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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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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Nothing important, just some humor and cuteness. Starting with a bunch of AI images of our next President, with cats, when we heard about the Haitian criminal migrants eating people’s pet cats. Gotta have a Catturd one! Next, some funny cat cartoons. What cat owner hasn’t been in this spot? And just some feline beauty. …
Continue reading Cat stuff, picked up from around the interwebs (hat tip/Viva).
I live in the Puget Sound area of Western Washington, and most of our trees are evergreen (Washington isn’t called the Evergreen State for nothing). But we do have our share of deciduous trees, and fall is my favorite season. Here are some bright fall colors I have seen this week. Maples This line of …
Here are some recent photos from around my area of Western Washington. In my own backyard Near my dentist’s office Silver Lake near my house The business park near where I work Also in the business park where I work. We had a very dry summer, so the trees dropped their leaves almost before they …
Sorry this is a week late, but I guess better late than never. As for the photos that are my favorites, I have exactly three which I think are my most memorable. Both were taken within a few feet of my front door. The first one is a picture I always come back to. It …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #268: Tell us Why
I have always been fascinated by architecture, as a demonstration of man's capacity to create structures of beauty. Cultures all over the world erect buildings that reflect their varying cultural traditions. Aside from cultural traditions, architectural details show the artistic period when the building was built. One day, I took my camera and went to …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #251: Beauty in the Buildings
Tucker Carlson was doing a bit on his show today, discussing the lack of beauty in our environment, specifically ugly buildings. So I thought I'd find some natural beauty for you. Here are some sailboats in the channel on the Everett, Washington waterfront. They are sailing south to north. It was a breezy day. These …
So much of what we see around us is in motion, especially outdoors. If there is any wind at all, all the plants are in continuous motion. Birds on the wing are some of my favorite subjects to capture with me cameras; both my Canon point-and-shoot camera, and the excellent cameras on my iPhone 13 …
Industrial art is tools or devices that not only work well, but are beautiful in themselves. An item that is well-designed for its task often is a thing of beauty besides. My Guru, Dr. Larry Arnn, president of Hillsdale College, teaches that anything that is the best it can be, at the task for which …
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