Hubs playing with his camera during the honest-to-goodness-small-town-4th-of-july-parade some years ago in Solvang Weekend Reflection, Travel Tue STAR (S) Floral Bliss, Floral Fri Foto, Natur Donnerstag & STRIPES (below) HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to (last) Sunday for the Canadians, and Wednesday for the USA-ers Something old, something blue …. Tue Treasures…
Category: City and Town
SAVOR THE DAY
Savoring one of summer days without end the waves not counting the Years morfing ebb and flow into its place in history (ABC Wed -Y) The beach my Dutch sis in law described as “the most beautiful” of the Southern Calif region, when I asked what she enjoyed the most of California. (Not The…
A GLIMPSE OF OTHER WORLDS
If you are looking for the ALL SEASONS post of this week (June 3-6), scroll down to the marine blue part, and click on the Seasons’ post listed! Some years ago we decided to visit our son who had then been teaching English in China for a year. We figured this might be…
ROUNDING UP MAY
Butterflies seem so happy when they flitter and flutter. Love the Unique saucer:) ABC Wed.- U A thumbs up to WordPress! When last week I saw a cookie banner across my blog, I thought, O no! Expecting they would go the same way as google. But in reading wordpress cookies policy, I can opt…
CITY WALK
FOR YOU WHO are looking for the ALL SEASONS post this week (open till Wednesday 7pm), it is the post underneath this one. If you don’t know how to navigate: scroll down to the marine blue part, and click on All Seasons post in the row of posts listed there:) Would not have chosen…
SEAMLESS
The poetry I gravitate to has no form and no rules. Rules and form take the poetry out of it, in my opinion. Rather than giving you my accolades, I very much like how Jennie, who did the Thurs. ABC before, described it as “seamless.” Most of the images in this post have a seamless…
BETWEEN BRICKS OR ROCKS
Placer County Courthouse in Auburn, CA This is a rebuild of the first courthouse, because it was destroyed by fire. This Renaissance style one on the hill was finished in 1898. Tue Treasure, Thurs. Doors Ever since I’ve gone over to an Apple laptop my archives have been messed up…
UNEXPECTED VIEWS
Wretched A hutong in Beijing We accidentally stumbled on this third world side of China, when the toilet in our hotel room overflowed. It couldn’t be fixed at sundown. They suggested for us to go to the hutong in the alley to brush our teeth and go to the bathroom ( a community of houses…
THE MIRACLE OF GLASS
Chagall was an artist like Gaudi. Whatever material he used, it was to the fullest of its potential. Chagall stained glass windows in Nice, France was done in 1957. The 5th and 6th day of Creation. Motifs of Paradise. The great Tempter, bottom left, and above-on right the Tree of Knowledge. Chagall wanted an…
ENJOYING THE PARK
SCROLL DOWN FOR THURSDAY DOORS The word “park” is used facetiously here. In the Los Angeles basin “parks” are not only for trees and lawns with flowers, but a beautiful set of buildings and shops with lots of landscaping but some locals also may call this a park. Part of the Irvine Spectrum (shops,…
AWAKE IN THE WEEKEND
Awake and trying boundaries:) One Word Sunday About 40 min. from where I live Sunday Tree Tree Hill
APRILICIOUS
SCROLL DOWN FOR THURS. DOORS! Cobblestones side walks and a brick street with lanterns. Left overs from centuries gone by, I make my way to the Wijk by Duurstede castle Hopscotching on cobble stones coming home on a week day getting off the bike That would be life in Wijk … in the middle…
Seasons in Thought and life 