I don't know how I got interested in bluegrass music, a sub-genre of country music. I remember one year driving up to the town of Darrington in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, where they have a Bluegrass Festival in the summer, and not being too impressed because the majority of bands were local and …
With Antifa and Insane abortion promoters firebombing women' clinics; perverts celebrating their perversion in the streets of many cities, and Supreme Court Justices being threatened with death, I thought I'd try to add some beauty to take your mind off all the filth. Below are some photographs of my state, Washington's rural areas, whose natural …
Continue reading Washington State Pastoral-a break from all the ugliness
My first thought upon seeing this week's topic was "I rarely photograph people, so I don't have many faces". However, upon further reflection, it occurred to me that there are a pair of quite striking eyes right in our own house. They belong to our black cat. This photo deserves a caption. Can you suggest …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #205: The Eyes have it
Since last Thursday, Hubby and I have been in Washington's Bavarian Village of Leavenworth for the International Accordion Celebration. The town, and just about every building is decorated with scenes Bavarian, inside and out. We stayed at a different hotel this time, and it has a plethora of decorated doors. Starting with the entrance door. …
In my reading and listening, I came across a set of words of wisdom that very much impressed me. Reading them, it seems like the one who said them had a very good grasp of morality, and human behavior. The wise person who handed down these words was an important person, and wanted those who …
Continue reading Who do you think said these words of wisdom?
For most of my adult life, I have been a lover of classical music, and especially chamber music. I got my first taste of playing chamber music in the sixth grade in school, as my string quartet played for other classes of students. I remember being awfully proud of being able to play beautiful music …
I always find a snow-covered landscape peaceful. This photo I took in front of our house in January of 2012 epitomizes "peaceful" for me. Also, it's surprising how little change happened between color and black-and-white in this particular picture. There's very little more peaceful than a sleeping kitty. Finally, the Colorado sky at sunset. Here's …
My head is already spinning at this week's Fun Foto Challenge topic. Like this: Rides after dark and at twilight on the Santa Monica Pier. And this: Ferris wheel at the Washington State Fair. All the other rides go around in circles, too, don't they? Barrels of whisky at the Jack Daniels Distillery in Tennessee. …
Continue reading CFFC: Going around in circles, and leaning into the curves
Working in a factory gives me access to industrial and mechanical items all day long, and ever since I started there in July of 2021, I have marveled at the beauty of the items manufactured, and even the scrap material. Every so often, I need to stop by the tool room to pick up some …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #199: Mechanical, Industrial
Cee's Black and White Challenge this week is Flowers. Just recently I took one of the photos of my Valentine's bouquet roses and made it black-and-white (see the color in the header photo on my blog). I just love the detail that comes out in the black-and-white version. I went out in the back yard …
