Earlier this week, Hubby and I had a little getaway to LaConner, situated on the Swinomish Channel. It’s a long tidal channel northwest of Seattle. On the West side of the Channel is the Swinomish Indian Reservation, and on the West side is the picturesque town of LaConner. We go there often, as it’s only …
We have Ricochet friends who just moved from LosAngeles to Anacortes, and now that they both are up here, we scheduled lunch for yesterday, and included our other friend from Seattle. I decided to extend the lunch a couple of days, since I thought we were in need of a short break from home. Drive …
Continue reading More to come…little preview of our mini-getaway to LaConner
So here are some real and cartoon black cats who have crossed my path lately. Of course, the most important black cat in my life is the one who rules the roost at our house, and has both Hubby and me wrapped around her furry paw. The Lady Kikyo. She is 15 years old now, …
Yes, that is a real question. In fact, it's the headline of an article on the KOMO Web site. The article, specifically referencing dogs, is originally from the Associated Press. I am going to reprint that article here in its entirety, for the pleasure of my readers. Believe me, this will make you laugh out …
Continue reading Did you know that people often make the wrong “climate choices”?
Well, since just this week I posted some photos from this year's Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, I guess I need to find some others for this post! Hubby and I always go the Washington State Fair, and I am always a picture-taking fool when we go (especially since I got my first smartphone and …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #360: Finds and Fun at the Fair
I have often spoken of the press climate around the world. How entire big stories are ignored or actively suppressed by the legacy media (ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, PBS, AP, CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post). Entire story lines hit, are only posted on social media and online by "new media", then …
This extensive essay is from the Mark Steyn Club newsletter. The title is Steyn on Culture, A Baroness on Barrenness. Here it is in full. ~As I was saying twenty ...well, no, only five years ago, upon the centennial of my sometime acquaintance P D James. Baroness James wrote a remarkable novel about the existential crisis in …
Continue reading Guest Author: Mark Steyn and his guest on the Fertility Crisis all over the world
It’s Saturday, and look who showed up in our yard. https://videopress.com/v/kCBWd6Yi?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true He’s a Downy Woodpecker. Apologizing for the background music, courtesy of The Lady Kikyo, who was watching too. See who also came for the yummy suet! Our Northern Flicker. He’s posing for the camera
This X post is somewhat self-explanatory. None of the commenters disagreed with the author. https://twitter.com/thekentacorn/status/1952056077102743884?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Notice the 970 likes. Fifteen comments. All favorable. Am I the only one who thinks that this statement is just plain wrong? The author is human too, and runs a project preserving oak woodlands in Britain. I follow him. If …
Continue reading So, Readers, what do you think of this sentiment?
This week's theme really made me happy, since I am always on the lookout for photos incorporating all those elements. In fact, I happened to be getting a pedicure with my best friend at our local nail salon, and right in front of me, there were two great examples! First, there was a three-section screen …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #359: Tools of Photo Composition: Line, Color, Pattern
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