My Weekly Smile and Terri’s Sunday Stills all together! Terri has chosen the word sweet for us to interpret in any way we choose. Here’s what’s sweet for me and also made me smile, My husband’s daughter came into town from Chicago and came to visit last night. You may be asking yourself why I […]
Pull Up A Seat Challenge
The boardwalk along the ocean in Bradley Beach, NJ is lined with benches. Many have been donated by people who have inscribed them with messages or in memory of loved ones. These benches along the boardwalk are for concerts or lectures offered by the town. Pull Up A Seat
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Rest
Nothing like a good book and a bench with a view for a well deserved rest from the work week. Rest
A Great Blue Day
Sunday I went for a walk in a park about 15 minutes from home. I had been there years ago, but had forgotten there was a waterfall, which came as a pleasant surprise. I approached the waterfall and saw people standing looking towards it, then, this is what I saw A great Blue Heron! When […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Summer Scenes
For me, summer means the beach. I try to get there as often as I can, once at a minimum, but I try for twice a week. Summer Scenes
On the Hunt for Joy Challenge: Week 3: Jump For Joy
Race ya down the boardwalk! Jump for Joy
Tuesday Photo Challenge :Trees
The topic for Frank’s challenge this week is trees. I would like to share a story about a tree. My grandparents owned a summer home in Southampton, NY, a two hour trip from their home in Queens. I was their first grandchild, and my grandfather decided to plant a tree in his front yard after […]
RDP Wednesday: Goodbye
Whenever we visit our Aunt, she never lets us say good bye only at the door. After the kiss and hug, as we walk down the steps from her apartment, she goes to the window and always waves good bye. Always. We turn as we head down the path to wave good bye and blow […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Spring Scenes
Spring Scenes
Spring in Winter
This past weekend the area I live in received a welcome warm up. What it says about the fate of the world and global warming is a bit frightening to think of, as the temperatures reached close to 70 degrees. It is January. The average temps are usually in the 30’s and 40’s- or even […]
Cee’s B &W Photo Challenge: Moving Water
The ocean at the New Jersey shore is usually calm, with small rolling waves. On the day these photos were taken, the area had experienced a heavy storm days before, and a hurricane somewhere along the east coast. As a result, the waves at the beach that day were mammoth. The seas roiling with fury. […]
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday Photo Challenge:Portal
Frank invites us to share our take on Portal this week. I grew up across the street from an underpass that allowed us to walk under the railroad tracks that ran above it. As children we were loathe to have to use it. It was damp and dank and stunk, often littered with empty liquor […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Clouds
As I drove to the gym early yesterday morning, I was astounded by the clouds filling the sky ahead of me. They seemed massive with a slice of sunlight peering through. Some were very dark in spots and hanging heavily over the land below. Clouds
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Common
The Common Yellowthroated Warbler is anything but common in my book. His black mask makes him stand out in a crowd. According to the Audubon Guide for birds: “Abundant and well-known, the Common Yellowthroat has succeeded by being a nonconformist. As the only one of our warblers that will nest in open marshes, it is […]
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Mist
This week Frank invites us to share photos of Mist. He says mist is more than just a fog, as it can also be a gentle, diffuse rain, which can provide very interesting light play. I entered one of my favorite local trails last January, and saw mist rising from the creek, playing off the early […]
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Two’s Company
This one’s for you Lois I know you’ve seen them before, but they are certainly worth posting once again. A box on a tree at my local pond seemed to be empty until I looked up and found two faces peering down at me. Quite to my surprise they seemed as interested in me as […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pastel/Soft Colors
Pastels
Silent Sunday
November Photo a Day Challenge: Thunderstorm
A few weeks ago we had to go to a funeral about an hours drive from where we live. The weather was atrocious- buckets of rain fell the entire day. Thunder could be heard in the distance. After the funeral we needed to drive two hours back to New Jersey, to attend a family gathering,which […]
Thankful
Morning with my favorite ducks. Here you’ll see them coming to say hello and returning my quack -well, sounds more like a honk. Look across the pond for the white dot and listen closely for the quack. Have a great day!
Sunday Stills: Your #Favorite Photo
This week Terri invites us to share a favorite photo of ours- or more than one, old or new. Oh how difficult it seems to be to choose…. However, This past summer I passed this woman on the beach and just loved her “look”, her stance, on the phone, the way she was standing. I […]
Nurturing Thursday
Nurturing Thursday
Photo Challenge: Clock the Time
Time does speed up as we age. The days of childhood seem to drag on forever, but as I have gotten older the sun seems to rise and set more quickly. I come into my classroom each day and write the date on the board, this past week amazed to realize it is the end […]
A Day In The Life 
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