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New and Different
As we normally now have so little light I find it a challenge to get pictures of the birds I see with any of the cameras I have so I was thrilled to get a relatively decent shot of this handsome...
Large Predators and Angry Humans
Once again in attempt to capture the white of the rhododendrons that surround my living area I got creative and went out just after dawn yesterday to a bush that must have been bought from the s...
The Right White (To get a decent shot)
Today it is overcast and on the cool side, one still needs a coat even though the UV is strong enough with the glare to fully darken the transitional lens on my glasses the minute I step out the...
March Showers Brought June Flowers
This was a couple of days ago a couple of blocks away. It is not like that now; it is bone chillingly damp and overcast out with rain due in a few hours. I’ll be out in it as I have a dental ap...
Next Up on the Flower Clock
I went out walking midday on Friday with the camera. It is rhododendron on the flower clock (and wild poppy). Blooming white flowers, delicate and almost impossible to photograph well, (at least...
A Door, An Insight and Warming Light
This is without a doubt the year of the tulip here. And look… light! Precious heart warming light. I learned last night at my last Bhagavad Gita class, or relearned, that Guru means remover of ...
Noko, Color Whore
As you can see it is lilac time on the flower clock out there. I am not sure why this house is pink but I think there might be a Mary Kay cosmetics connection. There is a pink smart car that u...
No Special Treatment
Is the light here not gorgeous? Oh, spring, I earned you this year! So say we all, at least those of us in sodden weed land. No one has had a break long enough and at the right times in the rain...
A Target in Motion With Tulips
We had the most stunningly beautiful afternoon here yesterday. It was warm, it was dry; it was fragrant. I went out for my neighborhood walk just after I logged out of work, phone camera in hand...
Big Scare and Bigger Reprieve
Compared to what is going on out there in the world this is a small thing but it has been taking up a lot of mental space for me over the last few days. On Saturday morning early after I got ou...
In Whatever Form
Belated Happy Easter! Although we had rain and sun and wind and hail and big dramatic skies it has been a lovely day. I saw a family of lesser scaups, a small black and white diving duck, Ayth...
Throwback Thursday Mixed Tapes
This is around the corner. It is still raining…they say until Monday. The bricks are the foundation of the old smithy part of the stables that were here. The two old men that have an office in ...
Pondering the Need for Hope on a Grim Day
This garden path on a steep hillside up behind where I live seemed appropriate on this difficult day for the whole world with yet more brutal carnage in a place once considered safe and civiliz...
She Says Determinedly
After a few years of flowers blooming alarmingly early, this year we are back to what in my lifetime is a more normal schedule. Last year this time these tulips were open and quite plentiful. T...
Gentleman, Please!
The other day on the bus I saw a fairly burly guy wearing loose beige cargo shorts with what looked like black long john leggings underneath and short hiking boots. Really? I know you want to b...
Big Excitement...Not
The tulip trees (that is what we call them here) are blooming and after 21 straight days of rain the sun is out and the ground (in patches) is dry! It is gorgeous and there is a bunch of happy ...
Jasmine on the Flower Clock
We should start seeing the first early irises soon. There is a most chattered about rumor going around that we might get a three-day break in the rain starting tomorrow sometime. Saint Joe is t...
Nudging Up Against the Political - Eek
Have I mentioned it is raining? Yeah, yeah, I know, it is not as bad as the flooding that is going on in Louisiana and Texas. My heart goes out to those folks experiencing flooding for the firs...
Neutralizing the Evil Empire?
This is another view of the small Parks Department community garden at the end of my neighborhood. What I like about this picture is the light in the foreground. Well, it is home territory too ...
Seemingly Ordinary
We are in a blustery changeable very dramatic weather period but on Saturday morning while waiting for S and Frieda down by the river we had a moment where the sun broke through the clouds and ...
Specialty Cats and Dental Hygeine
When I went to visit Kes last weekend she shared with me their most recent distraction (when they aren’t doing the mini-crosswords). It is an app, a game for girls and cat lovers called Neko At...
The Real Deal
Isn’t this pretty? I hope Kes and Most Honorable don’t mind, this is their backyard that I visited on Saturday. Noko, Sammy and Stella are all buried in the back there by where the pile of smal...
A Certain Kind of Grumpy
I am happy with the composition here, just love it, but oh to have a lightweight SLR with a polarizing lens… A new camera is on my wish list as well as a new laptop, bed, yoga mat… you get the ...
Things To Ponder
I am posting more often here lately for a combination of reasons… I have a little more time than usual, I have a strong urge to communicate and my usual sources of companionship have been other...
Challenging People: Uses Of…
Last night I finished watching La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet and enjoyed it. This is a link to it It took me a week. Even though I am teaching a more reasonable amount of classes I still hav...
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What flits through at a particular time.
