Near the Top
October 31, 2024 - Halloween favorite from 10 years ago when Mike, Amy, and Maddy were jelly-fish. The three of them always came up with th...
Read the Full Post »
Late Summer or Early Fall
October 30, 2024 - It is a small question--is it late summer or early fall? Our dogwood trees have begun to show a change in the color of t...
Read the Full Post »
Long Range Forecast of Fog
October 29, 2024 - Election day is just a week away. In 2020, it took 4-5 days before the vote counting was clear enough to declare Biden a...
Read the Full Post »
A Basket of Possibilities
October 28, 2024 - Options. Choices. Variety. Another answer. A different perspective. Patterns. Colors.
Read the Full Post »
Wanting to See
October 27, 2024 - I read recently that October is for photographers. A bold, wildly generalized statement. Autumn color and activities are...
Read the Full Post »
Twice a Year, If the Sun Is Shining
October 26, 2024 - The light comes through this window at a specific angle at a certain time of day, twice a year. And I wandered into this...
Read the Full Post »
Playing His Own Playlist
October 25, 2024 - The workers nextdoor to us are completing the soffit on the new house and are the first Spanish speakers that have music...
Read the Full Post »
Village Smithy
October 24, 2024 - Under a spreading chestnut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he
With large and sinewy hands,...
Read the Full Post »
Frequent Dilemma
October 23, 2024 - Vertical or horizontal? High or low viewpoint? Even if one is shooting with a phone, the photographer has a decision to...
Read the Full Post »
Rainy Night in Rutland
October 22, 2024 - Rutland, Vermont. Historic Merchants Row. We stayed overnight in Rutland on one of our autumn trips. I was weary from dr...
Read the Full Post »
At the Edge of Niagara
October 21, 2024 - I've been to Niagara Falls twice. I'd go again. If I lived closer, I would go every week! The noise and the wind and the...
Read the Full Post »
When Stars Sang
October 20, 2024 - I'm not a fan of the book of Job. The whole scenario of a perfectly righteous man experiencing tragedy upon tragedy and...
Read the Full Post »
Good Listening Skills
October 19, 2024 - We all want someone to listen to us. Without interruptions. Face-to-face. Feeling like the listener has all the time in...
Read the Full Post »
Low Tide
October 18, 2024 - Fascinating that the ocean level rises and falls. And that someone figured out long ago that the timing could be calcula...
Read the Full Post »
Not the Same as Yesterday
October 17, 2024 - I have not had the luxury to live by the shore. I certainly have visited a number of places near an ocean. And each time...
Read the Full Post »
A Walk with Friends
October 16, 2024 - Last October we visited our friends, Gerry and Christie, who moved to a continuous care community in New Hampshire. The...
Read the Full Post »
Summer's End
October 15, 2024 - Cold nights forecast this week. Time to care for the tender flowers; Judy has already assembled quite a collection that...
Read the Full Post »
Steam!
October 14, 2024 - I was born in a railroad town, Peru, Indiana. And when I was little, my mother would take me to the railroad crossing ju...
Read the Full Post »
How Long
October 13, 2024 - Breath prayer from Cole Arthur Riley, "Black Liturgies":
Inhale: How long, O God?
Exhale: This is too much to hold.
I...
Read the Full Post »
Life Is Imperfect
October 12, 2024 - An October scene in Conway, New Hampshire. This is one of those "almost" photos. Actually, I have hundreds or thousands...
Read the Full Post »
A Friend's Kitchen
October 11, 2024 - I rarely take a photo that could be described as a still-life, unless one's description of such a photo is rather broad.
Read the Full Post »
Looking for Color
October 10, 2024 - I find peace as I photograph. Usually, it's a solitary activity. And when I'm serious, I take the big camera, big in ter...
Read the Full Post »
Best Camera?
October 09, 2024 - A friendly discussion often occurs between photographers. What's the best camera? It's not a new topic as I heard the de...
Read the Full Post »
Out of the Dark
October 08, 2024 - When I was ready to retire, I said to Judy, "We can live anywhere!" She said, "We're going to Nashville!" Other than Ten...
Read the Full Post »
Another Moment
October 07, 2024 - Mystery. Opening to the future or looking back to the past? I've got lots of memories, a lengthy past. Adding days after...
Read the Full Post »
Hard Hearted
October 06, 2024 - On more than one occasion, I said I would love to have a congregation of 3-year-olds. No financial benefits, but so much...
Read the Full Post »
Better Than Stolen Apples
October 05, 2024 - Photos stir memories for me, often when the image has minimal connection. This picture is of apples in Door County, Wisc...
Read the Full Post »
Have You Seen My Neighbors?
October 04, 2024 - A ubiquitous item at many roadside harvest stands is flint corn, known as calico or indian corn. Flint corn is different...
Read the Full Post »
Same Time Every Year
October 03, 2024 - Among the 150 daylilies that are cared for by Judy is one we have had for some time, "Buttered Popcorn". While the bloom...
Read the Full Post »
October Painting
October 02, 2024 - October has begun at the Hideaway, yesterday actually. We covered the swimming pool with the leaf net that will remain o...
Read the Full Post »
|