CFFC: Vertical Challenge

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the theme columns and vertical lines.

SYW: Good Riddance to 2020, and the State of the Nation

SHARE YOUR WORLD 12-28-2020 – Melanie’s last Share Your World of 2020! Pick three words to describe this past year. (please keep them PG. Thanks).frustrating, appalling, anger-inducing What were the best books you read this year? Or the best movie you saw? The best books I’ve read this year are not new: I don’t normally read Stephen […]

The Final Days

It is Christmas Day and I am finishing up Tourmaline’s Countdown to Christmas! Day 23: GatheringWe have been warned by Dr. Fauci and the CEO’s of our senior community, to STAY HOME and not go to gatherings! But we are sort of obligated to go to a gathering of seven people on Christmas Day. Our […]

Countdown 2 Xmas: Mail Toys Snow Night

I’m back at Tourmaline’s Countdown to Christmas. Let’s see, where was I? Day 19: MailI almost always send holiday cards through the mail. Usually they are late, but this year I’ve mailed them all before Christmas! I order my cards from Shutterfly and couldn’t imagine what to send in this coronavirus year! The one I […]

SYW: Holiday Cookies, Drinks, and Magic

Melanie has a new set of holiday-related questions for her weekly Share Your World. What is your favorite type of cookie (they’re called biscuits in Europe I believe)?If you mean Christmas cookies, it would be a tie between the sugar cookies in different shapes with frosting and a brownie with peppermint candy frosting (not technically […]

CB&WPC: Candids of Everyday Life

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is candids.

Thursday Doors: Holiday Doors

Dan at No Facilities is now hosting Thursday Doors. Yesterday and today, Dale and I walked the halls of the apartment building here, working on a scavenger hunt of Christmas decorations that residents have put up. There’s also a door decorating contest! Here are some of the doors we saw yesterday. The most amazing thing […]

Countdown to Christmas: Lights, Love, Colors, Candy, Candles, Creature, Desserts

Due to pressing tasks related to the holidays that have taken up much of my time, I really got behind in Tourmaline’s Countdown to Christmas! Days 12 & 14: Lights and ColorsHoliday decorations in many colors Day 13: Love Who doesn’t love Christmas? Here’s a bouquet of mostly roses (symbol of love) in our house […]

A Few Random Doors

Welcome, Dan at No Facilities who has taken over the Thursday door challenge! I haven’t had the chance to photograph many doors lately, but every once in a while, my husband and I go for a drive just to get away from Covid-19 tedium. Here are a few doors from those wanderings.

Craft Jingle Jolly Tree!

I’m back again, ready for days 8-11 of Tourmaline’s Countdown to Christmas! Day 8: Craft – I don’t do crafts, but as a teacher’s aide, I helped many first graders make gingerbread houses! Day 9: Jingle If I don’t have something of my own to share, I go to YouTube. Enjoy the music! ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Day […]