As I write this, it's 1:00AM on Christmas morning. I want to wish all my followers, and occasional readers, the happiest of holidays, and peace and prosperity in the new year of 2025. We all can give thanks that the new year will bring a new President, and a New Birth of Freedom to our …
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Next to Autumn, Winter is my favorite season. I like cold weather, and I'd rather have it too cold than too warm. You can always bundle up against the cold, but you can't get more naked than naked when it's too hot. And believe me, I experienced both situations during my two years in grad …
From the header photo, you can see that Washington is blessed with abundant natural beauty. From the Pacific Ocean to the Cascade Mountains to the Mighty Columbia River, God has endowed our state with every possible kind of wild and scenic landscape. Well… Maybe not all of the landscapes are quite as scenic as they …
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Smiles are one thing we need a lot more of these days. It's easy to be serious, with all the bad news out there, but I do try to keep my eyes open for fun things. On our trip to Colorado in 2022, we stopped in Rock Springs, Wyoming for dinner. We ate at a …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #326: This Made Me Smile
This week's topic is right up my alley. To start with, my favorite styles of architecture are Art Nouveau and Art Deco, both from the early to mid-20th Century. Both styles involve decorated buildings, with all sorts of frilly details, very unlike more-modern buildings which have no decoration at all (and are quite boring to …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #324: In The Details
First off this week, I have to disagree with one of the quotes Tina used in her post (link at the bottom). The quote stated that all noise is "waste". In my opinion, it depends on how you define "noise". Is the soft plashing of a creek considered noise? Or is it a pleasant, relaxing …
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Yes, it’s that time of year again. The aroma of pumpkin spice lattes fills the air, and seemingly every store and doorstep has its obligatory orange gourds. Here are some from my travels recently. Franklin, Kentucky Kirkland, Washington. Cheekwood, Nashville Tennessee These were for sale at my local grocery store. Ugly ducklings! Everett, Washington With …
Readers will know that we just returned from a week in Nashville for Turdstock2024 and some sightseeing. Here are some highlights. See what welcomed us at the hotel front desk! Friday started out with a short walk near our hotel, which was right across from the campus of Vanderbilt University. Its buildings are from a …
I am a Littermate, a follower of all-around good old Country Boy and Limbaugh-loving Conservative commentator Catturd. For many years, aside from his posts and podcasts with Jewels Jones, Catturd’s visual ID was only his avatar, a white cat wearing black glasses. Here are some representations courtesy of his creative followers. About a year ago, …
Living in the Pacific Northwest, we have lots of shorelines within a few minutes, or hours drive. And we have lakes and rivers, which also have shorelines, along with the oceans. The shoreline closest to me is along Silver Lake. This was early in the morning on my way to work. About 50% of the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #314: Shorelines
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