I've had a pretty long life, at age 71. I've been through two marriages, multiple careers, dozens of jobs, many layoffs, a fair amount of therapy, and years of education. This year, the Plague Year, has had its share of precious moments, especially, for me, those moments when I chose to defy the first actual …
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This week's challenge turns out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. I had lots of subjects in mind, but then thought a little harder. With all the very upsetting things happening in our Nation this year, I have decided that, for me, the most important "A" subject must be, America. At age 71, …
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I got in the car and went to get gas this afternoon. When I drove out of the parking lot, I looked up and the sky was spectacular. So I changed my plans, drove down the street to the lake, and parked illegally for a few minutes in the lot by a restaurant, so I …
As long as I get to pick my subjects, I will post some of what I consider to be the best photos I have taken for this blog. Most have been spur-of-the-moment captures that just said "take my picture". This picture of the LaConner Marina just says "tranquillity" to me, and I remember thinking that …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #125: You Pick It
This was last week's challenge, and I couldn't think of anything, certainly not related to the pandemic. This post has zero to say about that-I have spoken at length here anyway. So, here are a couple of "now and then" photos from my back yard. Then: Japanese Maple tree in full fall red foliage. Now: …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #124: Now and Then
This week has been bountiful for our back yard going into the winter season. We have had a profusion of birds coming to our seed and suet feeders. Birds that we rarely see in the yard have visited more frequently than before, and birds that we normally see in winter are around now. These birds …
This afternoon, Hubby and I drove up to the Skagit Valley, just to get out of the house. The weather was cool and crisp, and the clouds were ominous sometimes. When we got there, we took our favorite road through the fields. A little farther on, as the sun was just setting: Around the next …
Our yard this week has been a bird madhouse. We have had flocks of bushtits, a rufous-sided towhee, black-capped and chestnut-backed chickadees, a Bewick's wren, red-breasted nuthatch, and juncos. And who should put in an early appearance? Our Townsend's Warbler! He usually doesn't arrive until late December. Sorry for the reflections, but the picture was …
Finally, I'm getting around to doing the last big post from our trip to South Dakota in September. The last time we were in Montana, in 2017, the sky was filled with smoke from multiple wildfires, and all our plans to explore Glacier Park with our Ricochet friends had to be cancelled. Both ends of …
I wondered what to do for Milestone Post Number 800 on my blog, and shortly thereafter was presented with the perfect answer! Now, my readers know that I live in the Pacific Northwest, Everett, Washington to be exact. Our immediate neighborhood is nothing unusual-just a pretty normal subdivision. However, our yard is not like the …
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