SYW: On ADHD, Nature, Talking, and a Dog

Monday means Melanie shares questions for Share Your World. Questions: Are you a clean or messy person?I try to keep myself and things around me clean, but I am excessively messy. It doesn’t help that I have ADHD. I’m incorrigibly disorganized. Every once in awhile, I will discipline myself and unclutter a space because I […]

LAPC: Autumnal Memories

I guess I’m a bit late on this one, but here it is anyway – Lens-Artists Photo Challenge of the season of autumn. Autumn means… Fall colors and even some flowers Halloween And my favorite: family time at Thanksgiving

On Mask Wearing and Constitutional Rights

A Guy called Bloke is asking some important questions about mask-wearing this week. Also, I’m shocked at how many people he’s seen that are not wearing them! 1] Are you currently wearing face masks when you go out into public wherever you are in the world and 2] what type of masks are you wearing? […]

LAPC: Spring Sprang

“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” -Marty Rubin The beauty of spring is watching the first plants pushing up above ground, and seeing the early flowers bloom. Daffodils emergeGentle breezes caress meThe sound of birdsong. And tulips! What a strange thing! to be alive, beneath cherry blossoms. – Kobayashi Issa After the pandemic […]

5 Things: Summer Desserts

Dr. Tanya is back with her Five Things Tuesday. The topic this week is favorite summer desserts. That is one of my favorite summer topics!! 😀 ice cream, especially hot fudge sundaes! My favorite ice cream is peppermint but Hershey’s has a superb flavor called Roadrunner Raspberry! It’s vanilla with raspberry swirls and chunks of […]

SYW: Magic, Bad Smells, Bad Bosses, & Voting

A new week, a new set of questions in Melanie’s Share Your World! Questions: In your opinion, what’s the closest thing to real magic?When the first flowers of spring appear after a long winter. Where is the worst smelling place you’ve been?The basement of our former house. It was an old house and prone to […]

Perspectives Great & Small

Sometimes a photograph cannot convey the bigness or smallness of something unless it is given perspective by including another object whose dimensions we are familiar with. For example, I can post photos of the immense pillars of Karnak in Egypt, built 3,500 years ago, but you can really get an idea of how massive they […]

FPQ: Satisfaction

Fandango’s Provocative Question #76 is a very personal one, really. I always feel compelled to be as honest as possible. Here it is: Are you satisfied with your life at the moment. If so, what is it that brings you the greatest satisfaction? If not, what might you do to achieve satisfaction in your life? […]

July Square Perspective: A Swan Story

Becky is back with her July photo challenge! This month the theme is perspective. Becky reviews the definitions of perspective to help get started: Art – the method by which solid objects drawn or painted on a flat surface are given the appearance of depth and distance. Geometry – the way that objects appear smaller when they […]

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 […]