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

Pull Up a Seat in Poulsbo, Washington

Attending our niece’s wedding recently, we stayed in the town of Poulsbo, WA, with a population over 11,000 and a Norwegian flavor (its heritage is Norwegian, so there are Norwegian flags everywhere). An early settler, an immigrant from Norway, actually had the surname “Paulsbo” but the pen he was writing with was kind of scratchy […]

Pull Up a Seat in Holland

For XingfuMama’s weekly Pull Up a Seat challenge, here are some seats in Amsterdam and Kinderdijk, Holland. AMSTERDAM: My husband checks his email on his phone on the balcony of “our” apartment in the dePijp neighborhood. AMSTERDAM: Luza’s, where we had breakfast one day in the de Pijp neighborhood KINDERDIJK: On the 2nd day of […]

Pull Up a Seat in Paris

Xingfumama has a weekly challenge called Pull Up a Seat. This is Week #33 of 2019. These are some “seats” I photographed in Paris in June 2019.

FOTD: Autumnal Scene

For Cee’s Flower of the Day, here is a place to sit among ‘mums and pumpkins.

Open House Chicago 2018-Part 2

This post continues our brief tour of Open House Chicago 2018. The second building we toured was right across the street from the Gunder House. It is the Conway House, now the property of Sacred Heart Schools as the Driehaus Center. The home was designed by the architect William Carbys Zimmerman in the Tudor-Revival style, […]

CB&WPC: Plastic

The topic for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is things made of plastic. Bowl with plastic figurines Bake sale goods in plastic containers My grand-niece playing with a plastic toy hairdryer Plastic hand-shaped chairs Fake (plastic) lotus blossoms, lily pad & frog Kids’ scissors with plastic handles & button Tape, post-it notes, […]

Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge

This new photo challenge is hosted by XingfuMama and it is to post photos of chairs, benches, favorite seats. I saw this colorful bench recently in downtown Highland Park, IL. Next to a swimming pool at Milagros Community, Tucson, Arizona

RDP #41: Vintage on Route 66

The Ragtag Daily Prompt for today is vintage. There is a lot of “vintage” everything on Route 66! Vintage chairs, Seligman, AZ Vintage trailer outside Bagdad Café, Newberry Springs, CA Vintage jukebox, Bagdad Café Vintage heater (?), Elmer’s Bottle Ranch, north of Victorville, CA Vintage Marines poster, Elmer’s Bottle Ranch Vintage Texaco gas pump, Elmer’s […]

WPC: Slanted and Straight

Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge this week is to present photos showing “lines.” These photos all contain lines that slant together with lines that are straight, which is how I selected photos for this challenge. Slanting double trees with hyacinths Wooden door of a storage shed Fences create slanting lines when viewed head on – […]