Summer time, and the living is easy. Right? Summer is when many people go on vacations, the kids are out of school, and there are no heating bills (but there are cooling bills!). Heat doesn't agree with me, so summer is not my favorite season of the year; but we have gone on some great …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #208: Summer Vibes
With all the gloom and doom, and BS going around these days, it's time for something sunny and optimistic. Let's search the archives for some sunny photos. A sunny day along the Clark Fork River in Montana. The sunny side of the street, in Cape May, New Jersey. The late-afternoon sunny beach at Deception Pass. …
Here is my tribute to America, the Greatest Country ever devised by humanity in all its recorded history. This Independence Day, each and every American should be celebrating the founding of a nation founded on a great idea, that All Men Are Created Equal, by their God, with the Unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty, and …
Continue reading God Bless America, the Beautiful, on Independence Day
It's beach season again (but you wouldn't know it from the weather in Everett today, which is cool and drizzly). We are extremely fortunate here to have a plethora of beaches available to us within an hour or two drive. If you asked us, our most favorite beach is the Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge …
I appreciate this week's challenge topic, because I have been prompted in more ways than one to be grateful for all the treasures that make life in our America wonderful. It would be so easy to wallow in misery at all the country's problems, but we definitely need to step back and appreciate what we …
I've traveled to cities large and small, old and new, in my 73 years. In all of my travels, my very favorite city is an old one, a college town in England that has been settled for around 2,000 years. I first went there in 1984 with my first husband. We liked it so much, …
Continue reading CFFC: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: City Structures
With Antifa and Insane abortion promoters firebombing women' clinics; perverts celebrating their perversion in the streets of many cities, and Supreme Court Justices being threatened with death, I thought I'd try to add some beauty to take your mind off all the filth. Below are some photographs of my state, Washington's rural areas, whose natural …
Continue reading Washington State Pastoral-a break from all the ugliness
My first thought upon seeing this week's topic was "I rarely photograph people, so I don't have many faces". However, upon further reflection, it occurred to me that there are a pair of quite striking eyes right in our own house. They belong to our black cat. This photo deserves a caption. Can you suggest …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #205: The Eyes have it
My readers will know that my husband plays accordion. Until recently, he played in an accordion band, but is no longer, since the band now only accepts Covid-vaccinated players. The gathering was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, so everyone was thrilled that it went forward in 2022. We went for the entire time, from Thursday …
Continue reading Highlights from the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration 2022
The barrel of posies is out in front of the Leavenworth Pizza Company, on US2, across from downtown Leavenworth. They are so colorful! Here's the Link to Cee's June 22 FOTD post.
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