Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Feathers Feather on birds, feathers around and about. This week, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is all about feathers.
Month: August 2016
LEAVING THE YARD – PHOTOS BY OWEN KRAUS
Leaving the yard, the long curve of the tracks ahead, then out into the countryside. Traveling by train through the Blackstone Valley, a rare view, almost forgotten. Photos by Owen Kraus See the rest of the photos: Leaving the Yard… Read More ›
MUNDANE MONDAY CHALLENGE ON TUESDAY
Mundane Monday Challenge #73 Blame it on the servers. I never get this notice until Tuesday, or so late on Monday evening, it might as well be Tuesday. As luck would have it, I’ve taken new pictures this week. All… Read More ›
LATE AUGUST – CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge: 2016 Week 33 It’s been a strange summer spent, for one reason or another, largely inside. Either the world was full of hairy caterpillars … or the air was so hot and thick with humidity,… Read More ›
DATELINE UXBRIDGE – SHARING MY WORLD
Share Your World – 2016 Week 34 What is your favorite comfort snack food? Ginger. Crystallized ginger. No matter how many time you ask this question, you will get the same answer. Boring, perhaps, but no less true. Is the… Read More ›
FIFTY? HUH?
What’s with 50? WordPress, you got me. Fifty means nothing to me. It’s not a year I remember (in 1950, I was three) and 2050 is probably not a year I’ll live to see. It’s not an address at which I’ve… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS: AUGUST 2016 – DOG DAYS
The Changing Seasons: August 2016 The dog days of August are here. Strange weather has persisted, though the last few days have been more like a “normal” summer than any of the preceding months. The Gypsy Moth caterpillars stripped the trees in… Read More ›
KITCHEN OLYMPICS by ELLIN CURLEY
The 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro ended yesterday. I’ve watched a lot of events over the past couple of weeks. I’ve learned the meaning of athletic maneuvers I didn’t know existed. Or maybe I knew but forgot four years ago…. Read More ›
WHEN THE MAGIC WORKED: BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY – COMPOSITION
Black & White Sunday: Composition These two pictures, neither of which is new, are my favorites. The composition on both was intentional. I was trying for exactly what I got — a rarity for me. It’s common for pictures to come… Read More ›
FILM NOIR OVERLOAD – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Dark, rain-glistened streets. Ominous shadows hover in trash littered alleyways. Cats screech in the distance. Gunshots ring out and a body slumps into the gutter. The world of film noir. As a kid, these were the second show in an… Read More ›
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU’D SEEN IT ALL
This and That, by Rich Paschall If you thought you had seen everything in politics prior to this year, then you were in for a big surprise. The presidential election cycle is like none that has come before. I hope… Read More ›
LIFE CONTINUES WHEN YOUTH HAS FLED
I keep hearing that “age is just a number.” If that’s true, then youth is also just a number. The whole “number” part of aging applies only to the years you’ve (so far) survived. The remainder of the equation has to do… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 