They were here, and then they were gone. Today they came back or at least a few of them came back. They are a brilliant red now. I guess they were just tuning up for the warm months. Maybe they… Read More ›
spring
PICK ME UP AND WINTER’S DAMAGE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
GARRY SEEKS SPRING IN UXBRIDGE He hiked up the driveway, initially to bring down the trash can and pick up the mail, but he took a camera. It was a lovely day. There have been some lovely days, but very… Read More ›
LOCKDOWN FASHION FAVORITES – Marilyn Armstrong
Once upon a time in a world that has vanished, we dressed to look good. To other people. Remember “other people”? You know. Company for dinner? Visitors for the weekend? Hanging out in the afternoon with friends? How about a… 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 ›
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 ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG, THE GRASS HAS RIZ – Marilyn Armstrong
BUT I KNOW WHERE THE FLOWERS IS … Today is the day. The very first day of Spring 2020. The technical beginning of spring, though having not had much of a winter, it’s been fairly springlike since last December. The… 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 ›
AND SUDDENLY, IT’S ALL GREEN – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Wednesday – BREATHTAKING It’s gray, rainy, cold and the world is made of mud. No hope of flowers because it still feels like the end of winter. Then, suddenly, the sun appears and you get a couple of warm day… 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 ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I don’t love summer because I’m very sensitive to heat. I actually feel sick when I get hot because my sweat glands don’t work properly and I rarely sweat. Great savings on antiperspirant bills but it sucks when everyone else is… Read More ›
ALMOST SPRING BY THE BLACKSTONE – Marilyn Armstrong
Photographs: Garry and Marilyn Armstrong Almost spring does not mean the same thing everywhere. In New York, it meant that everything was budding. We were waiting for it to burst into bloom. Cherry trees and apple trees were often already… Read More ›
APRIL IS ALMOST SPRING – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOWERS IN APRIL – FOTD – 04/22/2019 Speaking of changing, what a month! For that matter, what a couple of months this has been. Crazy weather. The Sunny Gallery It has been raining relentlessly forever, it seems. We get a… Read More ›
A PRIME DAY IN SPRING – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Prime It was an absolutely PRIME day! Not only did it start out sunny, but it stayed sunny. All day today. It was warm without being hot and the flowers began to bloom. There was almost no… Read More ›
IT’S DAFFODIL TIME! – Marilyn Armstrong
Daffodils – FOTD – 04/17/2019 The daffodils began to bloom today. I’m sure they all be wide open tomorrow! Spring sunshine in the garden. I’m really celebrating because it didn’t rain today and it isn’t supposed to rain tomorrow, either…. Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS – MARCH 2019 – Marilyn Armstrong
HIBERNATING THROUGH MARCH The season didn’t change much here, though I suppose it got warmer overall. Mostly, though, the birds changed. I spent the month hibernating. This is the time of year when I really begin to hate our weather…. Read More ›
MAKING DO AND SOMETIMES, A SURPRISE – Marilyn Armstrong
Our mailbox got beat up. Was it whacked by a teenager and a baseball bat or hit by a plow? Since we didn’t see it happen, it’s a guess. What we know it that it got mashed. Not just ours,… Read More ›
OVER? OR A FRESH START? Stark #writephoto – Marilyn Armstrong
Thursday photo prompt: Stark #writephoto Often, through the endless winter, Maggie had been sure her garden would never bloom again. As the frozen ground showed no signs of softening in spring sunshine and clumps of dirty brown snow lay on the… Read More ›
LIME AND LIGHT GREEN: CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Lime or Light Green That sounds like spring to me because that’s when the leaves are a light green, almost gold.
BLACKSTONE RIVER AND CANAL IN MAY – Marilyn Armstrong
We had just enough sunshine to get out of the house and down to the canal. About an hour in total. A quiet day with the river shining like glass. May telling me that summer really is here … or… Read More ›
GOOD MORNING – MEMORIAL DAY IN THE U.S. – Marilyn Armstrong
Unlike most other American holidays, we retain a bit of respect for a day that honors veterans of our many wars. The cemeteries will be full of flags and visitors. Otherwise, this is “grill your meat” day. It is the… Read More ›
AS DOES THE GARDEN GROW – Marilyn Armstrong
The columbine are starting to bloom and I got pictures, but they aren’t fully open yet. After yesterday’s rain, everything is covered with drops of rain. And it’s pretty muddy. Bunches more wild strawberries popping up everywhere and the rhododendrons… Read More ›
WHICH WAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge The weather has been really lovely for the past few days and I managed to get out of the house with a camera. Not for any kind of long shoot, but for a few minutes… Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG, FINALLY – BY ELLIN CURLEY
It’s finally spring in New England. We can safely move the snow blower out of the garage and back into the shed for storage. It’s warm enough to put plants out on the patio and not have to worry about… Read More ›
