Festival of Leaves 2021: Week # 3 We were out and about yesterday and I brought my camera. There is color. Much of it can be found in vines — Virginia Creeper and wild grape vines are both bright. there… Read More ›
Mumford River
MUMS AND PUMPKINS
FOTD – October 4 – Mums and Pumpkins The chrysanthemums are blooming joyfully in two pots on the deck — in deep orange and deep red. The fuchsia still thinks it’s summertime, as do the petunias and the birds, squirrels and… Read More ›
PRESENTLY AUTUMNAL (ALMOST)
Past Walks Because we go mostly nowhere except in the valley, today’s walks look remarkably like previous walks. Our last one was at the Mumford Dam. Since I missed a day, probably yesterday, I’ll post extra pictures to make up… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS: SEPTEMBER 2021
The Changing Seasons: September 2021 It hasn’t (until today) been a magical month for photography. Of course there are a few birds and some awfully cute squirrels. And lets not forget the chrysanthemums and the other flowerbox blossoms. Mostly what we… Read More ›
PICK A TOPIC
CMMC – June Pick a Topic from my Photo Cee suggests any of the following possible topics: This photo is of the Oregon Coast Possible topics coast, water, ocean, blue, teal, white, brown, rocks, waves, landscape, candid, people, family, etc. What else can… Read More ›
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT — THE BLACKSTONE RIVER IN OUR VALLEY
CFFC: Water – Blackstone River and Its Valley: A River Runs Through It I think if I were to describe the valley in which we live, I would say “A river runs through it.” In fact, the Blackstone River defines… Read More ›
ALWAYS AUTUMN
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #28: LOVING AUTUMN New England has always been the best place in the world to see the colors of Autumn. We have always had “bad” autumnal years. There can be too much rain or an… Read More ›
THE CHAIR ATOP THE MUMFORD DAM
We had to go to the dentist because my tooth has been really painful. As it turned out, I have an extraction coming up. The alternative — since this tooth already has a crown — would be drilling through the… Read More ›
WATER WATER – Marilyn Armstrong
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 ›
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 ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 