1. The Red Carpet 2. Two Mannequins and a Man 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Country Sleigh Photos: 1. Taken at a hotel in at National Harbor, DC, where we recently saw Cirque du Soleil. 2. A man decking the halls at the Winter Sun Clothing Outlet. 3. Santa passing out candy canes at the Dickens […]
The water in the dog’s bowl froze. I spotted my first snow shovel at the Floyd Elementary School when I was there as one of the judges for Reflections, a literary and art contest. My favorite part of this photo is the matchbox car on the bench and how in my twisted mind I can […]
1. The Power of Suggestion 2. Determination 3. For Spot 4. Air Guitar 5. A Well Rounded View 6. Light at the End of the Brick Wall Photos from summer travels: 1. Boston Commons fountain. 2. Nantasket Beach in my hometown of Hull, Massachusetts. 3. Downtown Marshall NC, where my son Josh lives. 4. Downtown […]
1. Living off a Blue Ridge Parkway dirt driveway with no other houses in sight, this was the first time in the 17 years we’ve been here that we got any real live (two!) Trick or Treaters. 2. I didn’t have any candy so they settled for apples (which I didn’t make them bob for). […]
This is the time of year when there are big changes around here. Not only do the trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway light up in blaze of color, but cars, trucks, and motorcycles stream up and down the road to see them. I live down one of those wooded dirt roads tucked away off […]
1. Hesitation 2. Tenacious Persistence 3. Unshakable Perseverance
1. A Peter Pan Complex 2. For the Birds 3. October Surprise 4. Pink Floyd is Turning Red
My interest in mushrooms has mushroomed. I live along the wooded Blue Ridge Parkway and recently the right combination of damp dark weather followed by sunshine has resulted in a virtual mushroom invasion. On my daily walks to the mailbox I find these spore-bearing fruit bodies of fungus popping everywhere. I don’t know most of […]
These Alien looking organisms can kill you or cure you. They can give you hallucinations or be part of a gourmet meal, and they’re just as likely to end up in a Science Fiction plot as they are to be the subject of a fairytale. The following mushrooms were all found in my yard and […]
1. Downtown Upkeep 2. Flood of Memories 3. Light at the End of the Tunnel Post notes: I got some pictures developed yesterday and thought these three somehow went together, visually and in a past, present, future sort of way. 1. Farmer’s Supply in Floyd recently got a touch up. 2. Nantasket Beach at sunset […]
1. Hollyhocks and Bees 2. A Birthday Tea 3. A Rainy Day Pair 4. A Window of Opportunity
1. Magic Marks 2. Land Shark 3. A Bowl of Hole 4. A Strand of Sand Post notes: During my beach days in Hull and Bethany Beach I regularly walked the beach and often came across interesting sand art. The first photo was taken when I was playing Scrabble on the beach with my sister […]
