Woof!! That's the bark. Nah, not really! How about these? They are two different Douglas Fir trees. The one on the left was cut down, and I took the picture to show how thick its bark is. The one on the right is very much alive, growing near Deception Pass on Whidbey Island. Here's …
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Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia is one of the world's most Special Places, in more ways than one. First, it is one of the most prestigious music conservatories, founded in the 19th Century and still going strong. Second, it charges its students no tuition. Third, it only accepts the very tip-top of applicants, making …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #188: A Special Place
Here's my entry into this week's Black and White Challenge on Cee Neuner's page. Both of the photos below were taken in 2018, on our July cruise to Hawaii from San Francisco. The first picture shows the ceiling of the Crystal Symphony's Asian-themed restaurant. When I am anywhere, indoors or out, I always look up …
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I live in Western Washington, basically surrounded by water on every side. Silver Lake is our local watery spot. I really wish there were a walking path all the way around, but much of the lake shore is in private hands, so the path only goes around the east and north sides of the lake. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #187: Water, Water, Everywhere
Hubby and I have been on two cruises, on the luxury line Crystal Cruises. Both were Hillsdale College cruises, one to Alaska and one to Hawaii. The fact that both cruises left from the West Coast was a deciding factor. We took the Crystal Serenity to Alaska in 2016, and the Crystal Symphony to Hawaii …
Continue reading How the mighty have fallen. Rogue cruise ships?
What travel has mostly taught me is that people are people everywhere and always. And that we don't live in the only beautiful region of our country. Everywhere we have traveled has shown us that God has bestowed upon us a spectacular planet, with an infinite variety of landscapes and features. For the past two …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #184: What travel has taught me
I love this topic! I often post photos of the power of Nature, and we have lots of those elements right here in the Pacific Northwest. My very favorite subject is Snoqualmie Falls, which is just a half-hour drive from our home. We go there often, just to stand behind the chain-link fence and view …
I don't know of a more memorable event in my long life than the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, that we saw from the deck of the cruise ship Crystal Symphony in the summer of 2018. The volcano had been erupting for a few weeks before we got there in mid-July, and we …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #183: Memorable events
If you thought Western Civilization was crumbling before your eyes, you might be right. Aside from all the crime, homelessness, shortages, skyrocketing food and fuel prices that affect us all, two stories this weekend will confirm it. The first story has to do with the "vaccine mandates" being forced on citizens by various governments, both …
Continue reading What is this world coming to? This weekend’s horror stories.
Yep, right here in my back yard in the middle of suburbia, we have a sort of wildlife sanctuary, and neighborhood birds and animals visit every day. Now, we don't get much that's really exotic, though neighbors have seen a coyote, raccoons, and even a black bear. Our furry and feathered friends seem to like …
Continue reading Sunday Stills Challenge: It’s a Wild(life) world
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