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PROVOCATIVELY SPEAKING

#Photography #Writing #Fandango&039;s Provocative Question #Marilyn Armstrong

CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE. NOW.

Editor’s note: With the “heat dome,” Minnesota and Canadian wildfires, warming ocean waters, and record heat, it is important to note the problems are not new. Marilyn wrote the following four years ago. It’s hot. Not only is it hot here, but it’s hot everywhere, including normally cool places like London and many European countries. Looking at a weather map, it looked like the world is boiling…

#climate #climate change #Ecology #Marilyn Armstrong #Weather #weather change

LANTANA ON THE DECK

#Photography #Lantana #Marilyn Armstrong

IN A PURPLE HAZE

#Photography #Cee&039;s Fun Foto Challenge #CFFC #crocus #fuchsias #Marilyn Armstrong #orchids #violets

WORLD SHARING ON A DAY WHEN IT'S ALMOST RAINING

SHARE YOUR WORLD 7-18-2022 Almost raining is the only kind of rain we seem to get these days. It’s wet enough to ruin your sandals but not enough to convince the flowers they have been watered or keep the birds’ suet from melting. Shaking the rain off his fur I might as well start with the fun stuff. I went to the doctor today and found out nothing much. It’s not that the doctor is…

#Photography #SYW #humor #Marilyn Armstrong #mice & elephants #share your world

SKETCHBOOK 88 - CATBIRDS

#Birds #Sketchbook #Catbirds #Drawings #Marilyn Armstrong

THE HAPPINESS OF OTHERS

CFFC: Would make a friend happy Christmas is always a good time to start, especially since a new year follows just a week later. Christmas – always a good choice Who wouldn’t want cozy clothing for a cold winter? Cozy gifts for a cold winter For the floral among us, a fresh orchid is a great choice. How about a brand new orchid? You can’t fail with a bouquet, especially full of spring…

#Photography #Cee&039;s Fun Foto Challenge #Marilyn Armstrong

JUST ANOTHER BLUE JAY

Just another Blue Jay demolishing a feeder. I almost caught him in flight, except he was one wing flap ahead of me. He is headless. Another great example of “almost a really great photograph.” The fortunes of anyone photographing wildlife tend to be perilous.

#Birds #Photography #blue jay #Marilyn Armstrong

SKETCHBOOK 87 - BLUE JAY

I keep rediscovering the same thing: no matter what you see in the “bird book” or online, birds, even of the same species or from the same nest, don’t look quite the same. The last Blue Jay I drew had a big black face, but this one only had a small black patch around each eye and a lot less black striping in his wings. Some Blue Jays are a brighter blue. Others are closer to gray-blue. They are…

#Sketchbook #blue jay #Drawings #Marilyn Armstrong

OUR BEST BUYS

Since this was posted last year at this time, we have had to buy another air conditioner. The GE Portable air conditioner did not even make it two years (one-year warranty). Now we are going with a Midea window unit based on recommendations from friends. Things We Really Like, by Rich Paschall In recent years, we have made a few acquisitions that we really like. Aside from the air conditioner I…

#air conditioner #buying #purchases #recliner

GLOWING GRACKLES

#Birds #Photography #Grackles #Marilyn Armstrong

THE END OF DEMOCRACY

The Slow and Deliberate Authoritarian March, by Rich Paschall The orange king has taken to the airwaves to ask you to believe something that has long since been disproved. Multiple investigations and court cases have shown that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Not wanting to be branded a loser, despite that election and some disastrous 2nd-term decisions, the orange one has gone all in on…

#DHS #Donald Trump #Election #gerrymandering #high crimes and misdemeanors #ice #national security #Political corruption #vote counting

SKETCHBOOK 83 - HAPPY CHICKADEE

In this picture, you might notice that the chickadee does not have his little feet on the ground, yet he is also not flying. In the picture, he was hopping from one part of the feeder to the top of a block of mealworm suet. He was one happy chickadee. Chickadee in mid “hop” as he goes from the edge of the flat feeder to the suet April 2022

#Birds #Sketchbook #Chickadee #Drawings #Marilyn Armstrong

ATTACK OF THE SPARROW

#Photography #European Sparrow #Goldfinch #Marilyn Armstrong #red-bellied woodpecker #Woodpecker

MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY?

CWWC: Any Which Way in Black and White On Asphalt Roads or Paved Pathways Just four pictures, two from me, two from Garry. I like the way these came out. I think they were born to be black and white.

#Photography #Cee&039;s Black & White Challenge #Garry Armstrong #Marilyn Armstrong

CATBIRD WITH ATTITUDE

#Birds #Catbird #Marilyn Armstrong

IT'S NATIONAL ASSHOLE AWARENESS DAY AGAIN!

Editor’s note: You might agree this is more relevant now than it was 4 years ago when it was posted. – rjp There has never been a dearth of assholes in our world, but I think this year has raised it to an extraordinary level of importance. The assholes are everywhere! They are the ones who still think the pandemic was a joke. Who are thrilled that we are losing our rights and freedoms as long as…

#celebration #Holiday #humor #Marilyn Armstrong #Nation Asshole Awareness Day

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