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Opinionated writer with hopes for a better future for all plus a big helping of skepticism about humanity.

• L IS FOR LILY, LILAC AND LANTANA

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/26/2022 • ( 13 )

  

  FOTD – September 25 – Lilies, Lilacs and Lantana “THREE WINDS,” she cried. He frowned, but picked more tiles from the wall. Lilies of Tiger and Easter sounds like a mah jongg move, doesn’t it? On the other hand, there’s… Read More ›

• J IS FOR JIMSON WEED

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/26/2022 • ( 11 )

  

  FOTD – September 26 – Jimson Weed — It IS pokeberry — and it’s still poisonous. I know we passed J, but I felt these pictures needed a home. There big purple berries grow everywhere this time of year. The… Read More ›

• BLACK & WHITE PHOTO PICKS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/25/2022 • ( 24 )

  

  CBWC: My Pick – The best of the black & white photographs I don’t know if these are my best black & white photographs, but they are among my favorites.

• K IS FOR KITCHEN WINDOW AND THE GARDEN BEYOND IT

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/25/2022 • ( 13 )

  

  Suddenly, it’s fall. Time to go a’leafing! I already know I don’t have any “K” flowers, but I’ve got some lovely shots of the kitchen window and this year’s deck flowers: chrysanthemums, lantana and petunias. Since I took these photos,… Read More ›

• HOW EASY IS IT TO GET CAUGHT IN A SCAM?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/24/2022 • ( 12 )

  

  A simple little email from a friend asking for a favor involving a couple of hundred dollars. Except that when you read it again you realize that the signature isn’t his usual signature — and he says he’s traveling, but… Read More ›

• J IS FOR JAPANESE MAPLE TREE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/24/2022 • ( 13 )

  

  FOTD – September 24 – Japanese Maple And suddenly, the letter “J” floated before my eyes and I saw my tree, my lovely Japanese Maple that is green all summer, but scarlet in the autumn.

• I IS FOR IRIS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/23/2022 • ( 9 )

  

  FOTD – September 23 – IRIS The irises got eaten by the skunks and have never been replanted. I miss them, but I can’t manage the bigger gardens anymore. Meanwhile, these are the irises we grew back when the garden… Read More ›

• LORD OF THE WHAT?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/22/2022 • ( 24 )

  

  Fandango’s Provocative Question #183 The right question, but the wrong “slant.” I could care less what race they show them to be, but I do care how much they distort the story and how little they apparently care for J.R.R. Tolkien’s… Read More ›

• THEN CAME THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NATIONAL GRID

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/22/2022 • ( 44 )

  

  I thought it wasn’t going to get much worse, but then… Electric bills will be $114 higher each month compared to last year. That’s a 64% increase for the same amount of energy use, driven by higher electric supply price…. Read More ›

• H IS FOR HOLLY, HEMP, HOSTA AND HYDRANGEA

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/22/2022 • ( 4 )

  

  FOTD – September 22 – H is for Holly, Hemp, Hosta & Hydrangea I made it all the way to H! It’s a bonanza!

• CIRCLE, CURVES AND BENDS IN THE ROAD

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/21/2022 • ( 4 )

  

  CFFC: Circles and Curves Lots of curves, circles, and bends in the road. Life and the world are like that.

• SUSHI AND ME

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/21/2022 • ( 7 )

  

  When we went out to eat I came home full of sushi 🍥 I decided there was no reason I couldn’t learn to do it. Basically, if you can roll a joint — even a not very good joint —… Read More ›

• G IS FOR GERANIUM!

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/21/2022 • ( 5 )

  

  FOTD – G IS FOR GERANIUM! When I lived in Israel, finding flowers that could withstand the sun for many hours a day was not easy. It turned out the two flowers veranda gardeners could count on were petunias and… Read More ›

• THEY DON’T CALL US TURKEYS FOR NOTHING

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/20/2022 • ( 21 )

  

  A couple of day ago, we probably destroyed half of our new brakes and skinned our tires trying to not run over a “rafter” of turkey hens who had to cross the road exactly when there was traffic. We don’t… Read More ›

• BLACK & WHITE TABLES, CHAIRS, PICNIC TABLES – CWBC

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/20/2022 • ( 10 )

  

  CBWC: Tables, Chairs, Picnic Tables

• BACK AT THE FARM

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/20/2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Garry got the best pictures of the warm and furry animals, so somehow I wound up taking pictures of weeds and one big spider. This is the last corn crop of the season. Soon the farm will move into “winter”… Read More ›