Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Textures Black and white perfect to show off textures. Nothing makes stone, wood, brick, or basketry look crisper than monochrome. I especially love sepia for brick and bark. Here are a few examples.
Month: January 2015
COME BACK DOUGLAS ADAMS! WE NEED YOU!
If ever our world has needed the gentle, hilarious madness of Douglas Adams, now would be the time. He was born on my birthday, but five years later than me … and he died in 2001, which seems to have… Read More ›
DEEP AND DEEPER
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Depth There’s deep and there’s deep. All kinds of depth. In the desert, in the water, in the snow. And there are more, but as it happens, I don’t have pictures of it. But there’s mud, and misery,… Read More ›
Evil Squirrel’s Nest Comic #144 — 1/29/15
Originally posted on Evil Squirrel's Nest:
Most of us here at WordPress have done our share of complaining about the stupid, counter-intuitive, unproductive, and dysfunctional software “upgrades” through which we have had to suffer. Leave it to Evil Squirrel to say it better …. and funnier…. Read More ›
THE WHICH WAY CHALLENGE: SNOWPOCALYPSE EDITION
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge: 2015 Week #4 Given the state of things around here, you expected pictures involving snow, right? And consider that I have the flu, it’s a given that I’m not going far to get the pictures…. Read More ›
REMINDING ME THERE’S HOPE
You’ve got to hand it to Amazon. They know how to treat a customer. The other day, the DVD I ordered showed as “delivered” to my mailbox, but it wasn’t there. I have no doubt that the post office delivered… Read More ›
SOME SAY THE WORLD WILL END IN FIRE
Oh good god, my house is burning down? I have to grab five things? Maybe one of the ancient Chinese porcelain pieces? A doll? One of Garry’s Emmys? A camera? Too much. Too much to think about, too much to deal… Read More ›
THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
This Land Is Your Land Words and Music by Woody Guthrie This land is your land, This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – WEEK #4
Share Your World – 2015 Week #4 Where did you live at age five? Is it the same place or town you live now? I lived in a very old house in Queens, New York, when I was five. It… Read More ›
SNOWPOCALYPSE
Although almost every television outlet has adopted “Snowmageddon” as the correct noun to use when describing the end of the world by snow, personally, I favor “Snowpocalypse.” Call me old-fashioned, but when I look out on the Siberian landscape we call home, I… Read More ›
THEN IT SNOWED EVEN MORE
It has not been the apocalypse. Not “Snowmageddon.” Nonetheless, as I write this, we are approaching three feet of accumulated snow. It’s not over, either. Depending on who you are following, we’ve got quite a few hours more of storm to navigate…. Read More ›
WHAT’S GOING AROUND HAS COME AROUND
About 10 days ago, Garry and I got sick. Coughing. Wheezing. Sore throats. Runny noses. Chills one minute, sweating the next. The perfect storm of a classic winter cold. My son came down with it at the same time as did… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 