Month: September 2016

THE BAY IN THE BACK

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/30/2016 • ( 4 )

Originally posted on This is Real Life.:
? The year was 1630. They looked across a swampy bay that seemed somewhat eerie in how quiet it was. They could see their boats in the distance bobbing up and down in…

LIKE DRY LEAVES

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/30/2016 • ( 23 )

WEEKLY WORDPRESS PHOTO CHALLENGE | NOSTALGIA | THE DAILY POST I am not as nostalgic about the past as most people. I had a difficult and often unpleasant growing up and it’s hard to put aside the unhappy child to find happy memories…. Read More ›

SHARING MY WORLD ON THE LAST DAY OF SEPTEMBER

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/30/2016 • ( 17 )

I can’t believe it’s the end of September. My head is spinning with the swift passage this year from spring through summer … with a trip to nightmare caterpillar attack in the middle. Well, it is here and no way… Read More ›

ROUND AND ROUND – CEE’S B & W PHOTO CHALLENGE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/30/2016 • ( 3 )

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Circles and Curves From the watch on your wrist to the clock on the tower … from the wheels of your car, to the wheel that spins the thread. Inventing the wheel was one giant… Read More ›

DOUBLE TROUBLE – THURSDAY SPECIAL

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/29/2016 • ( 27 )

Thursday’s Special: Double When you have two black Scottish Terriers that you, yourself have trouble telling apart at a quick glance, double is what you see. The two pups together are more obviously different. Gibbs is bigger, longer, and lower…. Read More ›

THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP – THE NEW YORKER

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/29/2016 • ( 22 )

One of the more positive side-effects of this awful election has been that I have found myself back in the folds of “The New Yorker.” Not only because they have the best cartoons of any magazine anywhere and only partly because… Read More ›

SWAG-WEAR FOR ALL

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/29/2016 • ( 12 )

Just as self-publishing has redefined authorship for many people, so has the “design-your-own” clothing business changed what we wear. Specialty shirts for teams, schools, and organizations have long been an industry, but in recent years “swag wear” has become ubiquitous. It’s… Read More ›

WATERY WHICH WAYS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/29/2016 • ( 7 )

Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – September 28, 2016 Having spent much of last week by the water in Connecticut, we have a lot of pictures. Pretty much all of them show water. By the dock, in front of the… Read More ›

ON BEING DISAGREEABLE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/28/2016 • ( 18 )

It’s a real thing and it’s a TV thing. It’s a local thing. It’s international, too. People are rude. Not argumentative and contentious. They are also that, especially in the heat of battle, so to speak. It goes beyond that…. Read More ›

WHEN IN DISGRACE – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/28/2016

When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (Sonnet 29) William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616

NATURE’S FIRST GREEN IS GOLD

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/28/2016 • ( 8 )

CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: LIGHT GREEN Light green is the color of springtime. It’s the color of new leaves, young grass … and my favorite earrings. The Japanese Maple is first tree to show green in the spring, yet is… Read More ›

SLEEPING IN. OR NOT.

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/28/2016 • ( 27 )

It’s raining. Not heavily. Not enough to make up for all the dry months this spring and summer. It’s exactly enough to make the dogs unhappy. Our dogs — Gibbs and Bonnie — and for that matter, almost all the dogs who have gone… Read More ›

DRIZZLY DAY DAWGZ – TUESDAYS OF TEXTURE

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/27/2016 • ( 12 )

TUESDAYS OF TEXTURE | WEEK 40 OF 2016 I just found out about this one, but I’m delighted since I always feel that texture gets too little attention in the photo world (and color gets a bit too much) And, as it… Read More ›

UNFINISHED – SCHUBERT’S 8th SYMPHONY IN B MINOR

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/27/2016 • ( 11 )

This isn’t a great recording, but it was the only one I could find. Everyone seems to know the melody, but finding a good orchestral rendition on the Internet was more of a challenge than I planned. I still love… Read More ›

BLOGGERS AT PLAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/27/2016 • ( 15 )

Garry and Marilyn finally — after three or four reschedulings — finally made it to Connecticut to visit Tom and Ellin Curley. Yes, these are real live friends who we have known a very long time. So long that Tom… Read More ›

BRIGHT YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/27/2016 • ( 12 )

And as the frosty nights begin, the chrysanthemums are blooming. Bright and yellow. The trees aren’t bright yet, but we still have the mums. Cee’s Flower of the Day | Chrysanthemums