SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH

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• A NEW CAMERA, A MACRO LENS, AND A YELLOW-GREEN ORCHID

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/21/2023 • ( 15 )

  

  FOTD – January 20 – A new camera and a yellow-green Orchid Somewhere in the middle of the madly medical week, the camera I’ve been waiting for showed up. I’m sometimes astonished at Amazon’s packing. They send me a bag… Read More ›

• TO THE EYE DOCTOR

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/20/2023 • ( 13 )

  

  Poor Garry. One of his hearing aids is out for repair, so hearing is a bigger than usual problem. For him, hearing is always a problem but with one aid missing, it’s worse. And now, with his eyes going blurry,… Read More ›

• FETISH

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/20/2023 • ( 2 )

  

  FOWC with Fandango — Fetish I collect Native American fetishes. These are small carved items — sort of like charms or amulets — but more than that. Some of these carving are remarkably artistic. Tiny, yet perfect. Each fetish represents a… Read More ›

• CIRCLES & CURVES | BLACK & WHITE

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/20/2023 • ( 11 )

  

  CBWC:  Circles and Curves Curves — including arches. Circles — including a camera and a pocket watch. The nearly round buds of an opening orchid and the big, round wheels on a bicycle.

• SMALL MIRACLES

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/19/2023 • ( 23 )

  

  I got the right nurse! She wrapped my arm in heated blankets and was able to find a working vein on the second try — which is probably a record especially considering how many have been unable to find a… Read More ›

• HANDS AND PAWS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/19/2023 • ( 2 )

  

  CFFC: Hands and Paws Hands, then paws.

• A FEW MORE BIRDS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/18/2023 • ( 8 )

  

  We got a new 40-pound bag of birdseed, so I was able to fill the feeders this morning. They watch me and know when the feeders are full. If I take too long, they get restless and fly past me,… Read More ›

• TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/18/2023 • ( 26 )

  

  I can’t begin to tell you how very much I want to not “do” tomorrow. It’s my first iron infusion and I have zero faith in the hospital’s ability to find a functional vein. I have defeated a couple of… Read More ›

• THE CROWD BY THE FEEDER

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/17/2023 • ( 18 )

  

  After all my gratitude at the lack of snow this winter, of course it snowed this morning. We only got a few inches — maybe three? But not far away, they got half a foot and the week’s not over… Read More ›

• BLOGGING INSIGHTS: FIX OR BREAK?

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/17/2023 • ( 23 )

  

  Blogging Insights 3.0 — 1 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” vs “Break the mold”: which of these do you believe, pertains to your blog? I think both things could be true, but neither currently is. I remember when… Read More ›

• WHEN YOU WERE TEN

  By Rich Paschall on 01/16/2023 • ( 6 )

  And Other Mistakes, by Rich Paschall  In decades past, my mother was a fan of what would be referred to as Supermarket Tabloids. They are usually displayed near the checkout counters of grocery stores. They were meant to catch your… Read More ›

• MID JANUARY BIRDS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/16/2023 • ( 2 )

  

  The Carolina Wren is typically the earliest arriving “spring” bird. I almost never saw them, but I would hear their songs — louder than any bird so small should be able to sing — in early March. This year, it… Read More ›

• RHODODENDRONS

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/16/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  FOTD – January 16 – Rhododendrons We had a great spring last year for rhododendrons. This year, without a proper winter and with the garden under full attack from invasive strangling vines, I’m not optimistic. Everything else was suffering through last… Read More ›

• 1969

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/15/2023 • ( 13 )

  

  I’ve had a few really great years — and few really awful ones — but 1969 stands out as my favorite. The world seemed to spin faster and everything was changing. We had amazing music and the most fun we’d… Read More ›

• THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE

  By Rich Paschall on 01/15/2023 • ( 6 )

  

  Far, Far Away, by Rich Paschall The most important point, to begin with, is that I never had any desire to cross the Pacific. I have made the trip across the Atlantic to Europe a number of times. The flight… Read More ›

• SHOWDOWN AT WILD HORSE PASS by GARRY ARMSTRONG

  By Marilyn Armstrong on 01/14/2023 • ( 11 )

  On this date in 2016, Garry and I were visiting Ben in Arizona. This is Garry’s story. A Friday Flashback on Saturday. Deal with it. Story by Garry Armstrong Photographs by Garry & Marilyn Armstrong More than a week in… Read More ›

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