Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. I would like to send out thanks to all the men and women who have given of themselves by serving in our nation’s military — including my father, two of my uncles, two of my cousins, and both my nephews. “Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 27, 2016. Spare has many connotations: it can mean one too many, or sparse, or even to release something from harm. I’m looking forward to seeing your interpretations! Bonus points to those who tell the story behind their “spare” inspiration. One of the classic cars taking part in last […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 20, 2016. Jubilant, adjective: showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant… Let’s all end this week on a high note, with images that say jubilant. Hey, guys — I just heard a rumor that we’re part of the Orangevale Pow Wow Days parade! Isn’t that hilarious? Somebody ought to let them know […]
I really enjoyed the “What’s This?” challenge brought to us by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge! A lot of the fun was visiting other people’s blogs and guessing at their items; but I also loved being the one with all the answers! Before I reveal the answers to my two photos, I thought I’d share a wider view, just in case you’d still […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is called “What’s this?” This challenge is to post a photo or two that you think viewers might be not be able to identify. And let bloggers guess as to what object you photographed. This is meant to be fun and hopefully will get us interacting with each other more than usual. I’ll admit I […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Pets. Your entry can be photos your pets or any pet. It can be anything from a cat or dog to hamster, to snakes or even a pet rock. Anything that can be considered a pet. It’s a little bittersweet for me; we lost our three dogs a few years ago and are still […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of April 29, 2016. In your response, depict something or someone you admire. Bonus points if you share a paragraph or two on the source of your admiration. My first thought was of my father-in-law, Hollis, partly because we’ve been spending this week with the in-laws at Clear Lake in California. […]
Sometimes the universe just speaks to you… Like the time I found this message in my fortune cookie, just after I had decided to get back into knitting — after a break of about 30 years. And this week I came upon this piece of advice, lying on the ground in Negro Bar State Park: What words of advice have you received lately? […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of April 22, 2016. This week, turn the concrete and familiar into something new and mysterious. This is a really fun challenge, and it’s the sort of thing I like to do on my own, now and again — especially if I’m feeling a little bored and uninspired by my surroundings. […]