FOTD and CFFC: Tulips & Spring in Des Plaines

All these were taken in May in Des Plaines. Tulips – mine and my neighbor’s My garden in nearly full bloom Spring is the season for gardening! Neighborhood spring scenes Cee’s FOTD 1/15/20 CFFC: Spring Scenes

CFFC: Winter Scenes

Sometimes it snows here in winter; sometimes it doesn’t. But it always gets cold! Fall, winter and spring can be unpredictable! Here are some of my favorite winter photos, posted for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – winter scenes. This is our new house on Halloween – our first major snowfall of the year (that day […]

On the Hunt for Joy: Getting Outside

Cee has a new challenge, which she will post every Wednesday! It is called On the Hunt For Joy. The first topic is Get Outside. And in fact, this is exactly what I did today, on my way home from a lecture. It was very cold today (colder than it has been this month but […]

CB&WPC: Cold Days and Hot Days

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge has the topic hot or cold things. On a cold day in December in Arlington Heights, IL, a flock of Canada geese walked on frozen pond… There was no sitting on a bench on a snowy day at the end of October (and on that day it was warmer […]

CFFC: Vibrant Colors

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues its series about colors. This week’s topic is vibrant colors.

Lens-Artists’ Challenge: A Frigid 2019

Climate change has actually brought colder weather to the Midwest. The winters of 2014 and 2015 were characterized by long periods of below-0°-F temps and a few major blizzards. I was still working in a school at that time and we had many “snow” days (actually extreme cold days)! The reason given for these periods […]

CFFC: Yellow

The topic of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is yellow. Yellow building – Regensburg, Germany Yellow rose – Chicago, IL 1st Presbyterian Church light fixture – Evanston, IL Sunset at an outdoor concert – Elk Grove Village, IL Brookfield Zoo entrance – Brookfield/Chicago, IL Fish – Brookfield Zoo Autumn color reflected in a pond […]

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Monochrome

Lens-Artists’ weekly photo challenge #70 has the topic monochrome. Monochrome can be either black & white or varying hues of the same color. Normally, to create a black & white photo, I use my photo software to change it from color to B&W, since I do virtually all my photography in color. In this photo, […]

SYW: On Disagreements, Politicians, Idyllic Gardens and Trick-or-Treating

Melanie B. Cee hosts the weekly Share Your World challenge; this week with a nod to Halloween! Questions: Where’s the line between respectful disagreement and being downright mean (bullying) to someone? I think it is when insults and name-calling begin. This is not only mean but also indicates that the person disagreeing no longer has […]

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 […]