365 photo challenge: weary
gardening...though back-breaking...has its...rewards...hugmamma.
View Articledaily post challenge #193: how many friends can a person have?
Just saw a Toyota commercial which answered this very question. A teen is seated at the dining table, laptop computer in front of her. Smiling she says something like “Old people are such… Read More →
View Articledaily post challenge #205: what food entices me…yet i’m afraid to try
When I was in high school, a friend started pushing insects and frogs legs. Not like she was pushing dope or anything. Though I wouldn’t know the difference, since I’ve never been in the latter...
View Articleweekly photo challenge: mountains
some like their feet in the air...i like mine where they are...on earth...hugmamma.
View Article365 photo challenge: whole
cute little critter...but stubborn...and fearless...hugmamma.
View Articlebayeux…as i imagined
The town of Bayeux in Normandy‘s countryside was exactly as I pictured…narrow, cobblestone roads…gothic cathedrals…whimsical store fronts…Hansel and Gretel houses…folks dining outdoors…precious...
View Articleautumn recalls…a bad memory
one time...i shouldn't have listened to...my mother...hugmamma.
View Articlethe salmon are here!…the salmon are here!
No salmon met with a more uproarious welcome than those returning to spawn…and die…in our small town this past weekend. If we could only bottle “Salmon Days” and sprinkle its contents over the...
View Articlepioneer woman…duh…i don’t think so…
next time...there'd better not be...a next time...hugmamma.
View Articlesuperstitious…in this day and age?
It was with uncharacteristic smugness that I read “Snow Job: Ski Resorts Call on Higher Authorities to Save Season…After a Native American Ceremony, Vail Gets Blanketed; ‘Pray to Ullr’.” It wasn’t so...
View Article…time to exhale…getting away…
It was heavenly to escape the hammering, buzz-sawing and drilling for a few days. A nephew’s wedding in tulip and daffodil country was just the getaway I needed after weeks of preparation for… Read More →
View Articleweeds…a god-send…
weeds (Photo credit: gusset) Tis the season…to weed. For gardeners, that is. Although anyone can partake of this tedious task. If you haven’t a patch of your own, I’m certain your neighbor would… Read...
View Articleweekly photo challenge: summer
Here in the Pacific Northwest summer is but a fleeting moment in an otherwise gray, soggy landscape. So we don’t really discuss the weather except when the sun shines brightly and the warm… Read More →
View Articleyou are my sunshine…la, la, la, la…
...playing games with the sun...what sun?...hugmamma.
View Articlepaying homage…to the sun…what else?
Here in the Seattle area where the sun doesn’t abide year round, we’re always focused upon its next appearance. So while others may perform rain dances…poor, deranged souls…we close our eyes at night…...
View Articledaydreaming…a lost art
It’s been awhile since I’ve even heard the term…daydreaming. As a child in the 1950′s I daydreamed…a lot. It was an option as I flew out the front door, my mom’s favorite refrain ringing in my ears....
View Article…a world away…in our own “backyard”
...feeling human again...getting out of the rat race...hugmamma.
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