When you live in the Pacific Northwest, you can be "on the water" in moments, from most places. We have the Pacific Ocean, Puget Sound, and numerous lakes and rivers within a short drive. Silver Lake is less than five minutes from my house, and I never get tired of taking pictures of it. Its …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #155: On the Water
I never take our wonderful world for granted. Wherever I go, I pay close attention to my surroundings, on my own level, and above and below me. That is why, today, I am linking to another of my own posts, here at Calling-All-RushBabes. Check out "I've looked at clouds from both sides now", below. Just …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #153: Wonderful World (in two posts)
Good morning/afternoon everyone. This morning, this is what we woke up to on this fine Monday morning in May. Colonial Pipeline taken down in massive cyber-attack. Might be an act of War. State of Emergency declared, gas prices to skyrocket. Attack attributed to Russian hackers. This one is not a hoax. Middle East explodes, as …
Continue reading Welcome to Joe Biden’s (and Bernie Sanders’s) America
On April 25th, my husband and I flew from Seattle to Nashville, for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar, and to do some sightseeing and meeting with our friends from Ricochet. I had the window seat, and I was fortunate to be able to see the ground for most of the four-hour flight. You want …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #146-Focus on the Details: Flying cross-country
The Environmental Wackos came first. They believe that human actions are causing the climate of our planet to become warmer (even though there is very little hard evidence that what increasing temperature there is, is actually caused by human actions). The Environmental Wackos believe that humans are throwing into the atmosphere of Earth too much …
Continue reading Confirmed: Electric cars are a Creature of Government (and environmental wackos)
Take a look at what happened last night in Iceland. A volcano that had been dormant for about 6,000 years erupted, lighting up the night sky near the Iceland Capital of Reykjavik. Isn't this beautiful? It demonstrates the raw power of Nature. Maybe it thought that the humans were just getting too complacent, blaming the …
Continue reading In case you needed proof that Nature is more powerful than we are…
I had a doctor's appointment this week, in the city of Edmonds, which is on the shore of Puget Sound. The day was bright and sunny, and on my way to her office, I noticed that I could see a very beautiful view across to the Kitsap Peninsula. So, after my appointment was over, I …
So..... In a month characterized by a nationwide Snow Storm, that left Streets Slippery with Snow and ice, where do we begin? How about with a triple-S photo: Song Sparrow in the Snow, taken just last week. And how about his Snow-buddy, our Squirrel? From a prior year, a Snowy Street, right in front of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 136: Subjects starting with the Letter “S”
My readers will know that I am a retired industrial buyer. I am still in touch with my colleagues in the Institute For Supply Management, and receive various publications. I also watch for supply-chain stories in the business media, and there is a whopper in the Wall Street Journal this week. The story is about …
Continue reading Supply Chain Signal: Chip Shortage affects Auto-makers
This week, Canada has contributed to the ruination of the Alaska cruise industry. Numerous cruise lines, including Princess, Celebrity, Disney, Norwegian, Holland-America, Crystal, and Seabourn, cruise to Alaska from ports on the US West Coast, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Canada has now prohibited any cruise line from cruising in their waters, or …
Continue reading Canada single-handedly destroys the Alaska cruise industry
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