THE BLACKSTONE RIVER The Blackstone is 47 miles long and drops sharply throughout it’s descent from the hill in Worcester to Nantucket Bay. It twists and turns so that if you live in the Valley, you are never more than… Read More ›
Mumford River
THE COMING OF THE iPhone – Marilyn Armstrong
My son talked me into it. It was the best deal I was ever going to get. My cousin’s son and my best friends’ sons did the same for them — all at the same time. It’s probably the quarantine… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS, JANUARY 2020 – Marilyn Armstrong
The Changing Seasons, January 2020 This hasn’t been a normal January. We had no measurable snow and only 4 out of 31 days have been lower than average January temperature. Every other day was higher than average bringing this month in… Read More ›
DAMS AND ICE AS JANUARY SQUARES ENDS – Marilyn Armstong
DAMS AND ICE – JANUARY AT ITS END It has been a warm January, the warmest since 1932 and the third warmest since the beginning of the 20th century. Today was the first day that was colder than average in… 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 ›
ANOTHER DAY DOWN THE TUBES – Marilyn Armstrong
It wasn’t a bad day. More, it was a day when you don’t stop moving and when it’s over, you wonder if you accomplished anything. There were so many stops and starts and lots of running up and downstairs. I… Read More ›
IT’S BEEN ONE OF THOSE MONTHS – Marilyn Armstrong
Garry is the most obsessive tooth-brusher and general oral cleaner I’ve ever met. Apparently, this alone was not enough to stop an abscess from forming under a filling in the gum right on top of the tooth’s root. OUCH. He… Read More ›
AUGUST: DOG AND OTHER DAYS – Marilyn Armstrong
August 2012 through 2019 A little photographic journey around the northeastern end of the American continent. I didn’t have a single fire pump for Cee’s challenge, so I went back through seven years of August. From Glocester to Rockport, from… Read More ›
PARKS BY A RIVER – Marilyn Armstrong
Weekly Word Prompt: Parks We live in the Blackstone Valley Historic Corridor, so basically, we live in a park. It’s one level below a national park, but without the funding (such as it is these days). The good news is… Read More ›
GARRY IN BLUE BY THE MUMFORD DAM – Marilyn Armstrong
Garry in July Blues Garry in blue down by the Mumford Dam in downtown (!) Uxbridge. Background includes the falls and dam, Route 16 bridge, and the odd floral bush.
AMERICANS DON’T PICK COTTON – Marilyn Armstrong
Photography: Garry and Marilyn Armstrong You really get a feel for rivers when you live in a regional watershed. The Blackstone and its tributaries flow down from the Worcester hills at the northern part of the state. The Blackstone is… Read More ›
THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE VALLEY – Marilyn Armstrong
Weekly Photo Challenge: Peaceful I live in a peaceful valley and I hope it remains peaceful. We’ve got our share of troubles. Not much work, relatively poor as places to live go. But we live in beauty, sometimes so much… Read More ›
