Where I live, in a small city, the housing is mostly single-family homes with yards. Even the downtown area isn't very dense. Then, there's New York City, which has to be the epitome of "dense". In Manhattan, the buildings are built cheek-by-jowl, and many buildings are very high. The majority of residents of Manhattan live …
Category: Travel and Vacations
New Header Photo for Spring
Daffodil field in the Skagit Valley, around Mount Vernon, Washington. Note the gray skies-it was raining, and we found many flooded fields. The Tulip Festival runs through April, and if Sunday was any indication, the tulips will be late this year. The Skagit Valley has some of the most fertile soil in our state, and …
Easy Being Green…Gardens I’ve Seen
I hate green. Green is my least favorite color, at least in clothing and accessories and household goods. I don't wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, or any other day, for that matter. And I'm the opposite of an "environmental wacko", since I don't believe that humans are a blot on the landscape, or destroying …
Weekly Photo Challenge-Atop
Mount Rose is the highest point in the Washoe Range in Nevada, and the highest year-round pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains. On the highway at the summit of Mount Rose, here are the trees and rocks at the very tippy-top. On the way down the other side, when you feel like you're really on …
Photo Challenge….Wish
Ever since I returned from Cambridge, England in 1991, I have wished I could go back. There's just no other place on Earth like it. If I was told I only had a year to live, I'd pull up stakes and spend my last days in Cambridge. King's College Chapel, back side, from the River …
RushBabe49 and Hubby’s Excellent Arizona Adventure
From February 13th through the 18th, hubby and I flew down to Arizona for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Phoenix. We attended the Seminar Tuesday and Wednesday, then did some sightseeing the rest of the time. Monday's flight was uneventful, and we arrived at our hotel in good time. Upon unpacking, however, hubby …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow
At the Diablo Lake Overlook, along Washington State Highway 20 (North Cascades Highway), Mountain Shadows. It is late afternoon. But when you zoom out a little... Shadows disappear. And you see the blue-green glacial waters of Diablo Lake, behind Diablo Dam, on the Skagit River. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/shadow-2017/
Weekly Photo Challenge…Solitude
The ultimate solitude for me would be sitting here: The private veranda off our cruise-ship stateroom. With a good book. Listening to this: I find the sight and sound of the ship cutting through the water incredibly relaxing. This is, in my opinion, the best part of a cruise. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/solitude/
Photo Challenge-Graceful
What could be more graceful than a bird in flight? Even though they look ungainly on land, these Skimmers at Cape May, New Jersey, are very graceful coming in for a landing. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/graceful/
Over the Cascade Mountains
Hubby and I had the entire week between Christmas and New Years off work. On Wednesday, we got in the car and drove over the Cascade Mountains to Leavenworth. Here are a couple of pictures I took from inside the moving car. Stevens Pass Ski Area. On our way back in the evening, there was …
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