FOTD – May 6 – Wild Strawberries and Day Lilies Long ago, when we were first planting the front garden, I bought a couple of pots of wild strawberries. They actually make strawberries. Very tiny, very sweet, and usually the birds… Read More ›
Photography
A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE: MOMS
A Photo a Week Challenge: Mothers My mother, myself, and Garry’s mother. All of us young with life stretching ahead of us. Let this be a happy Mother’s day for everyone — mothers and the children of mothers world round.
IF IT’S STUFFED, IS IT A DOG?
CFFC: Real vs Fake It can be hard to tell, especially with flowers. Once upon a time, many long years go, I went on vacation and a friend of mine was supposed to water the plants. He really watered those plants… Read More ›
RHODODENDRONS
FOTD – May 4 – Rhododendron Suddenly, I remembered that the Rhododendrons are up and from the glance I took at them, there are a lot of them this year. It is beginning to look like rain, so I didn’t want… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS – APRIL 2021
The Changing Seasons, April 2021 April has been a crazy month for weather. With temperatures ranging from below freezing to around 80 degrees (27 C), cold damp weather was sandwiched between absolutely gorgeous spring days. As we leave April for what… Read More ›
LAST PHOTOS – APRIL 30, 2021
Last on the Card April 2021 As it happened, i took a bunch of random pictures today. This picture didn’t need much help. It was one of those rare times where the picture was straight, it’s sharp, it’s light, and the… Read More ›
ENERGY, MATTER, AND FAT CELLS
I totally love the energy and matter thing. Not merely do I love it. I believe in it. For example, have you ever noticed that all of a sudden, you become really fat when before you were maybe a few… Read More ›
#FOTD – FULLY BLOOMING ORCHIDS’
FOTD – April 30 – 7 Orchids in Bloom I have 2 new yellow tulips blooming outside. If it isn’t raining tomorrow, I’ll take a few pictures of them. We’ve never had yellow tulips. I’m not sure where these came from… Read More ›
EE-I-EE-I, OH!
CMMC – April Letter E at the beginning or ending of a word A lot of things end in “E” but I don’t necessarily have pictures of them. Fewer thing start with an “E.” Mostly, I had to go a-hunting and… Read More ›
SEVEN BRIGHT ORCHIDS
BRIGHTLY BLOOM THE SEVEN ORCHIDS They started blooming in early March. Today, as April draws to an end, all the buds have opened. Seven beautiful blossoms grace my orchid plant. There are two more shoots, but I don’t think they… Read More ›
TOYS IN MY ATTIC
CBWC: Toys for All Ages These are all monochrome sepia. Kind of medium to dark sepia because for once, I decided to try using the monochrome function on a camera. This is the oldest of my Olympus OMDs. Later ones have… Read More ›
BRIGHT LIGHTS AT NIGHT
Bright Lights at Night After managing to connect to the wrong blog yesterday, I return, cringing with embarrassment and offer a few square night pictures.
