FOTD: Achillea ‘Little Moonshine’

Closer up: Modifications (mini slideshow): Cee’s FOTD 7/1/20

The Changing Seasons: June 2020

The Changing Seasons, sponsored by Su Leslie, is a monthly challenge where bloggers around the world share what’s been happening in their month. If you would like to join in, here are the guidelines: The Changing Seasons Version One* (photographic): Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery that you feel represent your monthDon’t use […]

Book Challenge: Classics, Cover Art & Personal Reading

Day 28: Classic novel you haven’t read but plan to: I looked up my “want to read” books on Goodreads, and right at the top was Middlemarch by George Eliot. There are 57 books currently on my “want to read” list on Goodreads! And instead of reading them, I read other books that interest me […]

LAPC: Surprise!

We have so many surprises in life. Unfortunately, it is rare for me to get a picture of it – such as the swans on one of our lakes mating! Another resident here, a wily older man from Germany, took a series of pictures of the swans’ mating ritual – before, during, and after – […]

SYW: Evidence vs. Belief, Happiness vs. Sadness, and Gravity

I love Mondays when Melanie issues a new Share Your World! Questions: Must we have evidence to know the truth?Yes. However, people have different ideas of what constitutes evidence. For example, if someone commits a crime and goes to trial, it is up to the jury to examine the evidence presented in order to assess […]

FOTD: Lily

Posted for Cee’s FOTD 6/30/20.

WWTW: Whistleblowers – Barr is a Crook

Two career Justice Department whistleblowers testified in before the House Judiciary Committee last week about Attorney General William Barr’s attempts to corrupt the department in favor of his boss, Donald Trump. Barr has made no secret of his belief that a president should not be indicted or implicated in crimes while occupying the office of […]

FOTD: Thistle

I took the original photo a week ago while walking at Cuba Marsh forest preserve. Then I played around with it using SnapSeed photo software. Cee’s FOTD 6/29/20

FOTD: Red Lily

Cee’s FOTD 6/27/20

Book Challenge: Bad Guys, Strong Women & Ancient Civilizations

3 more days of Sandman Jazz’s Book Challenge. Day 25: Book villain you actually love: This was a hard one! I finally came up with Severus Snape, from the Harry Potter series. That is, I THOUGHT he was a villain, working for Voldemort. Of course, this turned out not to be the case, so he wasn’t […]