Oddballs of Winter

For Kammie’s Oddball Challenge this week, here are some “oddballs” I took this winter.

Thursday Doors: Leftover Holidays

Norm is back with a new Thursday doors post! He posted about a repurposed church in French Canada – check it out! My contribution this week is photos of doors taken while walking the halls of The Moorings’* main building on a cold day. All the apartments have identical doors, but what is interesting is […]

City Sonnet’s Photo a Day: Shiny

City Sonnet’s December Photo a Day for Dec. 21 is shiny.

CFFC: White Is…

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with her color series and this week is WHITE. Snow white Flowery white Bridal white (two weddings) Swan white Architectural white (two styles in Amsterdam) Somber white (American Cemetery, Omaha Beach, Normandy, France) Leisure white Lawn ornament white Prickly white Styrofoam white

It’s Almost Here!

Granny Shot It’s 11-Day Halloween decorations photo challenge is coming to a close! My contribution today is from our community’s Great Pumpkin Contest! There were 14 entries and below each was a little bag where residents could place their votes for the one they thought was best. It was a very hard decision and several […]

Halloween Decorations at the Zoo

On this cold October day, I went with my sister, her husband, my niece and her boyfriend to visit the very uncrowded Brookfield Zoo! Here and there were whimsical Halloween displays, so I am posting them here for Granny Shot It’s 11-day Halloween Decoration Challenge (Day 10).

Day 8 of Halloween Decorations

It’s Day 8 of Granny Shot It’s Halloween Decorations and here are a couple from 2018, taken in Des Plaines, IL:

Halloween Decorations: 6 More Days!

Granny Shot It is having a temporary photo challenge, 11 Days of Halloween Decorations. I took these on a walk today in my Arlington Heights neighborhood.

Eleven Days of Halloween Decorations…

…Day 3 of Granny Shot It’s photo challenge. Since I live in a senior community now, I don’t see many Halloween decorations, but I have always loved taking “photo walks” especially in autumn. Here are some decorations that I came across last year in my walks in my former Des Plaines neighborhood.

Halloween 11 Day Challenge: Day 2

We have recently moved, but have not sold our house. Instead we are renting it to our daughter and son-in-law, who LOVE Halloween. I like Halloween but in recent years, we have gotten fewer and fewer trick-or-treaters, plus I have had decorations stolen from the front of my house in the past, so we don’t […]