Category: Challenges

ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

CWWC:  Which way on a cloudy or stormy day Every cloud doesn't mean a storm, but today we had a storm with wind and rain so hard it was tropical. Intense. The sound of the bending oak trees sounded like the roar of a big truck. It wasn't the small oaks in motion. It was the … Continue reading ON A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY

TALKING ABOUT OUR BLOGS IS ANOTHER WAY TO TALK ABOUT OURSELVES

Being truthful about one's blog is not a big challenge for any of us. It's kind of like talking about ourselves because -- Our blogs are us more than any other writing we do. Whether they are all photographs or poetry or writing or some of everything, they are us -- maybe more than any … Continue reading TALKING ABOUT OUR BLOGS IS ANOTHER WAY TO TALK ABOUT OURSELVES

CRITTERS

Nature Photo Challenge #28: Wild animals It's not that we don't have other critters near us. We have more, including coyotes, bobcats, fishers, raccoons, flying squirrels, rabbits, and a variety of lizards and snakes. I never seem to have a camera at hand when I see them. It's frustrating. We did, however, have a field … Continue reading CRITTERS

RED SQUARES, RED FLOWERS

Square Red Flowers The flowers at close of day. I was torn between taking pictures and letting the birds eat without interruption. But today was a perfect day. Sunny. Not raining. Not going to rain, at least not now. I used ON1 for some of the effects I used. I always have some problems getting … Continue reading RED SQUARES, RED FLOWERS

MY FIRST FIBBING FRIDAY

Fibbing Friday 11th July I can never think of anything funny to say, but this week, I liked the words so I figured I'd give it a try. Here we go! I feel I should mention that sometimes, the actual meaning of the word is funnier than anything we can make up! Lunkhead "Lunk" means stupid … Continue reading MY FIRST FIBBING FRIDAY

A DARK, RAINY DAY

Every cloud doesn't mean a storm, but today we had a huge storm. Three or more inches of rain with 60 mile per hour winds with rain so hard it was tropical. Intense. It's not over yet, but they (the TV meteorologists) are saying it should be over by morning. Just as well since I … Continue reading A DARK, RAINY DAY

SPOOKY TIME: MONOCHROME MADNESS

Monochrome Madness #20: Spooky I thought I'd see if these work out. The last one are skellies of a cat and dog. Are your pets still waiting for you to come over the bridge? Spooky pets

OFF THE SHOPPING LIST. PERMANENTLY.

Stuff I Won’t Buy Again. Ever. As time has wandered on, I've had to make distinctions between things I haven't bought in a long time because they aren't the kind of things one buys frequently (like kitchen ranges, washers, dryers and cars) versus stuff I I won't buy again, ever. Heavy oak desks: I've still … Continue reading OFF THE SHOPPING LIST. PERMANENTLY.

TOO MANY COMMENTS?

Sunday Poser #180 - Comments thread How many times do you respond to comments on your blog? I try to respond to all the comments. When a comment is on a post that's not current, I may miss it. I try to catch up with older comments by looking at the comments page to see if … Continue reading TOO MANY COMMENTS?

GOOD OLD DAYS

Those good old days weren't all that great for many of us. Maybe for all the white middle-class Christians it was all good (but I doubt it). If you weren't one of them, there was government engineered bigotry, Jim Crow, lynchings and more. And it isn't any better today and that is the saddest thing … Continue reading GOOD OLD DAYS