And this is what I found outside the door. Those are some pretty big books! Classics that everyone should read.
Category: art
Sunday Stills: My Town, and my Favorite Town (not the same)
So Terri gave us alternatives this week. Photos of our town, or our favorite town. I live in Western Washington, in a small city considered a suburb of Seattle. This is the waterfront on Puget Sound, just north of the US Navy Base in Everett. This is Silver Lake, just south of my house. And …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #226: Textures
Everything in our world has texture. Even thoughts can have texture, even if they can't be seen. Just last night, I captured our soft, shiny black cat on her high perch. Her coat is as soft as mink. Then again, she has so shredded the carpet on her tree that its texture has changed from …
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Ronald Reagan said “Freedom is never more than a generation away from extinction”
Does this quote from a young man of my acquaintance prove it? Over at another Web site, he titled his essay "Good Riddance, America." His description of how young people feel and act is quite upsetting. But I think he is absolutely correct. And I think that my generation, the Baby Boomers, started it. I …
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Idaho
The destination for our road trip was Boise, Idaho. It had been a while since we had been there (2013). The convention hotel was located in the center of downtown Boise, and during the conference we didn't venture very far outside the hotel. I did notice a few interesting items in the vicinity, however. This …
In Mourning Today. Hagrid has passed away.
I saw the news this morning, that Robbie Coltrane, the actor who played Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts in the eight Harry Potter movies, had passed away. This makes me very sad, and I'm sure I speak for all my Harry Potter fan readers. The first movie, which I saw just …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #220: One subject, three ways
Whenever I am photographing something I like, I always take multiple shots from different angles and distances. A pleasing subject is often pleasing in numerous ways. Take the beautiful vase of flowers my husband sent me for Valentine's Day this year. It had so many different flowers, different colors, and different angles, I just had …
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #219: A Treasure Hunt
This week, Tina has sent us on a guided treasure hunt, with a list of subjects to capture with our cameras. I think I can find them all. Here we go! First on the list is A Pet. My readers will all know that I have a profusion of photos of our pet (owner), Kikyo …
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An afternoon at The Fair
On Friday, September 9, Hubby and I again went to the Washington State Fair in Puyallup (in Pierce County). This year's fair was much freer than last year's, when masks were required even outdoors! I did not wear a mask last year, in defiance of the Health Nazis, and even though they were not required …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #214: Favorite Finds
To start with, these favorite finds are all from this month of August, 2022. I have a great liking for clouds, and I keep an album on my computer of just cloud photos. I was impressed with these wispy clouds around Colonial Peak in the North Cascades, when we visited the Diablo Lake Overlook on …
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