California vacation. Pebble Beach. Leisurely drive. Fog. Ocean. Peaceful. The Lone Cypress
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Weekly Challenge: Peaceful
Posted: January 15, 2012 in Field Trips, Weekly challengeTags: postaweek2011
Weekly Photo Challenge: Winter
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Field Trips, Walks, Weekly challenge, WellnessTags: postaweek2011
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There’s a nature trail not too far from our house that we sometimes walk in winter. The trail is heavily used in the other three seasons, but is much quieter in winter when folks tend to hole up at home or do laps around the mall. But nothing beats getting fresh air, and a little [...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Waiting
Posted: December 3, 2011 in Field Trips, Pups, Weekly challengeTags: postaweek2011
There really ARE a lot of different ways to illustrate waiting. Here are a few from my collection… Waiting for the mail Waiting to watch the Boilermaker Road Race Waiting for class to get out Waiting for our train ride Waiting for summer
Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
Posted: November 29, 2011 in Field Trips, Pups, Weekly challengeTags: postaweek2011
No one said your family has to be 100% human, right? Charlie, Scout, and Boo
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wonder
Posted: November 12, 2011 in Field Trips, Weekly challengeTags: postaweek2011
Yes, it’s a church. On an island. In a pond. And not just any church, but the world’s SMALLEST church. JUST big enough for a bride, groom, and a minister. The wedding party? Well, they have to wait on shore and wonder how the vows are going. How wonderful. Cross Island Chapel, Oneida, NY
Sooo…last Sunday Fred and I spydered our way to Cooperstown for the 3rd annual Hall of Fame Classic baseball game, which featured “vintage” players like Goose Gossage, Jim Rice, Phil Niekro, and Bill Lee (aka The Spaceman). The day was gorgeously sunny and warm from start to finish. Everything ran like clockwork. The parade [...]
I’m not a gardener, but the world is. After spending so many months steeped in grey and ice and slop, I can’t get enough of the colors of spring. Today’s it’s raining, but who cares? When it stops, the greens will be greener and the pinks will be pinker. Spring HD. Spring 3-D. Who [...]
For the past two summers, we’ve borrowed my cousin’s camp in the Adirondacks, and spent a handful of blissful August days hiking, walking, reading, and lounging. There is no agenda. There is no cell service. There is no cable. In these few days, the knots in my scrunched up shoulders slowly unkink, and my mind [...]
A few years ago, we took a bus trip to NYC, and raced all over the city, during a long humid October day, trying to see a bit of everything. How impossible. Despite the marathon, we spent a large chunk of time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art amazed at room after room of armor, [...]
When Karen and I traveled around Germany back in the 80’s, we ate countless “eine halb Henchen” as it seemed to be on every menu and who doesn’t love a half-chicken and fries? Plus, we learned how to order it in fairly clear German, so why veer off into unfamiliar territory? (Who wants to act [...]
