An Orchid
Year: 2015
Seaside!
Daily Prompt: Nothin’ But A Good Time Imagine that tomorrow, all of your duties and obligations evaporate for the day. You get the day all to yourself, to do anything you please. What types of fun activities would make your day? Actually yesterday that is exactly what happened! My husband and I decided it was […]
Thursday’s Special: Flare
Wordless Wednesday
Phone Woes
It finally happened- I dropped my smart phone and killed it. It still worked, I could hear the beeps and the click of the camera, but the screen was black, never to shine its light for me again. No more icons sitting there waiting nice and neatly lined up to be pressed to open. No […]
Black and White Sunday: Sculpture
He loves me, he loves me not….Off with her head…. Lost in Translation Black & White Sunday
Nature-It’s Good for the Brain!
There was an article in The New York Times last month that said “A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in ways that improve our mental health” You can read the article here. I knew walking in nature helps to calm me, makes […]
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things With Engines or Motors
Poor old things have been put out to pasture
Up In The Air
Yesterday was another beautiful summer day and we decided to head back “down the shore” . We situated ourselves close to the ocean to be able to take in the full breadth of the water and the goings on there. As I looked up into the sky I saw people Parasailing. Parasailing is an “activity” when […]
Serendipity Photo Prompt: Chai:Life
SERENDIPITY PHOTO PROMPT 2015 #18 — CHAI .This is the 18th Serendipity Photo Prompt. Eighteen in Hebrew is “Chai,” which means life. Every ending contains the seed of a beginning. It’s Wednesday, so it’s Marilyn at Serendipity’s photo prompt day. Sadly today will be the day she and her husband Garry say good bye to […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Cream to Light Brown
A Coin Over the Shoulder
Daily Prompt: Three Coins in the Fountain Have you ever tossed a coin or two into a fountain and made a wish? Did it come true? I went to Rome when I was 25. Of course the Trevi Fountain was on the list of places to see. Originally, legend has it that a thirst quenching glass of […]
A Photo a Week: Neon Signs
“They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway…”
Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Clouds in Black and White
Sunday Stills
Bench Series
For the month of August Jude is looking for a colourful bench- painted or stained or otherwise coloured in some way. A plain wooden bench painted the color of the sea
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet
Summer Scenes of Water Beneath Feet
Through the Window
Daily Prompt:Through the Window Go to the nearest window. Look out for a full minute. Write about what you saw. When I am home I am usually at my computer, at the kitchen table looking out through my garden window. I watch the seasons change through this window. Summer is my favorite season, when the […]
Seagull Entertainment
We spent a day at the beach this week. The weather was perfect and we parked ourselves on a patch of sand close to the ocean to be able to take it all in. The seagulls were a constant source of entertainment for me. Flying nearby, fearless of the people around them or just hanging out.The funniest […]
Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Hands, Feet or Paws
Checking out a piece of bread….perhaps thinking about how good it looks
FORE! First Time For Miniature Golf
Yesterday I played miniature golf for the first time in my life. I posted this photo on Facebook, captioned with 1st time ever playing miniature golf….. and here are the comments that immediately followed: Seriously? You’ve never played?? EXACTLY what the person above asked / said… What? Ditto!! LOL. Ever? How is that even possible? Lisa, this […]
Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Seagulls webbed feet circling the sand in search of unattended food on the beach
Wordless Wednesday
Grounds For Sculpture
Yesterday we visited a wonderful place called Grounds for Sculpture. Here is some background: In 1984, Seward Johnson, sculptor and philanthropist, and heir to the immense medical products fortune of Johnson & Johnson, founded by his grandfather, envisioned a public sculpture garden and museum in Hamilton, NJ. His desire was to make contemporary sculpture accessible and […]
Travel theme: Wind
It was a bad hair day for me and my Aunt as we posed for this photo in the wind Travel Theme:WIND
Navigating the World of ASL
Daily Prompt: tell us about a time when you used a word whose meaning you didn’t actually know – or were very wrong about. I had wanted to learn ASL- American Sign Language, since I was in my 20’s and had seen a friend signing. I was fascinated by the idea of communicating using your hands […]
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