Monday Morning Blooms & Sunset Across the Landscape (March 22, 2021)

March 22, 2021

Hello Readers,  I hope this post finds everyone well. I am taking a blog break and here is a check in post (updated – wink)  Some sunset images from a road trip last year – Some music from an awesome guy I worked with back in the 1990s- a great musician – Jeffrey Rose – and … More Monday Morning Blooms & Sunset Across the Landscape (March 22, 2021)

Guitar Hotel Photos and Anvil Quotes (#WQWWC March 3rd, 2021)

March 3, 2021

The Always Write quote challenge has the theme of Citizenship this week. My thoughts for this week were inspired by two different photos of the Guitar Hotel in South Florida.  The first photo has many power lines – the second photo has none.  So interesting.  The change in a few yards is drastic.    The … More Guitar Hotel Photos and Anvil Quotes (#WQWWC March 3rd, 2021)

Walk with Jo and Thoreau Quote: Deal with brute nature. Be cold, hungry, and weary.

February 28, 2021

Hello Readers –  Today’s post is to connect with Restless Jo’s Monday Walk Series (here)  First we have our doggies with their owners: “Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.” … More Walk with Jo and Thoreau Quote: Deal with brute nature. Be cold, hungry, and weary.

Nature Softness & Quotes on Making Mistakes(Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 2/27/21)

February 27, 2021

For the Lens-artists photo challenge this week the theme soft.  *** ***   Closing with two quotes. Both quotes have ideas that suggest a soft approach to coping with mistakes and improving. Sometimes folks will dispense grace and love easily to other people – but when it comes to their own life  – they can sometimes be … More Nature Softness & Quotes on Making Mistakes(Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 2/27/21)

Flashback Friday: Chihuly Red Reeds and art from VMFA (Trent’s Weekly Smile)

February 26, 2021

Hello Readers – Do you want to know what had me flashing back this Friday? ART! It all started after reading this recent post from Gallivance (here) featuring colorful Chihuly art. The Galliavnce post had some wonderful Chihuly art outdoors, which included the red spikes of glass that reminded me of our local art museum’s permanent Chihuly installation: … More Flashback Friday: Chihuly Red Reeds and art from VMFA (Trent’s Weekly Smile)

Thursday Doors: Bums in the Attic Excerpt & Video snippet with author Sandra Cisneros’

February 25, 2021

Time for Thursday Doors and my photos for today, well as I looked at them- they reminded me of Sandra Cisneros’ Bums in the Attic snippet from her novel The House on Mango street    Bums in the Attic Excerpt from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros      I want a house on … More Thursday Doors: Bums in the Attic Excerpt & Video snippet with author Sandra Cisneros’

Two for Tuesday: Buffalo Images and Broadway song by Goo Goo Dolls

February 23, 2021

  Two maps of Buffalo  Song for Today: Broadway by Buffalo’s Goo Goo Dolls   That Goo Goo Dolls song reminds me of a flash fiction I wrote (here) while joining in with the “What Pegman Saw” prompts back in 2017. After three years of writing flash fiction (with three different sites), I am taking a break from flash. I miss it … More Two for Tuesday: Buffalo Images and Broadway song by Goo Goo Dolls