CMMC January Color White The two colors I find the hardest to get “right” are red and white. Red because the subtle variations in the color can be difficult to see and it changes depending on the light — especially between… Read More ›
FOTD – January 16 – Yellow Rose Not long ago, before inflation came and tried to kill us, flowers were affordable and my favorite were indeed yellow roses.
Despite their menacing appearance, grackles are easily startled. If I tap on my window very gently — so lightly even the ever-nervous doves don’t pay attention – the grackles will be in flight while all the other birds will keep… Read More ›
I was watching Colbert show from last Friday. He was doing “space news” for that section of monologue. So he says “Alexa will be going to space.” This was followed by a few dumb questions astronauts might ask Alexa. Generally… Read More ›
I am not racing through this course I’m taking. First, I discovered I need to get a real set of watercolors. The ones I have might work for a kid in grade school, but are completely useless for this. But… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #152 It’s interesting to think back to what I used to do. I’ve been retired for about twelve years, but sometimes, it seems much longer — or just yesterday. What do you do for a living? If you… Read More ›
CBWC: Birds A lot of pictures I take of grackles look black and white until I do a lot of lightening. They are dark and are inevitably against a lighter background, so unless it’s a very tight shot, it looks… Read More ›
I can’t get them to leave, so I might as well enjoy their beauty. This was the second sunny day in a row — a near miracle! — and they were back.
A Photo a Week Challenge: View Through the front window, the back window, and the top of a very tall building along the wharf in Boston.
We didn’t see them all summer. Some unknown fungus was making them sick — and blind. A blind bird is not a pretty sight, so I was relieved when late in the fall, a couple of Blue Jays showed up…. Read More ›
A while ago, I was baffled why so many people seem so angry all the time. Especially since most of them are not deprived, not poor, not working in terrible jobs. Most of them are middle to upper middle class… Read More ›
The Workforce Dilemma, by Rich Paschall If you were following the national news at all last year, you may have noticed that Secretary Of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (aka Mayor Pete), was traveling the country promoting the infrastructure bill. He spent… Read More ›
For those of you who have never encountered a sketchbook, it’s basically a diary with drawings. Your drawing. You carry it wherever you go and when you see something, you draw a picture in your book and maybe also write… Read More ›
SHARE YOUR WORLD 1-11-2022 I’ve been trying to get enough time to start the course in drawing for which I signed up. It seems by the time I get through feeding birds, doing whatever I need to do for dinner —… Read More ›
Cardinals are always very pretty birds, both the girls and the boys, but of course the boys usually get all the attention. Male cardinals are really RED. Even their feet and beak are red — with just a black eye… Read More ›
When Sidney Poitier was shooting For the Love of Ivy in New York city — about 1968 when the movie would be opening — he had a nice little romance with Abby Lincoln in the title role. That movie was… Read More ›
Our driveway — even after serious plowing, is still an icy mess. It defrosts just enough during the day to refreeze at night. Especially tomorrow night because that midwestern deep freeze is coming to the valley tomorrow night — with… Read More ›
The “Red Death” had long devastated the country. No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avator and its seal — the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains and sudden dizziness… … Read More ›
It’s romantic, or so “they” say. I mean, those same folks write songs about it. Orchestral pieces. In your open carriage dashing through the snow — and freezing your butt off because, hey folks, it’s cold out there! I went… Read More ›
Well, it’s January and it snowed. A few years ago, this would have been absolutely normal. This is New England. It’s winter. It snowed. But we haven’t have almost any snow for the past three winters, so, surprise! It’s the… Read More ›
The Grackles have been lingering. I’m worried they they are thinking about roosting here. Today was the first day they brought the ladies here. I’d only seen males before. Today, there were bunches of solid brown birds — the lady… Read More ›
CBWC: Cups or Glasses containers of any type I actually backed up my computer on time this month and dutifully deleted redundant files. Today, I went to look for those files and realized they are on my backup drives. It —… Read More ›
I am named after an aunt I never met. In my style of Jewish family, you don’t name babies after living people. Only after those who have passed. This is not true in all Jewish families. It depends on where… Read More ›
The grackles come and go, but for the past week, mostly, they have come. They never stay all day, but there are so many of them, if each take a nibble, they eat everything in half a day and the… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #151 Today’s interesting question from The Provocateur is about our home and whether or not we like it or wish we lived (I’m making this assumption since it isn’t part of the question) somewhere else. This is a… Read More ›
SHARE YOUR (NEW YEAR) WORLD 1-5-2022 We are just at the beginning of our year. Who knows? Maybe it will get better. It could also get worse. It might stay remain exactly the same, which ain’t great but frankly, at this… Read More ›
Audiobook – Narrated by Mel Brooks Garry and I have been listening to this wonderful audiobook. Mel Brooks is one of those people who seems to love everyone and never has a bad word to say about anyone. I don’t… Read More ›
Captions: Garry Armstrong They never entirely left. For a while, there were only a couple of them hanging around. Sometimes, a mob of them would show up and I could see and hear them from anywhere in the house. Once,… Read More ›
My favorite place in Jerusalem was the Western Wall, sometimes incorrectly called the “Wailing Wall.” In Hebrew, it’s Kotel — it rhymes with motel. I used to go to the Kotel to leave messages for God. We all believed messages left there… Read More ›
FOTD – January 4 – Amaryllis Nothing is blooming right now except — as always — the Anthurium. So these are the Easter Lilies from days of yore. I don’t remember how I got this particular “look” for these flowers…. Read More ›
Bushboys – Last Photo on Card Challenge – December 2021 Normally, this wouldn’t be confusing, but I pulled all my cards on Friday (12-30), so I did this using already downloaded photos. Fortunately, the date is part of the title format,… Read More ›
Although I expected this to happen — KNEW it would happen — it’s still one-of-those-things that makes me crazy. We changed medical plans this year, switching from BlueCross (great, but expensive) to Mass Advantage. This is a local group based… Read More ›
I can’t remember the last time we had a whole day during which it didn’t rain. We got an hour of partial clouds a few days ago — early in the morning. By noon, it was dark, grey, and raining…. Read More ›
The Same Auld Lang Syne, by Rich Paschall Another year has begun and we can see it is not exactly the same as days gone by. If “old acquaintance be forgot” as one year passes into another, then we would… Read More ›
1969 was the year I learned to fly. Mentally, but it felt to me as if I had wings. The world spun faster on its axis. Everything changed. We had the best music and the most fun we’d ever have… Read More ›
I often wonder if Jean Renoir, the acclaimed French film director, had me in mind when he made his classic movie, “Grand Illusion.” That was 1937. I was 5 years from my debut on planet Earth. Still, it works for me . Why let facts muddy my creative juices?
The Changing Seasons, December 2021 Garry said it well: “As this miserable excuse for a year slinks away…” In any of the galleries, you can click on an image to enlarge it. I recognize that not everyone had the same year… Read More ›
A Photo a Week Challenge: Animals Grooming Duke costs twice what it used to cost me to get my hair trimmed, colored, and dried. Of course, they didn’t have to comb out the fur on my butt or deal with my… Read More ›
The Soundtrack of Your Life, Rich Paschall You have probably heard that phrase before. Oldies radio stations love to use it. They want you to think they are playing the soundtrack of our lives. You know what they mean. They… Read More ›
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