CBWC: Things that are Bumpy or Lumpy Bumpy and lumpy might describe life as we know it! Today is definitely bumpy and lumpy. It started to snow. It stopped. Now it’s getting dark — which at 3:30 in the afternoon is… Read More ›
black & white photography
HITCHCOCK MUST HAVE HAD A GRACKLE EXPERIENCE – PHOTOS BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
As hundreds of Grackles circled our house and set up watch posts in the oak trees, I was pretty sure I’d seen this scene before. In a movie. Hmm. Could it be “The Birds”? Garry got some good pictures of… Read More ›
TWO OF A KIND IN BLACK & WHITE
CBWC: Matching Things Are two flowers of the same plant “matching”? Are a father and son a pair? These are the thoughts I pondered.
THE MURDEROUS CROWS
How ironic that the last time I wrote about crows, it was the first time I’d seen a murder — and it was exactly one year ago today. Except today, I really got some pictures before they all flew away…. Read More ›
HORNS (BUT NO TROMBONES)
CBWC: Horns So many kinds of horns exist, but I failed to find them in my heap of photos. I think there are more, but I don’t know exactly where. Oh woe. These are the only horns I could find…. Read More ›
ARMISTICE DAY
Today is Veteran’s Day. It was originally Armistice Day celebrating the end of World War I — “The War to End All Wars.” It ended on 11-11 at 11 in the morning in 1918. My mother was a child during… Read More ›
FUTURE NOSTALGIA -MAINE 1972
FUTURE NOSTALGIA I don’t have a lot of old photos. Many of them never made it back from Israel and others went to my brother. When he passed, I suspect the old family photos vanished. They are probably in a… Read More ›
PAWS AND FEET
CBWC: Feet or Paws (human or animal) We used to have a lot more paws around here, but all of the older dogs have passed. There is just one now. The Duke! Personally, I’m sure he thinks he is at least… Read More ›
THE OLD FIRE TRUCK
CBWC: Fire Prevention Uxbridge’s Number 2 pumping fire engine was put out to pasture before we moved here. I’m guessing that would be about 25 years ago. For 15 of those years, it sat in an empty field across from… Read More ›
THROUGH A WINDOW
CBWC: Looking through or Into a Window A selection from recently and long past. Black and white and what you see — or can’t see — through the windows.
CONCRETE OR ADOBE IN B & W
CBWC: Any kind of structure using concrete or adobe There aren’t a lot of buildings like that locally. Brick or wood, generally for almost everything. But there are some in Worcester and I did take some pictures there, albeit quite a… Read More ›
WITH AN “O” IN THE MIDDLE
CMMC – September needs an “O” in the middle of the word I feel like I’m being a lawyer when I ask, but “Where’s the middle?” when talking about a word that might be several syllables long. Does this mean any… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 