Cee’s B&WPC: Gates and Fences

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is gates and fences. Nature Gate: Crazy Horse National Monument, South Dakota (filter used: Denim). Neighborhood fence, Des Plaines, Illinois (filter used: Slate) Neighborhood fence with flowers, Des Plaines, Illinois (filter used: Mercury) Cairo Marriott Hotel gate, Cairo, Egypt (filter used: Vanilla) Gate for a house in […]

Spiky Squares: Cactus

I liked this twisty, spiky cactus at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, and am posting it for Becky’s Spiky Squares Month photo challenge.

Spiky Squares: Cat Brush

My cat loves it when I brush her with this brush. For her, it’s like a massage. Afterward, I pull the fluffy fur out of the brush, but often I get pricked with this spiky brush! Ouch! As you can see from this photo, I often don’t get ALL the fur out! The brush doesn’t […]

Spiky Squares: It’s Too Hot!

No, I don’t mean today! Last summer while on our trip on Route 66, the temperature really spiked! This is my Spiky Square for 3/14/19.

Lens-Artists Challenge #36: Around the Neighborhood in Des Plaines, Illinois

Lens-Artists’ weekly photo challenge this week is Around the Neighborhood. I selected some photos from my photo archive of the last few years that are “typical” of Des Plaines, Illinois, the Chicago suburb where I live. More and more of these signs have popped up in people’s yards since the beginning of the Trump administration. […]

Spiky Square: Fang Feltbush

I photographed this scary looking plant at Chicago Botanic Gardens in the desert greenhouse, posting for Becky’s Spiky Squares month. It’s called Fang Feltbush and is a member of the Stonecrop family. Here’s more of the plant:

Tuesday Photo Challenge: Round

Frank at Dutch Goes the Photo’s Tuesday photo challenge this week is round. circles of ice that formed inside the holes of the mat outside our back door Sculpture at Dr. Evermore’s Forevertron (near Madison, WI) Macy’s Christmas balls Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier in Chicago

Spiky Squares: Cacti

Becky’s Month of Squares in March is spiky. Here are some cacti I saw at Chicago Botanic Gardens the other day.

Spiky Squares – Desert Greenhouse

Becky has begun a new month of squares – yay!! This month the theme is spiky. On my visit to the Chicago Botanic Gardens the other day to see the orchid show, I also went into the desert greenhouse – I love cactus and succulents and there are plenty of “spiky” examples there! Here’s a […]

Biblical Layers: Tels in Israel

Dutch Goes the Photo has a weekly Tuesday Photo Challenge; the theme this week is Layer. Israel is full of archaeological layers, called tels. We saw several of these when we toured Israel last month, including Hazor, Meggido and others. These were cities or communities built over time one on top of the other. The […]