Every year, the last weekend in July is the Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair. For 2020 and 2021, the fair was not held, due to the onerous Covid restrictions by the Dictator of Washington State. The Fair was back this year, and just as wonderful as always. Sponsored by the Bellevue Arts Museum, parts of …
Continue reading Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair-Back after two years off
I just finished reading my first-edition, first-impression copy of John Philip Sousa’s autobiography. It was published in 1928 by Hale, Cushman, and Flint of Boston. Its subtitle is Recollections of Men, Women, and Music. The book itself is in very good shape, for nearly 100 years old. Its paper is a bit fragile and yellowed, …
Continue reading Book Report: “Marching Along”, by John Philip Sousa
I have a friend who just started his own WordPress blog, and in a comment on his new site, I told him that everybody has to start somewhere. Which is true. We should cut new bloggers, new students, and new businesses a lot of slack, since newbies often make mistakes, If they learn from their …
Once again, I looked up from typing on my computer, and found my fierce guard-cat in the doorway, keeping me safe from any intruders. She does have a full set of very sharp "points" on those paws, so beware of trying to pick her up if she doesn't want to.
And it appears that her plane was NOT shot down by Communist China. I guess that, no matter how you despise Pelosi and the DemocRat party, you have to give her credit for guts. If only the cowardly Biden administration had responded more forcefully to the Communist Chinese threats beforehand, instead of the NSA guy …
On July 28, I packed a picnic dinner, and went down to Silver Lake Park to watch the kids and the ducks and geese swim. It was a beautiful, warm evening. The kids were having lots of fun diving off the dock and yelling. There were people out on their paddle-boards too. And the ducks …
I checked, and I can't find any place where dessert and desert happen at the same time. So I thought I'd highlight a little of both. Multiple times, we have gone to Arizona for Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminars. Of course, much of the state is desert, so it's really simple to take photos of …
Continue reading Terri’s Sunday Stills Challenge. Dessert? or Desert? Or both?
I'm definitely not a professional photographer, so none of my photos have been published, except right here on my blog. And it's really hard to choose favorites, since everything I post here is a memory, and brings back to life places I've been. My first favorite photo is especially meaningful, since I took it on …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #210: My Three Favorites
Welllll... Let's see what we can come up with with the final letter L. How about some Seagulls? This guy really just posed for me. My favorite-waterfall. They are in New York, Olympia, Washington, and Snoqualmie, Washington. How about a mural, or two? They are in North Bend, Washington, and Hilo, Hawaii. There is a …
Continue reading CMMC: July letter, “L” at the end of the word
In my back yard, I have a little hydrangea bush. Here are three photos of my plant in three different stages of flowering. Emerging, on July 7. Still emerging, on July 17. And today, in full bloom. Here's the Link to Cee's FOTD post for today.
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