Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge 8/17/16 The Hermitage is the largest art museum in the world, located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was formerly the tsars’ winter palace. There is no way you can see this entire museum in one day, but what there is to see is more than paintings and sculptures. There are […]
Read More CWWPC: Ways to go at the HermitageAs very young children, our hands were used to explore things – babies are very tactile explorers. At her first birthday party, my grand-niece Rosemary explored a blueberry pie, first by touching the rough surface of the crust… …next by digging her hand into the cool gooey blueberry inside…another new sensation! …and finally by putting […]
Read More CFFC: Hands: The Young and the OldIn Indianapolis, we were in a park where on one side was this statue of Pan playing his flute: On the other end was Syrinx, her hand to her ear, straining to hear Pan’s flute from afar. Saturday Statues 8/13/16
Read More Saturday Statues: Syrinx and PanWhen I think of fun, I think of the exuberance of childhood – children find it easy to have fun! Fun means different things for children, adults, and cats… Recently, I was at a birthday party for a grand-niece’s first birthday. In attendance were her aunt and uncle and their son Alex (age 2). Alex […]
Read More WPC: FunPedicures Footwear (sans feet!) Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Legs and Feet
Read More CFFC: Feet and shoesOn our short trip to Indiana in June, we visited Indianapolis and Columbus. Indianapolis has an eclectic mix of architectural styles, and Columbus is famous for its architecture (it’s rated 6th in the country for innovative architecture, superseded only by 5 large cities). A mixture of styles, a mixture of doors… Thursday Doors 8-11-16
Read More Thursday Doors: Mixture of styles in IndianaMorning Has Broken by Cat Stevens WINTER MORNINGS: CHILLY VIEWS FROM THE WEST (FRONT) SIDE OF MY HOUSE IN ILLINOIS 7:44 a.m., February after a snowstorm: The morning light filters through the trees and settles on the fresh snow. Although someone from my house has been outside (because of the footprints), it’s too early to […]
Read More WPC: Morning in Four SeasonsLast December, hoping to escape the winter cold in Illinois, we took a trip to Tucson for a week. But the cold came with us – not in the form of snow, but rain, wind, frost, and temperatures at freezing level! Meanwhile, back in Chicagoland, people were enjoying unseasonably warm temperatures in the 60s (F)! […]
Read More Thursday Doors: Bisbee, ArizonaLast weekend, after our four days in St. Paul, Minnesota, my sister, her friend, her daughter and I made the long drive home back to the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. It’s about a 5 1/2 hour drive if you drive straight through, with no stops. Of course, that would be nearly impossible for most people, […]
Read More Pictures at a waysideI love the store windows in Copenhagen. They are colorful and creative. All photos taken August 6-7, 2015. Monday Windows
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