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By Marilyn Armstrong on June 3, 2023 • ( 17 )

We met in college. 1964. I was 17, he was 22 and recently out of the Marines. The college radio station was a great place to make friends, a great place to form relationships. We worked together, played together, dreamed… Read More ›

THE SUPER FAST MONTH OF MAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on May 23, 2023 • ( 18 )

Share Your World 23rd of May I don’t care what anyone says. Time IS going way too fast. I need to talk to the Monks who manage time and tell them to please slow it down. It has been a difficult… Read More ›

UNAWARE

By Marilyn Armstrong on May 18, 2023 • ( 7 )

CFFC: Catching People Unaware These were taken by me and by Garry. If it’s a picture of me, you can be sure that Garry took it. Otherwise, look for the signature! A lot of them were casual portraits and obviously, whoever… Read More ›

US, TODAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on April 15, 2023 • ( 7 )

Garry always takes pictures of me when we are out. If we weren’t married, I’d think he was a stalker. It’s just that he apparently finds me an interesting study. I would take more pictures of him, but he never… Read More ›

LAST PHOTO FOR OCTOBER 2022

By Marilyn Armstrong on November 2, 2022 • ( 4 )

Last photo for October 2022 I took an awful lot of pictures this past month. None of them are still on the original chips, though, so exactly what was last? Not sure. But these were definitely a few of the… Read More ›

SKETCHBOOK 59 – A NEW SQUIRREL AND A PROFILE

By Marilyn Armstrong on April 25, 2022 • ( 11 )

Among the things I have struggled with — other than squirrels — are people. I haven’t gotten people right yet. My main problem seems to be drawing an adult face rather than a child. My faces always appear to be… Read More ›

SKETCHBOOK 56 – DUKE ON GROOMING DAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on April 14, 2022 • ( 6 )

This isn’t the first time I’ve drawn The Duke, but it’s the first time I’ve drawn any living thing from “life” rather than a photograph. I was just sitting there, pad in my lap and pencil in hand, looking at… Read More ›

MORE OF SKETCHBOOK 36 – THE FACE

By Marilyn Armstrong on March 8, 2022 • ( 7 )

I don’t know who it is. It’s someone from a photograph and it was a few years ago, so it’s just “the face.”

SKETCHBOOK 32 – ALONE ON THE THRONE OR RULING THE LAND

By Marilyn Armstrong on March 4, 2022 • ( 6 )

While it isn’t a photographic representation of Mr. Armstrong, it is recognizably Garry. He has more hair (he said “thank you”) and his head isn’t as big as it really is (he said “thank you” again), but the facial configuration… Read More ›

PORTRAITS SQUARED UP

By Marilyn Armstrong on October 18, 2021 • ( 12 )

Portraits of Us by Us We take each other’s pictures, but Garry is the really dogged, determined portraitist. I sometimes feel like every time I turn around, he’s there with the camera. I frequently feel as if I ruined his… Read More ›

DON’T PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE (UNLESS YOU WANT TO)

By Marilyn Armstrong on February 23, 2021 • ( 10 )

A Photo a Week Challenge: Off-Center You absolutely shouldn’t put the picture in the center of the photograph except when that’s the right place to put it. The “rules” of photography are not laws etched in stone. They are suggestions, sometimes… Read More ›