The many parks along the Blackstone River are friendly places. While we don’t form firm friendships there, we do meet people. We chat about our dogs, life in the valley, the cameras we are carrying, how low the water level… Read More ›
Blackstone River
BRIGHT APRIL DAY BY THE RIVER
Bright day along the Blackstone river and canal It really was a perfect day. From when I first pulled the windows open and propped the back door and saw that brilliant blue sky, I knew it was going to be… Read More ›
FOTD – SPRING BY THE BLACKSTONE
FOTD – April 9 –Spring comes to the valley It was a beautiful day. I opened the window early in the morning and you could feel that it would be warm. It wasn’t warm yet. We are still getting frost… Read More ›
FOUND ON A PICNIC TABLE
CBWC: Things found on a Picnic Table or in a Park I couldn’t find all the pictures I wanted, but I found a few good ones — two of mine, two of Garry’s. All of this stuff was found in… Read More ›
CMMC – MARCH USING CH & CK
CMMC – March Alphabet Letters Ch or Ck in the the word How about three orchids, a Pileated Woodpecker, the Blackstone River and canal, a Black-Backed Gull and the mighty Chickadee?
CAN YOU BELIEVE WE’RE ALREADY IN THE SECOND HALF OF MARCH? SHARING MY WORLD!
Share Your World 3-16-2021 There have been a lot of questions about neighbors lately. I wonder if that is because of the pandemic. I know our neighbors supposedly have been “reaching out” to us, but you couldn’t tell that living… Read More ›
SCENERY, HOMESTYLE
A Photo a Week Challenge: All About the Scenery There are not a lot of new pictures this year, at least not a lot of landscapes. For a long time, we didn’t go anywhere and then winter came. Last year, it… Read More ›
FISH-EATING BIRDS – BUT IS IT SUSHI?
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS THAT EAT FISH AS THEIR PRIMARY DIET By the lakes and the ocean beaches from Maine to New York. A lot of our water birds — in particular swans and geese — don’t eat… Read More ›
THE BLUE AND THE GREEN AND THE COLORS THAT LIE BETWEEN
CMMC – February Color – Blue-Greens Blue green is a better color for water in the west than it is here. I’ve heard it explain more than once, but I keep forgetting. It has something to do with sky color and… Read More ›
CEE’S CFFC: LOVING REEDS AS FLOWERS
CFFC: Reed, Read or Red Everywhere along the rivers in this valley reed and weeds wave in gentle and more powerful winds. I love the weeds and reeds. Some people plant various kinds of reeds as part of their garden, but… Read More ›
IT WAS A GOLDEN AFTERNOON
GOLDEN AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNSET IN JANUARY I looked out the window and the light was golden against the trees. It’s not the color you usually see in the middle of winter. I associate that color with autumn and sometimes,… Read More ›
A PEOPLIZED WORLD
Once upon a time — not all that long ago — most of North American was “open” space. There was room for predators. Room for herds of antelope, bison, deer and elk. Wild goats lived in the mountains with mountain… Read More ›
