I have good days and bad ones for bird photography. Some days, the birds decide I’m okay, so I get pictures. Other days, they decide my camera is a gun and I’m going to shoot them. The last couple of… Read More ›
Month: January 2020
SPRING IN THE VALLEY – CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring Scenes and flowers of the day We don’t have much of a spring season here. It tends to stay cold until suddenly in May, the leaves pop out of the trees and everything blooms during… Read More ›
PEOPLE SAY THE NICEST THINGS! – Marilyn Armstrong
How often have you wondered whether you should say “thank you” or punch that person in the mouth? Insults I understand, but the compliments that really aren’t, baffle me. Is it personal ambivalence? Is it possible they don’t understand the… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING, 01/14/2020 – Marilyn Armstrong
WORLD SHARING QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK What’s something your brain tries to make you do, which you have to will yourself NOT to do? (could be a bad habit, a physical response to something … your interpretation is as good… Read More ›
TIME TRAVELING SLOWLY – Marilyn Armstrong
Without a machine or a wormhole, we travel through time every day of our lives. We don’t do it instantly, but every photo we take is a picture of us in the past. Recent past, long ago past. All our… Read More ›
AUTUMN AFTERNOON AND AMBER SUNLIGHT #14 – Garry Armstrong
Day and Light It was one of only a few golden autumn days. I had gone into town for a haircut, but I’d also taken the camera. It was a beautiful day with the sun at its most golden amber…. Read More ›
MOVING WATER IN BLACK & WHITE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Moving Water There was a time when I thought I might eventually shoot every dam in the valley, but not all of them are accessible to traffic. A lot of mills were built by dams… Read More ›
WHEN BONES DON’T KNIT – Marilyn Armstrong
Yesterday morning, I dropped the mouse for the computer in the bedroom. I reached down to pick it up and a pain shot through my chest, down my arm and I yelped. I had a lot of heart surgery more than… Read More ›
OVERCOMING MY NEWS ADDICTION – By ELLIN CURLEY
I confess. I became a news addict. A true junkie. The first thing I did every morning is to reach for the phone and check out the Washington Post to see what Trump has done while I was sleeping. The… Read More ›
SUNNY MIDDAY, A RED FINCH AND FRIENDS #13 – Marilyn Armstrong
RED FINCH AND FRIENDS The finches have been conspicuous in their absence. I suspected it was because they didn’t like the food — or couldn’t eat it — so I changed food. And suddenly, we’ve had lots of Goldfinch and… Read More ›
SQUARING THE LAMPLIGHT – FILM NOIR IN BOSTON #11 – Marilyn Armstrong
Squaring the Lamplight Since Becky already named this, I thought it was a good time to use a photo I have always loved, but definitely needed a redo. This was taken under the streetlights on the sidewalk next to Boston… Read More ›
THEN SHE SUMMED UP FAITH IN ONE SENTENCE – Marilyn Arnstrong
I had a very dear friend who was going through a terrible time of her life, yet her Christian faith never wavered. She once told me you could sum up Christianity in a sentence. “What is that?” I asked. “Christ… Read More ›
