FOTD: Dahlia
At Chicago Botanic Gardens last Friday, there were so many beautiful and amazing flowers! Here’s a lovely dahlia.
Read More FOTD: DahliaAt Chicago Botanic Gardens last Friday, there were so many beautiful and amazing flowers! Here’s a lovely dahlia.
Read More FOTD: DahliaJune 11, 2018 Leaving Gallup, I-40 and old Route 66 run parallel to each other. On the eastern edge of Gallup, we were somewhat surprised to see this mosque.We stayed on Route 66 and stopped at the Continental Divide (I-40 exit 47). Rivers west of the Continental Divide flow into the Pacific Ocean, while rivers […]
Read More Getting Our Kicks in New Mexico – from Gallup to Santa Fe (Route 66 Day 5, Pt. 2)I found out the name of these flowers is “trumpet creepers.” I’ve always liked them. They look like the kantu flower of Peru or maybe they’re the same flower. This is how they look in full bloom: This is how the bud looks: Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day, 7/29/18.
Read More FOTD: Trumpet CreepersI don’t think I can top this one – I saw a lotus blossom for the first time and it took my breath away! It was during a visit to Chicago Botanic Gardens yesterday and I saw many beautiful flowers, which I will be posting in the coming week. Posted for Cee’s Flower of the […]
Read More FOTD: Lotus BlossomsFor Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge, here are some benches at El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico. (For more photos of this iconic hotel, see my post Getting Our Kicks at El Rancho Hotel (and Thursday Doors) (Route 66, Day 5, Part 1).
Read More CB&WPC: BenchesPosted for Cee’s Flower of the Day, 7/27/18.
Read More FOTD: Garden CosmosCee’s Share Your World this week: In regards to puzzle what’s your choice: jigsaw, crossword, word search, mazes, logic or numeric puzzles, something else, or nothing? I do lots of different puzzles but mostly crosswords or jigsaw puzzles on my tablet or phone. I find myself obsessively doing one after another while I’m supposedly watching […]
Read More SYW: On crossword puzzles, doctors, dates with parmesan cheese, and dogsThere’s a house in my neighborhood which I often walk by because I love the flowers the owner so deftly cultivates. The house is on a corner and surrounded by a white fence. All along the fence are plants that flower at different times. Today I was awed by the white lilies. I think what […]
Read More FOTD: White LilyFrank Jansen at Dutch Goes the Photo has a Tuesday Photo Challenge. This week the topic is wind. Depending on how it’s pronounced it’s either a noun or a verb. Here are a few of each. Glacier winding down a mountain at Glacier Bay National Park, AlaskaAt Glacier Bay National Park, a steward came around […]
Read More Tuesday Photo Challenge: Winding & WindyI’m joining Cee on her yellow kick today! I spotted these bright flowers at Ravinia Festival last week. Ravinia is a summer series of concerts of music of all types. There are concerts most every day of the week! You can pay $10 and sit on the lawn. People bring picnics and wine and it’s […]
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