As per the rules, this last challenge is supposed to be photos we have not posted before. Like Tina, many of my photos are plants and critters, from my back yard first, then other places. We are fortunate to have a yard with plants that turn gorgeous colors in Autumn, especially our Japanese Maple trees. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #378: Last Chance 2025
Just watching out my back glass door, as numerous birds come to take advantage of our feeders, both seed and suet. The seed feeder is nearly empty, since I will be bringing it in for a thorough cleaning. Both suet feeders are full, and attracting lots of hungry birds. Just in the last hour, there …
Continue reading Welcome to the suet feeder, woodpeckers! And chickadee!
This past weekend was a good one for posts on Ancient Egypt. My readers will know that I have been on an "Ancient Egypt" kick for a while now, and that I am listening to the Egyptian History Podcast, which is just wonderful. Here are a couple of good posts that showed up for me. …
Continue reading Here’s your dose of Egyptian History for the week.
This week, the unelected, tyrannical European Commission issued notice of a 120 Million Euro Fine against Elon Musk and the free-speech platform X (formerly known as Twitter). His wrongdoing? Failure to respond to European notices to CENSOR posts issued by European members that ran afoul of the Digital Services Act covering all online speech. https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1996958605015158830?s=20 …
If this doesn't make you smile, nothing will. I hope you all love this, from my favorite cartoonist Sandra Boynton. She just keeps getting better and better! ENJOY!! CLICK THAT "PLAY" BUTTON! https://twitter.com/SandyBoynton/status/1995869595845230953?s=20 Stupidity? I don't think so!
Hubby and I went out for dinner tonight, at a place near the Everett Marina. On the way in, I noticed that some of the boats near the restaurant had already put up Christmas lights on their masts and around their edges. So I told him that we should stop on the way home and …
Continue reading It’s my first Cellpic Sunday! Marina After Dark
It’s been some time since I posted any new Simon’s Cat material, so it’s time for some feline fun and frolics. https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1991526170014413247?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1992993669629059129?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Fun even in black and white! https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1993304573789065455?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1994467920341037242?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ What sign is your cat? https://twitter.com/simonscat/status/1992179499610538388?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ One of Simon’s real cats! One more thing…. Black cat servants, does this resonate? https://twitter.com/catwithaura/status/1994688558612058261?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Here’s hoping you …
Continue reading It’s Caturday. Cat’ching up with Simon’s Cat.
It was announced today that the United States has a general policy to discourage mass migration to the West from the Third World. Secretary Rubio released this policy, and Jim Ferguson in the UK has some excellent analysis. Finally! [emphasis mine] BREAKING: RUBIO’S MIGRATION SHOCKWAVE JUST HIT LONDON And Keir Starmer’s government should be very …
Found on X, a parent's experience of her elementary-age son's school band experience, expanded to the entire public school environment. We are all aware that public school teachers are heavily Leftist, and this definitely shows that. For me to publish this article, I had to look up the definition of "Groyper", since I have heard …
Continue reading One parent’s observation about her son’s public school experience. The War on Boys
I do remember doing that challenge, shortly after WordPress stopped sponsoring them. I understand that we have to keep our photos to only six, so I am going to try using ones that I have not used before. I'm pretty sure that landscape photos can be taken from any vantage point that's not a closeup, …
Continue reading Lens-artists Photo Challenge #373: Looking back to Challenge #31, Landscapes
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