Vegetables can be beautiful

Yes, you heard that right. Vegetables can actually be beautiful, regardless of how they might taste. Yesterday, Hubby and I went to our favorite Asian market, Uwajimaya. They have a remarkable assortment of Asian foods, fruits, vegetables, meats, and other prepared foods. I have always marveled at the arrays of items in their produce department. …

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News from the Environment

I saw all these stories recently. Mother Nature is more powerful than we are. https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023850637629481139?s=20 Hey, this is the time for Situational Awareness! https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023361802722001278?s=20 Hey drivers, watch where you're going! And from Ireland: https://twitter.com/cormac_mcginley/status/2023684176306991596?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/2023593252017111457?s=20 My readers might remember my photos of that same volcano when we were in Hawaii in 2018. That eruption was …

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Lunar New Year is Here: Year of the Horse

So, in honor of the Year of the Horse (I have been horse-crazy since childhood), here are some horses that caught my eye and my fancy. My ultimate favorite horse breed is Friesian. They are magnificent, and I think they are the most beautiful with their shiny black coats, and manes that would make any …

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It’s Valentine’s Day

First, some history of the holiday. It originated in England, hundreds of years ago. https://twitter.com/proudofusuk/status/2022661044720558086?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Everywhere you go, you see ♥️🩷, and red and pink things. It’s the second largest occasion to give and receive flowers. I guess things must be different when you get old and retire. I almost forgot about it this year! …

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Scenes from Rural Michigan, in the Snow

Last week, we were in Hillsdale, Michigan, in the south central part of the state. It is a relatively poor region, with no big cities, mostly small to medium-sized towns. Allen, along US12, is a center of antiques, with many dealers along the highway. I never tired of the drive from Hillsdale to Coldwater, where …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs

I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …

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Random photos, Hillsdale College campus

We have never been on campus in the winter before. This time, the daytime temperatures hovered around 23F, and at night got close to zero. The campus is in the middle of a huge construction boom, with multiple areas closed off and full of construction equipment. Snow was everywhere. One of the new buildings going …

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It’s a First! Gotcha, Mr Cardinal!

We are in south central Michigan this week for a Hillsdale College conference. The high temperature so far has been 23F. Until today, I hadn’t seen many birds at all, but when I looked out the window at breakfast this morning, I saw my first Northern Cardinal. Cardinal on branch I think I am lucky …

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