The ducks I visit at my local pond have been my weekly, and almost daily smile. I wrote about them here, as they made me smile last week too. I did a little reading about what to feed them, and apparently bread is an “empty calorie treat” holding no nutritional value, the way to go […]
Monday Walk
As I walked through my favorite local trail, I heard a faint tapping in the nearby brush. I paused, listening, and then saw a spot of red, and realized a downy woodpecker was busy at work on a reed. Tapping, tapping, fast and furious. He paused for a moment, just long enough for me to […]
Cee’s B & WPhoto Challenge: Numbers
Numbers
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Coast
One view of the coast in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Looking North I can see Asbury Park in the distance. A favorite place to visit, and walk along the beach at sunrise. Last September a friend and I jumped in the car after work and headed down to the beach. We were missing the sound […]
The Weekly Smile
Last week I visited my favorite local pond to find two ducks had taken up residence there. One was a Mallard, the other a white Pekin, a domestic duck. It didn’t seem to bother them that one of them was born in the wild and the other most likely domestically born and raised, and perhaps […]
Pull Up A Seat
One of my favorite places to sit. I love the view and the stillness, the birds that fly overhead. Pull Up A Seat
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Sunset
Frank’s choice for Sunset this week was perfectly timed with my walk after work today. One of those days where I just felt I needed to get out and take in some nature. I was able to catch the sun as it was on its decent in the West. Sunset
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Back Catalog
This week’s challenge is to find an image in our back catalog that still grabs our attention and share it! Any kind of image is appropriate for this challenge. Tell why this image still gets our attention. A block from where I live there is a walking overpass high over train racks that run through […]
Wordless Wednesday
Tuesday Photo Challenge :Tourism
My days of real travel are over. I don’t like to fly and haven’t in close to 10 years. My husband and I take a lot of day trips, there are plenty of places to visit not too far away from where we live. Here are some old photos from trips where I really was […]
FOTD: October 8, 2019
Beautiful Berries FOTD
Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
We visited a sunflower farm on Sunday. What looked like miles of sunflowers greeted our eyes when we walked in. There were also beds of mums, zinnias, and assorted flowers. It turned a cloudy, overcast Sunday into a brighter day.
Fandango’s Provocative Question:Nature or Nurture
Here’s the question: What do you believe, when it comes to people’s traits and personalities? Are they primarily formed and shaped by nature or by nurture? What about your personality? Nature or nurture? Please elaborate. I think people are born with certain traits, that possibly through nurturing or the lack thereof can change. I do […]
Water,Water, Everywhere
For the challenge hosted by Granny Shot It
The Case for Cursive
I work as an assistant teacher in four 3rd grade classes. Three of the teachers I work with are in their 30’s, one is in her late 50’s. Learning to write “script” or what is now called “cursive” is part of the curriculum. Last year there was an ongoing debate between the 3 younger teachers […]
Sunday Stills: Your Favorite #Sport or #Hobby
I have always loved taking photos, but once I started blogging I took it to a whole new level. With the help and encouragement of other bloggers, I have to say it has become a passion of mine. I have always enjoyed bird watching, but combining my love of nature and birds with photography has […]
Animal of the Day
BettyLouise31 started a new challenge. It is called Animal of the Day Challenge. Please stop by and let’s support her. It would be a wonderful spot to share all the animal photos you have. Today I have chosen our Max as the Animal of the Day. We rescued him when he was about 2 years […]
Animal of the Day Challenge
BettyLouise31 started a new challenge today. It is called Animal of the Day Challenge. Please stop by and let’s support her. It would be a wonderful spot to share all the animal photos you have. My husband and I were walking along an elevated paved trail, and when I stopped to look over the railing at […]
RDP Tuesday: Guitar
I learned to play the guitar when I was 13, a friend sat down with me and taught me a few basic chords, how to strum and pick, and I was off from there. In High School my BFF and I tried our hand at “collaborating”- she wrote lyrics, then I added music. I loved […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: Traditions
For the last 10 years it has been a tradition for my nieces to come visit on the Friday after Thanksgiving. “Black Friday” as it is called here in the United States, is a major retail shopping day, and we spend the day shopping and they sleep over and spend Saturday with us. It is […]
A Photo a Week Challenge: What’s for Dinner?
We eat a lot of vegetables, no carbs as I am gluten intolerant, (my husband eats the sweet potato, not me) and usually salmon. This night it was a piece of chicken accompanied by roasted brussel sprouts, carrots, quinoa, sweet potato, and sesame marinated and baked purple cabbage. A colorful plate is a healthy plate. […]
Vacation time! Newport, Rhode Island
We took a 3 day trip to Newport, Rhode Island this week. My husband and I are not fans of driving, but three hours from our home seemed manageable. We have long heard about the famous Mansions along the ocean, built by the Vanderbilts and other wealthy families in the late 1800’s. Our visit proved […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire Hydrants
Fire hydrants
A Photo a Week Challenge: Yellow
I was fascinated when I saw this plant. At first I thought the yellow were separate leaves growing out from the green. When I looked closer, I realized the green was changing color to yellow, the yellow spreading throughout the green, like dye when added to fabric, eventually changing the color from green to yellow. […]
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Lock
Crossing a local footbridge in my town I saw this lock attached to the bridge’s fence. Locked up love? Lost love with no key to open the lock? I wondered….. Lock
A Day In The Life 
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