It was really a lovely day. Cool, bright, not humid. The car, after these months of sitting under the trees which, these days, are covered with the remnants left by Marilyn’s birds. Our Renegade was not looking her best. And,… Read More ›
Spring
MORE OF THE RED HOUSE FINCH – Marilyn Armstrong
One of the things I have been learning to do is take more pictures faster. I have a tendency to focus and try to find perfection, the result of which is often not getting the picture at all. Now, I… Read More ›
SO WHAT’S NEXT? – Marilyn Armstrong
There’s nothing going on. I have a telephone doctor visit on Monday and in June, there are tests and examinations. I have no idea what will be going on by then. While the infection and death rate is slowly diminishing… Read More ›
FLOWERS FROM LAST MAY. IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – May 2 – Flowers that bloomed in May 2019 Last May seems a decade ago. I remember this time of year we were going to the dentist. His office is right next to the waterfall and Mumford River…. Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG – RICH PASCHALL
Let The Sunshine In, Rich Paschall Now that Spring has officially arrived, we are thinking more about enjoying the sun. You may have told someone that “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” or that you wanted to share the… Read More ›
THE END OF THE WAR ON THE POND – Marilyn Armstrong
And when the nest-building and love-making are done, as the long spring afternoon stretches ahead, Mr. Mute-Swan stretches his wings and heads over to the other side of the pond to harass the demon Geese who stole his nest. No… Read More ›
SPRING IN THE VALLEY – CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring Scenes and flowers of the day We don’t have much of a spring season here. It tends to stay cold until suddenly in May, the leaves pop out of the trees and everything blooms during… Read More ›
JULY BLUES AND SUNRISE ON THE VERNAL EQUINOX – Marilyn Armstrong
July Blues and the Sky at Dawn – Vernal Equinox It was dawn on the day of the Vernal Equinox and I had not closed the shades. I usually do, but I forgot. When I woke up, it looked as… Read More ›
KAYAKING ON THE BLACKSTONE – Garry Armstrong
And so on a particularly warm and bright June day, we took ourselves down to the Blackstone in Rhode Island. Not knowing what we would find, this time we met two kayakers. Each had his and her own kayak, one… Read More ›
BOYS STILL PLAY, AT LEAST IN THE COUNTRY – Marilyn Armstrong
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how we used to go out to play. Without cell phones, with no communication with home. No one got worried or frantic because a kid went missing for a few hours and… Read More ›
JAPANESE MAPLE: CEE’S FLOWER OF THE DAY IS A LEAF – Marilyn Armstrong
Japanese Maple – FOTD – 05/24/19 We had a couple of truly lovely days, so I took some pictures. I should have taken more pictures, but for at least a part of the day, I was helping trim the garden…. Read More ›
NARCISSUS BY THE WOODS – Marilyn Armstrong
Narcissus – FOTD – 05/21/19 These flowers used to grow on the other side of the driveway. In the garden, in a grouping with the daffodils. I don’t know how they wound up on the opposite side of the tarmac…. Read More ›
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 ›
SPRING AND CACTUS FLOWERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Fresh forest leaves, a Chickadee, and cactus flowers – 05/12/19 Usually, I limit these posts to actual flowers, but it was such a glorious, lovely, warm, bright day and all the new leaves in the woods look like flowers. Even… Read More ›
SPELL CHECKING AND WORDPRESS – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Semantics It’s just a matter of semantics. Since they got back to me from WordPress to tell me they had fixed the “Settings” function in the Reader “Manage” area, I said, “Thank you very much.” After all,… Read More ›
WEDNESDAY’S BIRDS – Marilyn Armstrong
We’ve got funeral in Boston today and Garry needs to speak. This was not only one of his colleagues but a friend to both of us. I will miss Tom Ellis. We will both miss him very much. This also… Read More ›
