Category: Photography

Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art

The instructions for the Weekly Photo Challenge are:

For this week’s Photo Challenge, stimulate your creative process and imagine which of your images you would like to see gracing the cover of a book, an album, or a magazine. Would the image inspire us to take a peek through the pages, listen to the music, or buy a ticket to the show? Would it strike a chord with viewers, making them reflect on or revisit memories of places, people, and experiences.

This is the photo I picked for a book cover: Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Cover Art” →

October Surprise

This has been a summer unlike any I have ever experienced in Seattle.  I think there were around 46 days with temperatures in the 80’s.  While that may be normal, or even cool, for most of the country, it is unheard of here.  I think the last time this happened was in 1958.  Even though we are now in the last half of October, it is still warmer than normal.

I have been using my pellet stove in the mornings but haven’t turned on the house heat yet.  Squash, tomatoes and eggplant are still growing in the garden.

Look at the flower I cut this morning!  The colors aren’t quite as vibrant as earlier in the year, but it is still beautiful.

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This is the first post written after activating a different theme (i.e. a new format, new colors, etc.).   Considering changing to a new theme was part of Blogging 201:  Assignment 2

Crocheted Afghans for the Homeless

In 2004, Seattle Amma satsang members joined together to make crocheted afghans for men and women who were moving from the streets into transitional housing.  The afghans were all made from scrap yarn.  Each of us crocheted as many squares as possible and then we mixed and matched the squares to create the beautiful blankets.

Here are pictures of some of the afghans we made:

This project was inspired by a group called Warm Up America.

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Out-of-this-World

Soon after I started to drive yesterday, I noticed that there were two insects on the window to the left of me, about 8 inches from my face.  They did not look like anything I had ever seen before and their presence and proximity startled me.  I couldn’t tell if they were inside the car or outside. Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: From Out-of-this-World” →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Cannabis Sign

When I saw the Weekly Photo Challenge was to take a picture of a sign, I knew exactly what picture I would take.  Last week, I felt stunned when I passed a huge cannabis billboard.  It was my understanding that billboards advertising alcohol and tobacco were illegal.  How could a billboard advertising a recreational drug be acceptable???????  It made no sense to me. Continue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Cannabis Sign” →

Why?

When I was walking in my neighborhood two weeks ago, I saw this tree stump and wondered why it had been decorated it this way.  After pondering it for some time, the story I made up was that the homeowners didn’t want the tree there and didn’t want to take out the stump.  I suspected these materials were placed in this way to keep people from tripping over it. Continue reading “Why?” →