WINTRY TREES It’s summer and we are (apparently) expecting a hurricane either later today or tomorrow — which I hadn’t heard about because I haven’t been watching the news much. If there’s a weather emergency, I usually get a blast… Read More ›
Autumn
OCTOBER TREES
OCTOBER TREES It’s the middle of the summer, but I can dream of autumn. We had a really good one last fall, so maybe we’ll have another great one this year.
CFFC: READ, RED, OR REED? LET’S GO WITH RED THIS TIME!
CFFC: Reed, Read or Red (Continues) Last time reeds. This time, red. Between birds and autumn, there’s a lot of red going around New England. I tried to find a “blend” of different kinds of items. The birds alone could have… Read More ›
UP ON THE HILL
Up On the Hill In Jackman, Maine It was October 2009. Jackman, Maine, way up in the mountains — just a few miles from the Canadian border. There are not my best pictures in any technical sense. Since then I’ve… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS, NOVEMBER 2020
The Changing Seasons, November 2020 This has been an interesting year, depending on how you define “interesting.” How can you have a year that is on one hand, terrifying (I’ll skip the list of reason) and simultaneously, dull. The good… Read More ›
IT’S BLACK FRIDAY, SO GUESS WHAT WE ARE DOING?
Nothing. I’m trying to decide whether to make lamb curry tonight or tomorrow night — I think tomorrow — and whether or not I need a sweater. It was really warm this morning, but it’s getting colder as I sit… Read More ›
DARK RED ALL OVER THE PLACE – CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Dark Red Dark red. My favorite color for sweaters and often, dresses. My favorite automobile paint color. Just a great color. But do I have any pictures that are the right color?
THE FALLING OF THE OAK LEAVES
Yesterday, the gardener came and cleaned up all the leaves. The place look GREAT. Today, about a million oak leaves fell off the trees and it looks like it was never done at all, so I guess the gardener will… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD ON NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Share Your World 11-10-2020 And so we had an election and at least some people (who shall remain nameless) apparently still think we are still having one. Well, we knew Trumpty Dumpty was the ultimate disruptor. You would think that… Read More ›
NO ELECTION FOR THE BIRDS
It’s still autumn out there. All the oak trees have turned bronze, but a lot of red and yellow leaves are still on the trees. It has been a beautiful autumn, no matter how awful other things have been, the… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS, OCTOBER 2020
The Changing Seasons, October 2020 – Rainfall and Elections Soon! This has been the most difficult year I ever remember. Not that we haven’t had other challenging years, but they were personally challenging. We dealt with poverty, illness, moving, losing… Read More ›
THE LAST PHOTO OF OCTOBER 2020
Last photo for October 2020 Yesterday it snowed all day, but today, between early in the morning and mid-morning, it melted away. Actually, the meltdown took less than an hour. When I got up, everything was completely covered with snow. Before… Read More ›
