Moonrise
12/29/2025
4 pm moonrise near North Pole, Alaska. -40 F.
Category: Family
Happy Holidays fron North Pole, Alaska
12/24/2025
I am spending the holidays with one of my sisters and her family in the interior of Alaska. It was -37 F when I arrived on Sunday. We went to Santa Claus House and had photos with Old Saint Nick. And a moose A warming trend last night, only-5 F and several inches of new … More Happy Holidays fron North Pole, Alaska
Holiday Music 2025- 22: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol:The Lord’s Bright Blessing
12/22/2025
Repost from 2017. My all time favorite Christmas special. It was broadcast on Christmas Eve for several years when I was young (starting in 1962). It has a great message we should all pay attention to. Family is so important to me at Christmas. After so many years of gathering at home, I am always … More Holiday Music 2025- 22: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol:The Lord’s Bright Blessing
Holiday Fun in North Pole
12/07/2025
Twenty-nine years ago I went to North Pole, Alaska to celebrate the holidays with one of my sisters and her family. I arrived on my nephew Nick’s 1st birthday, December 21st. I was there for his 20th. I’ll be there this year for his 30th special day. We always have a wonderful time even with … More Holiday Fun in North Pole
Shadows Squared in Paris
11/17/2025
One of my sisters in the shadow of the clock in the Musee d’Orsay. We had a lovely two weeks in France but good to be home. https://th Becky at The Life of B has issued her square challenge for November. Her theme for is shadows. Post as often as you want. The only rule … More Shadows Squared in Paris
Joyful Wordless Wednesday
10/08/2025
Memories and Longing: Saudade
09/15/2025
In this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge #365: Longing, Egidio introduced me to a new word: saudade. It is a Portuguese word best translated as longing. Thinking about how to show this feeling in photographs, I decided to let my dad’s slides or some I took when I was young show what saudade says to me. My … More Memories and Longing: Saudade
Fun and Games
08/27/2025
I like this sort of challenge because it gives me an excuse to go through my old files, at least the digital ones. Most of my sports related photos, and there aren’t many, either show one of my family participating in a sport or game or an individual sport seen on my travels. A look … More Fun and Games
Another Year
08/04/2025
I don’t celebrate birthday’s anymore, but when I was three, they were still exciting. The approaching one, not so much. Taken by my dad in 1957. Join RDP SATURDAY: BIRTHDAY
Red Memories #4
07/19/2025
My elder brother plants 11,000 gladiolus every summer. They come in stunning colors, like the red examples below. In addition to selling some, he shares them with friends and neighbors, brings them to family events, and when we gather at the family favorite campground in Minnesota, a lovely bouquet graces his campsite. I discovered tall … More Red Memories #4
The New 3 Rs: Retire, Recharge, Reconnect 