FOTD: Magnolia

Magnolia flower (above) on magnolia tree (below) Posted for Cee’s FOTD 4/30/19.

FOTD: Moss Phlox

For more beautiful spring flowers, please visit Cee’s FOTD 4/29/19. I spied this beautiful blanket of purple in a neighbor’s yard. Moss phlox grows only to about 6 inches high and makes a great ground cover.

Weekend Cats: Muhraqa – Israel

Forget Caturday – it seems I am always to busy or preoccupied to be diligent with an actual cat post on Saturday – so I’m renaming it “Weekend Cats!” And once again, I feature a few of these furry friends in Israel (although many are not too friendly, since they are mostly feral). These three […]

FOTD: Tulips after late April snow!

More tulips for Cee’s FOTD 4/28/19! I am happy to say that my tulips survived the *SURPRISE* all-day snowfall yesterday! Late April snowfall (our front yard and back deck): Tulips:

FOTD: Small Daffodils

Cee posted an amazing tulip on her FOTD today! Check it out! Here’s my contribution. There are two miniature daffodils on each stem!

A Photo a Week: Palm Trees with the Rule of Thirds

Nancy Merrill’s topic for her A Photo A Week challenge is “the rule of thirds.” She explains it this way: The rule of thirds is a standard photographers use to frame their images. You divide the frame into a grid of three across and three down, and then don’t put your subject in the middle […]

FOTD: Dutchman’s Britches

This delicate, tiny flower is called “Dutchman’s Britches” – it looks like (upside down) old fashioned pantaloons that Dutch men used to wear! These flowers are tiny and their bloom fleeting, so often one can pass by without even noticing them, as I would not have if my gardener neighbor hadn’t pointed them out. Photographed […]

Journey to Egypt: Besaw Island: a Visit to a Farming Family

December 30, 3018 On our third day of our Nile cruise on board the Aida, we had a leisurely day enjoying our cruise and visiting a farm family on Besaw Island. Sayeed is an attractive 35-year-old, intelligent, and thoughtful man. He was as curious about us as we were about him. After showing us around […]

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Creativity

Lens-Artists’ Photo Challenge #42 is the topic Creativity. I love to visit cities where I get a surprise free art show! In Lincoln, Nebraska last May, after visiting tourist attractions such as the Capitol and the Sunken Gardens, I Googled restaurants and found Lazlos, in the old part of downtown. After lunch, we walked around […]

Caturday Cats of Israel cont’d

On January 10 at the end of the day, we went to Yardenit Baptism Center on the Jordan River, where I got this shot of a fluffy-tailed tabby. I saw this black cat perched on top of a bulletin board with photos of people who had been (re)baptized in the Jordan River. I also saw […]