July Squares: Blue in Dubuque

I found these photos taken in Dubuque, Iowa last year, when I was looking for something else. In fact, I’d forgotten all about this street art in Dubuque. Both were taken near the Mississippi River Museum. These art squares are my contribution for Becky’s July Blues today.

FOTD: Yellow & Cute

I captured this little flower in Caen, France during our recent trip! See more beauties at Cee’s FOTD 7/20/19!

Kammie’s Oddball Challenge

Kammie’s Oddball Challenge is to feature photos that don’t seem to fit anywhere else. Oddball is defined thus: Oddball: noun a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming adjective whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical Some vestige of bygone days in a Parisian apartment building water pump in Vienna that looks like a sad […]

BOTD: Seagull

This seagull perched outside our window on our cruise to Alaska. Soon he was joined by a friend. Posted for Granny Shot It’s Bird of the Day.

Squares of Blue: Surprise at the Louvre

The famous (and huge) Louvre art museum in Paris was once a palace, so one doesn’t just look at paintings. Architectural splendor abounds. Most of it is quite ornamental and historic, so imagine my surprise at seeing this ceiling in one of the galleries! This tribute to Greek discoveries in science fit with the Greco-Roman […]

CFFC: Close-Ups of Flowers

Taken in my neighborhood and at Chicago Botanic Garden for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close-Ups of Flowers.

CB&WPC: These Shoes Are Made For Walkin’

The topic of Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is shoes, boots, slippers. A store advertising display in Copenhagen, Denmark My daughter’s shoes Please take off your shoes! New Year’s party-goers’ shoes at the entrance to a friend’s house My sketch of my husband’s slippers Cowboy boots for sale, Austin, Texas Display at […]

Blue Squares: Here It Is!

Becky has her monthlong square challenge this month and the topic is Blue. (#JulySquare) Last summer we took a road trip across 2/3 of the United States on Route 66. Between Arizona and New Mexico, we kept seeing road signs with this rabbit logo which piqued our curiosity (as it was supposed to!). We finally […]

Thursday Doors: On a Farm in Normandy

My brother and sister-in-law use Airbnb a lot when they travel. When they decided to book a place in Normandy, France for a family reunion, they needed a place that could accommodate all of us. They found a charming farmhouse on the edge of Merville-Franceville-Plage, and booked it for two weeks – the house sleeps […]

BOTD (Not a Typo! Bird of the Day) – Swan

I found out about this fun challenge from Cee who called it “BOTD” – I thought it was a typo and she meant FOTD (Flower of the Day)! 😛 The idea is just to post a photo you’ve taken of a bird each day – I don’t think I can keep it up every day, […]