stories, photographs, adventures…the next chapter
For Proscenium’s Friday Follies:
A local merchant with a sense of humor. Which I always appreciate…especially these days. Makes me smile every time I pass by.
This is my first entry into the Friday Follies challenge, as I am feeling the need for some comic relief!
Inspired by the Dutch goes the Photo Challenge: Rectangles
One winter day, I was enjoying several hours visiting the “Ansel Adams in Our Time” exhibit at The Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Along with my husband and two dear friends.
Taking a break at the museum’s cafe…a hot cup of tea in hand…I looked up and was treated to…a ceiling view deserving of its own exhibit.
A Farmers’ Market is the perfect place to discover the freshest produce…if you are lucky enough to find one near you. During a visit to Washington DC in June to visit my daughter and her family, we spent one Saturday morning enjoying the sights and sounds of the Petworth Community Market. A bustling collection of local vendors displayed a wide variety of products and services for sale. The community – all ages – was out in force taking it all in.
Tented displays featured a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and meats for sale. Along with flowers, coffees, breads, cookies, bagels and donuts. Including a booth selling fantastic gluten free donut holes!
Truly something for everyone.
Root vegetables were just a sampling of all the deliciousness available…
Photo a Day challenge: Fresh
Colors and Letters challenge: Start with the letter F
Inspired by V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #59: Worth Mentioning
What has inspired you lately? A song, an image, a quotation? This week’s challenge is to share something “worth mentioning.”
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Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.
May Sarton
This quote leapt out at me recently…from a page in a weekly magazine.
Food for thought…and discussion…worth mentioning.
Inspired by Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #56: Seascapes and/or Lakeshore
A lake is the perfect place…to enjoy time with dear friends and family.
For a lifetime of sweet memories.
Inspired by Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Unexpected
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO (OR THREE…) WITH SOMETHING UNEXPECTED IN THEM.
One cold March day…
The front lawn had emerged from under the melting snow…
Revealing the dregs of winter…
And an unexpected sign of Spring on its way.
This post inspired by Becky’s Blue July Squares
Back in “The Day” – my teenage years – I covered my bedroom wall with posters. Of all shapes and sizes. Random subject matter. Raggedy Ann & Andy. Laurel & Hardy. Don Quixote plodding along under an orange moon. Psychedelic quotes. “LifeIsAGas” swirled in green and pink was one. “WarIsNotHealthyForChildren…” was another.
However, one poster was just a simple black square…with a green peace sign filling the space. No text.
A small symbol of protest.
Along with peace necklaces. Buttons. Pins. Rings. Denim patches. To end the war we saw raging on the evening news. A war which continued until I was in college…and heard shouts down the hall of my dormitory one night…The War Is Over!! The War Is Over!!
In our youth and naïveté, perhaps my friends and I somehow believed these small symbols made a difference.
Several years ago, I noticed this pin for sale at a local novelty store. The kind of place that sells off color bumper stickers, fart joke books and notepads with the F word in their titles.
It gave me pause.
Way past time to start my collection again.
Inspired by Frank at Dutch goes the Photo. The prompt: Sculpture
During my visit to the Shelburne Museum (in Shelburne, Vermont) last month, I was blown away by the circus exhibit. Or rather…the entire building full of circus exhibits.
Upon entering the Circus Building, a large glassed-in area displays an entire three-ring circus of tiny hand carved wooden sculptures. The photographs below give just a hint at the genius and beauty of this vast work of art. I highly recommend viewing it in person.
The official description:
The Kirk Brothers Circus is a miniature three-ring circus, complete with an audience, comprised of more than 3,500 pieces. Edgar Kirk fashioned the figures over a period of forty years using only a treadle jigsaw and penknife.
Inspired by Becky’s Blue July Squares
One cold November afternoon…
Low tide rocks appeared…
Warmed in the sun…
Under the sky…
…with its many shades of blue.
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