Photo of the Day: Winter Casts a Long Shadow

Sunset, Friday, February 17, 2017

Waiting to leave

~ photo by iPhone

Photos of the Day: Adventures in Advertising

 Don't these all look like advertisements for cruising?

Nope. I took 'em all.

With material that Mother Nature presented, it's hard to go wrong.

Sometimes She makes me feel "this" small.

Photo of the Day: Hazy Holiday at Hammonasset

Photo c. Christine

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Hammonasset State Beach, Madison, CT

What a way to bring August to a close.

Signs of Summer on the Horizon

I was going to apologize for the intermittent postings, but I'm not, after all. I've been dealing with other things, like working late, outside consultants, the heat wave, working my way through a personal to-do list ... and sometimes, stepping away from one thing so you have the energy to deal with other things is more important that sitting at a computer for MORE of your day.

We all have so much to do, it's easy to overlook the obvious. For example, New Yorkers are so stressed out that new and innovative means of getting our attention can come in the form of a DOT haiku, or a reminder from one neighbor to another to remember to hydrate.

The clouds on the horizon can be interpreted many ways. This makes it look like things are clearing up, doesn't it? WRONG. 10 minutes later, massive summer shower with lightning and boomers. 

Looking up from your train reading can reveal that while you did miss a lovely day, you still had time to appreciate the sunset.

Words from your friendly neighborhood graffiti artist scrawled on your subway platform are good in any setting.

 As is this inspirational piece at Christine's ...

For now, posting will be sparse. 

I'm off and around, out and about, and soon, to be shipping out.

I'll be back to

soon enough.

Photo of the Day: Summer Sunsets

July 10, 2013, spotted from train

My "holiday" from blogging has gone one a little longer than anticipated, and probably will be sporadic for a bit. If I step away from my computer, or device, and take a moment or two to look up and around, I get to see stuff like this fleeting, fiery sunset.

All is well. I just need to store up some real-time experiences for a bit.

Look up. Look out your window. Inhale the beauty. It whips by too quickly.

Vacation/ End of the World or Year Wishes

As the sun sets on another day of vacation, the winter soltice comes in, and the seasons change, I would wish you all to remember to savor every second, and to cherish each other.

Nothing is greater than:

Cape Cod beaches and messages

Retroblogging 1980: Watercolor Memories

You know what? I miss art therapy time. It's fun to play with water colors.

Even a New England twilight seems happy with water colors.

*If you are a certain age, I bet you have Barbra Streisand singing an ear-worm now, don't you?

Misty water color meeeeeeemmmmmooooooooriesssss...

Of the way we wereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Photo of the Day: Needs more Sunflare

New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show 2012
Saturday evening, April 7, 2012

Cape Cod Girls Weekend 2011 - Mother Nature's Finale

Cape Cod Girls Weekend 2011: It's hard to beat Mother Nature for a final statement.

Cape Cod Girls Weekend 2011 - Sunsets on the Beach

What would a Girls Getaway be without experiencing a memorable sunset or two?

While Christine and I went up to the Cape a day earlier, we did not get to see that sunset. We were headed East, in a major rainstorm during, but did get to enjoy a double rainbow phenomenon instead. (And yes, a remix was playing in my head the entire time!)

Once the girls arrived, we had two wonderful nights together. The first one we were so busy relaxing and chatting that we pretty much missed it. They still enjoyed their pink champagne on the rocks though.

The second evening we decamped to the beach with plenty of time to wander, talk, relax, watch Tucker try to "woo" a lovely retriever, and to take SO many pictures. I started a scarf and tried to keep sand off my "shark bites." Oh, the girls may or may not have had a drink, or two, or three.

It's so hard to relax in these conditions. Tucker hears the call of the wild, but is denied.

After a "refreshment" break, (aka bathrooms and grabbing another bottle), Kimberly and Ms. Linds put on a show for us that had some wonderful lighting effects from Mother Nature.

Applause, applause, applause. However, I think she is pantomiming - "The shows are over. Let's eat!"

Cape Cod Girls Weekend 2011: Cartwheels at Sunset

Cape Cod, Brewster, MA
October 1, 2011

Postcards for Grandmary: Cape Cod

Cape Cod, Brewster, MA
October 1, 2011

Photos of the Day: Fly Away Home

Burley, Idaho, River Trip, August 2010

Christmas Vacation 2009 A-Z: Q, R, & S are for

Quads: Oh, my aching quads. Too much hiking.

Red Mud (EVERYWHERE!), Red Robin again, and lots of Reading

Silliness

Snow

Sunsets

and Samurai 21

Fire, flying food, silly chefs, bad jokes, and chopsticks.

What else do you need to entertain a family?

Oh, don't let this fool you. He's not blessing his food. I think he's asking for more.So, I didn't eat all my veggies. Oh well.

I did snatch the flying shrimp out of the air -- with my hands. Does that count for something?