When it snows, you can see how many dozens of birds live in the forsythia hedge in the backyard. I couldn’t get sharp pictures. This was one of the times when the autofocus couldn’t figure out where to focus. Between… Read More ›
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THE INDOOR GARDEN
FOTD – January 24 – The Indoor Garden Only the Anthurium and the Green Orchid are in bloom right now, but there are buds on two other orchids. They are not close to blooming yet. They need a few weeks yet,… Read More ›
WINTER BIRDS IN RAIN & SNOW
When I got up and went out to feed the birds, it was pouring — and warm. Less than an hour later, the temperature dropped and a pretty heavy snow was falling. Tomorrow it’s supposed to snow and rain in… Read More ›
WINTER ARRIVES (SORT OF)
It rained like mad in the morning. An hour later it was snowing like mad. It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world. I processed two photos in black and white. It’s a monochrome world in winter. It’s not a lot… Read More ›
ON A GOLDEN AFTERNOON – IN JANUARY?
I looked out the window and the light was golden against the trees. It’s not the color you usually see in the middle of winter. I associate that color with autumn and sometimes summer. Maybe it was because of all… Read More ›
MORE YELLOW-GREEN ORCHIDS
FOTD – January 22 – Yellow-Green Orchids I should have been taking pictures of our little snow, but I was, instead, pulling veins from the middle of supposed cleaned and deveined shrimp. But I did get some pretty pictures of the… Read More ›
“THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE”
Lest we forget, this is a flashback to January 20, 2021. Every person who gets interviewed on television says the same thing. It’s the current mantra about “the U.S.A.” The hooligans who rioted in our Capitol are not really who… Read More ›
FETISH
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
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.
HANDS AND PAWS
CFFC: Hands and Paws Hands, then paws.
THE CROWD BY THE FEEDER
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 ›
MID JANUARY BIRDS
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
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 ›
SHOWDOWN AT WILD HORSE PASS by GARRY ARMSTRONG
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 ›
BLACK & WHITE MUSIC
CBWC: Anything to do with Music I know I have more pictures, but how did I file them? At least these I knew under what names I filed them. Am I ever going to get better at this? Probably not. I… Read More ›
AMBER
CMMC: January Amber Colors I thought I’d post a couple of pictures of amber itself. I used to have a necklace which for some reason I can’t find. Maybe I gave it away?
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 