The sun caught this amaryllis petal just so yesterday afternoon. And it looked like it was glowing. So I picked up my camera and shot this image hand-held just before I left to buy groceries. It was a simple action but filled with joy. Full of Joy Look, hasn’t my Read more…
Yesterday was a beautiful December day with temperatures in the mid-forties. When I took my afternoon walk it felt like spring to me. There were still a few tiny patches of snow but not many. And the birds, oh my stars how the birds were singing and flitting from place Read more…
Yesterday as I admired and photographed the beautiful amaryllis flower in the morning, little did I know what would happen in the afternoon. As I sat to eat lunch I noticed that the stem of the huge flower was beginning to lean to one side. I wondered if I should Read more…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how it must have been for Europeans during the first and second world wars. Every day filled with uncertainty. Horrible things happening to people you know and to strangers. Bombs falling. Soldiers fighting. Occupation. Fear. Horror. Pain. Death. Hunger. Most of us in Read more…
Yesterday when we were out for a short drive by Medicine Lake, a flock of birds landed on the wires over the road. I didn’t have my camera along but Jon had his new Samsung smartphone. We headed to a nearby parking lot so that he could get his phone Read more…