Photo Challenge: Edit Three pictures using impressionist, graphic, and HDR styling.
Month: June 2019
YOU CAN’T POSSIBLY MISS IT – Marilyn Armstrong
Last night, I spent close to an hour looking for something that was exactly where it was supposed to be. It was on the correct shelf, right in front. Nothing was hiding it. It wasn’t behind something or turned the… Read More ›
MOVEMENT AND MOTION – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Movement Yesterday, it was warm, bright, sunny and just a little bit humid. I was under the impression it was Thursday, but I woke up today and realized today is Saturday. The rain I thought was at… Read More ›
DOESN’T IT JUST FIGURE? – Marilyn Armstrong
There’s a German word that has been adopted in Yiddish and Hebrew that means exactly this. The Urban Dictionary had a definition, which was a surprise. I didn’t know the word had crept into English. Davka A German or Yiddish… Read More ›
REALITY CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE! GIVE IT A TRY! – Marilyn Armstrong
I got to thinking about what my world would look like if I (personally) got rid of everyone who isn’t white enough for this current America. I would have to remove my husband — and all my friends. And my… Read More ›
VIEWING THE RIVER AND CANAL – Garry & Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: View
SCRAMBLING FOR PRESIDENT – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Scramble I really hate it when everyone starts to yell at each other. It’s like a big family squabble on Thanksgiving — the kind you see in the movies about what’s wrong with the holiday — and… Read More ›
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY TO GET A PHONE CALL? – Marilyn Armstrong
“Holy shit,” I said to no one at all. “That really HURTS.” I was referring to my back and left hip (aka “the good one”). It was early. Although morning often is accompanied by stiffness and pain, I don’t normally wake up… Read More ›
ANGLES: CEE’S BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Lines Angles I love angles in black & white. Please forgive me if I reuse a few favorite pictures I love so much, I just have to use them.
WILDFLOWERS IN OUR GARDEN – Marilyn Armstrong
More Wildflowers in the Garden – FOTD – 06/28/19
INGENUITY: PLANNING A TRIP WITH THREE DOGS – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Thursday – INGENUITY We have been blessed with the opportunity to take a real vacation — relatively locally but in a rich and wonderful part of the country. I have always loved Pennsylvania, especially this area — the foothills of… Read More ›
THE BOTTOM LINE – Marilyn Armstrong
The battle over immigration is going all over the world. It is uglier and crueler here than elsewhere but make no mistake. European countries are turning away immigrants as energetically as we are — just without the cages for children…. Read More ›
ODDBALLS: TWO BLOGGERS AND THE LOCKS AT UXBRIDGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Kammie’s Oddball Challenge June 20, 2019 I usually can’t find this challenge until it’s a week old. Remarkably, I was able to find Cee’s entry and track it down that way. I have to go check my “Reader” and see why… Read More ›
WILD ASTERS IN MY GARDEN – Marilyn Armstrong
Wild Asters – FOTD – June 25, 2019 The garden is full of buds but not full of blossoms. The only thing in bloom are a few wildflowers. They seem to have popped up from nowhere, at least they are… Read More ›
FAITH, FAITHFUL OR UNCONVINVCED? – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #29 For a guy who doesn’t believe in a god or gods, Mr. Fandango seems a bit obsessed with the issue of god or gods. His weekly question, based on a statement by Thomas Jefferson, is: I have… Read More ›
HOMINID OVERVIEW OF LOST ARTS: WELCOME TO HOLA! – Marilyn Armstrong
The horrors of the late 21st century were — as we all know — at the root of the collapse of hominids as Earth’s dominant species. It is a cautionary tale for every species — two, four, six, or eight-legged…. Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 