January 26, 2024

83.3

Oh - my!
The price of cofefe will surely go up.
How could I suddenly be so very happy? Schadenfreude reigns.

November 23, 2023

A new member of my aviary family

I love canaries.
I have two at the moment, one brown and one with a reddish chest. Both are wonderful singers, but I needed a third. My aviary is large and stately, and I don't like things in even numbers, anyway.
But Canaries are expensive.
I am old.
So I am in a study learning to dance so they learn in return to evaluate if old folks regain a better memory from that kind of physical activity. They also pay a modicum to be involved. I used the money to buy my third canary.
Meet TANGO.
For me his birthday is Thanksgiving, and I hope you who read this will have a happy holiday with your real or chosen family.

August 27, 2023

Beating the heat vicariously yet involved

I got excited watching the young do what I used to do ---- and then swam my serious laps

August 18, 2023

Made me lick my lips - and put a smile on my face

August 2, 2023

Pooh and Piglet know and weigh in

July 30, 2023

Memories

This is a scene in my living room, where the afternoon sun lit up a corner with bits of memories I brought back from a long-time ago trip to Egypt.
The bright shining candle speaks of the passage of time as well, and the glow of it made me get the camera.

Note the bone-shaped colossal rock. It weighs as much as two sacks of flour, I sneaked it home in my suitcase. It’s a treasure to me. I picked it off the ground on a day I spent deep in the desert with nothing but sand, a few small bushes hung full of dead locust around me and huge skies.

I hope you like it.

July 16, 2023

*****Winners announced in GD****** July Contest outcome "Don't be afraid of the Dark" Shadow Photos

Here is the link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218093535

Thank you all for participating in submitting your photos, in helping me keep the threads kicked, and I laud your expertise and artistry.

It was fun for me to run a contest. It had been a while.
I appreciate you, my friends.

Mira

July 16, 2023

Announcing the *****WINNERS*****of the July Photo Contest "DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK"

The contest is over and it was fun for us all. Thank you for voting, thank you for your comments and above all for expressing interest and showing it with your participation.

I thank the photographers for submitting their work.
I thank all who helped kick the threads.

Now to the Huge Drumroll for our runaway

FIRST PLACE WINNER
who is
LAKE ARENAL
with her intriguing and mystifying photograph

WALKING INTO THE MOON



In second place is CaliforniaPeggy with her beautiful photo of

THE CLOCK IN SHADOW
taken at the Musee d”Orsay in Paris



The third place is held by both
(ladies first)
mnhtnbb who keeps the song in my head with
MOONSHADOWS


and also by
GoneOffShore
with the “I wish I were there” street scene of

AUTUMN APPROACHES IN AIX - Homage to Harry Callahan


Those two photos were down to the wire within such proximity that it was hard to know who would win the spot, and at the very end it was a true tie.

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And finally, as Hostess Choice, I want to present again the
MISSING LYNX
by OCELOT II
)
Juat to give you another look at the hard-to-find (but not missing) Bobcat lurking in the darkness and mixture of shadow and light.
Though we are warned not to be, I do feel afraid of what’s lurking in the dark.

I also liked the play on words in the title.

Well done, everyone!!!

July 13, 2023

*****Finals for July Contest are up in GD*****

Here is the link

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218085875

Thanks to everyone, for everything.

PLEASE VOTE !

July 13, 2023

*****FINALS July Photo Contest*****"DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK" Please vote for your favorite

The Contest has whittled down to the top 10 vote-getters, and I hope you will pick your favorite and help determine the winner.
The winner will, as his or her prize, get to determine the theme for the next contest in August.

The theme of this contest is "DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK" - Shadow photography.

Please vote, feel free to make comments, and kick the thread.
Thank you for participating in submissions and votes.

The Clock in Shadow


Listen, Kitty


Moonshadows


Autumn approaches in Aix - Homage to Harry Callahan


Rubber ball in the hallway.


Walking into the Moon


Popham Beach


Just Before Dawn


Summer Sunset


Here you go