Like all of us, I thought 2021 was a very unusual, uncomfortable year. It would have been my first year of full retirement, and a fixed income. But that was derailed in July when I got a temp job that was supposed to last only one month, but stretched until the end of the year! …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #180: Favorite photos of 2021
It's been pretty cold around here in Western Washington. This Viburnum bush is under the eaves on the front of our house. This has to be the definition of "forlorn". Happy New Year! Here's the link to Cee's Original Post for today.
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 …
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I love to see man-made and natural objects lighted at night. In fact, one of the very first signs that humans were evolving into social, technological creatures, was the mastery of fire. Very early humans could not advance until they were able to harness fire, for cooking, warmth, and light. This mastery is the very …
Amid all the chaos surrounding us this year, it's always a good idea to find places and things that are serene. In the comic strip "Rose is Rose", Rose Gumbo has her "Let Things Be Tree", where she goes when the family is making her crazy. I don't have a particular tree where I go …
Terri referred to metallic decorations in her original post, but I will be going in an entirely different direction here. My readers will know that I am currently working in a factory that makes metal parts for big airplanes, both military and commercial. Since I started in July, I have been impressed with the beauty …
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The theme this week is "you choose", so in this era of fear, loathing, pestilence, and tyranny, I choose to go through the archives and find pictures of winter wonderlands I have seen. One benefit of a blanket of snow over the world is the muffled silence it brings. Fewer vehicles are on the streets, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #178: My choice; Winter Wonderlands
This one is a real challenge! In spite of being Jewish, I love Christmas songs, and they tend to become earworms quite easily for me, and not just at Christmas time. I just have to choose one. One of my very favorites is an old German song, Still, Still, Still. I think this photo that …
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In this year of government oppression of the people of our country, sometimes it's hard to find anything to celebrate. I remember March of 2020, when the government locked down society (except for what it deemed "essential" activities). The weekend after the lockdown started, I decided to celebrate my independence, and refusal to accept government …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #177: Celebrating
Cee wanted "all one color", so I looked in my archives and came up with these. A whole wall of autumn-red ivy, seen at a big local shopping mall. Shades of silver/gray. The water reflects the gray skies, and the ship is its own shade of dark gray. The deep blue Pacific Ocean off Hawaii. …
Continue reading CFFC (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge): All one color
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