These days, I live in a suburb. The closest big city is Seattle, 20 miles south of our home in Everett (where the airplanes are made). I was born and raised in Seattle in the 1950's and 1960's, and lived there from the mid-1970's until 1990. I do not recognize the Seattle of my childhood …
I have a coworker who is at least as much of a cat lover as I am, possibly more. Everything she has, from her lunch bag, to her mouse-pad, to her desktop drinking cup, has a cat pattern. Here are two of her carry-bags she has at work. Cute, aren't they? That's all, folks!
Ooh, I love this week's challenge topic! Right up my alley, as I work in a factory which manufactures aircraft parts out of metals including stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. My readers will already know that I love to photograph raw materials and metal shavings from the various machines and suppliers around the factory. So, …
A couple of years ago, a Ricochet friend turned me on to author T. Lee Harris, who wrote a short novel (The Eloquent Scribe) set in ancient Egypt in the time of Pharaoh Ramesses II. The hero of the detective story is a young apprentice scribe named Sitehuti. In the first chapter, he acquires a …
Continue reading Are you fascinated by Ancient Egypt? Have I got a Podcast for You!
I like to keep my eyes open, in case I see something unusual or interesting to photograph. Of course, this is much easier, now that I have a pretty good camera ready, wherever I go (thanks iPhone!). The day I went down to Martha Lake Park, I was looking over the dock railing, back at …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #189: Odds and Ends
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia is one of the world's most Special Places, in more ways than one. First, it is one of the most prestigious music conservatories, founded in the 19th Century and still going strong. Second, it charges its students no tuition. Third, it only accepts the very tip-top of applicants, making …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #188: A Special Place
Here's my entry into this week's Black and White Challenge on Cee Neuner's page. Both of the photos below were taken in 2018, on our July cruise to Hawaii from San Francisco. The first picture shows the ceiling of the Crystal Symphony's Asian-themed restaurant. When I am anywhere, indoors or out, I always look up …
Continue reading CBWC: Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Lines
Recently, Rumble.com, where I have a presence to post my videos, changed the way they display creator videos. In the past, they would show the number of "views", and the number of "rumbles", or "likes". Now, they not only show you those two measures, they show "dislikes", as in "thumbs down". Aside from my "RushBabe's …
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Make all the musicians wear masks. Last night was the first concert of the Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival. It was the first in-person concert since January of 2020, live-streamed from Benaroya Hall in downtown Hellhole Seattle. One of the big benefits of chamber music is watching how the musicians interact with each other, …
Continue reading How to ruin the sublime chamber music experience [Edited to add pictures]
Thanks so much to my friend Cee Neuner for this very timely topic! As my readers will already be aware, I have been taking pictures of some of the parts and scraps at the factory where I work. From almost the day I arrived, I have been admiring the bright colors of the plastic endcaps …
Continue reading CFFC (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge): Four colors or more
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