blazing color. As October ended, the leaves fell from the trees and while we have had some… Read More ›
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DOES YOUR DOCTOR IGNORE YOU?
My son had to find a new doctor because not only did his doctor ignore him, but never, in two years, did she have time to actually SEE him in person. She had, from when Garry and I had used… Read More ›
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LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #192 Let’s start by pointing out that Garry was sort of a little famous when we got married as well as for a lot of years before we got married and at least at Hannaford’s grocery in downtown… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 