Pull Up a Seat: The Bygone End of Summer

I took these photos in September, when the weather was still somewhat summerlike and conducive to sitting outside, while walking in my new neighborhood in Arlington Heights. Pull Up a Seat challenge, Week 45

FOWC: Lobby to Lobby

Fandango’s One Word Challenge today is lobby. I write poetry when I address a topic that is difficult for me to write about or when I don’t have enough to say to write a decent piece of prose. In these instances, I write unrhymed poems of questionable quality. Like this one: There’s a pro-gun lobby […]

FOTD: Ball Dahlia

See flowers galore at Cee’s FOTD 11/16/19!

CFFC: Yellow

The topic of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is yellow. Yellow building – Regensburg, Germany Yellow rose – Chicago, IL 1st Presbyterian Church light fixture – Evanston, IL Sunset at an outdoor concert – Elk Grove Village, IL Brookfield Zoo entrance – Brookfield/Chicago, IL Fish – Brookfield Zoo Autumn color reflected in a pond […]

Thursday Doors: Walking Tour of Regensburg

July 2-3, 2019 We arrived in Regensburg by bus, where our new ship was waiting for us. We had been on the Viking Gefjon up until our arrival in Nuremberg, but the ship could not proceed south on the Danube because of a broken lock! So a sister ship, the Viking Sigyn, which was coming […]

FOTD: Dahlia

Here’s another dahlia, for today’s Cee’s FOTD 11/14/19.

FOTD: Dahlia

Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA Cee’s FOTD 11/12/19

FOTD: Open Center Dahlias

Posted for Cee’s FOTD 11/11/19.

FOTD: Miniature Flowers

The other day a group of women and I attended an annual show of miniatures at a nearby hotel. There were miniatures of all kinds – houses, shops, restaurants, etc. One room had a display of miniatures to view, and another larger room had things for sale. I saw these amazing miniature flowers – all […]

FOTD: Dahlias

Posted for Cee’s FOTD 11/9/19.