Category Archive: outdoors

sunshine…in my heart

I may live in an area where skies are gray more months than I care to admit…10 out of 12. I may get rained upon more often than I’d like. The cold may… Read More

weekly photo challenge: future tense #2

look up…a new day dawns…hugmamma.

springtime…when all things turn to fanciful-ness

I tend to decorate to the nines. What I can’t fit inside my four walls…is relegated to a space in the great outdoors. Not only does my yard abound with the normal tchotckes,… Read More

let your spirits…soar

Storytellers abound. All we need do is pause, breathe deeply…and listen. Sometimes it also helps…to open our eyes. As with the story of an 80 year-old, deaf Canadian whose canvas is the sky… Read More

falling leaves…life?

…storytelling…for all ages…hugmamma.

spooky?…or not?

Your call. For me, it’s a mixture of both. With heart beating a little faster…eyes peeled for anything unusual…I love to wander through cemeteries, especially old ones. These photos were taken in Kinnish,… Read More

weekly photo challenge: solitary

…a lonely hike…a steep climb…wondrous beauty…of a different kind…hugmamma.

think…sunny!

come with me…to where the sun always shines…hugmamma.

what are friends for?

I had a couple of nice outings with two girlfriends recently. Both are open and forthcoming with their lives…the ups…the downs. They’re also quick to offer words of support when necessary, just as… Read More

…everyone needs…a friend…

…everyone needs a life preserver…for no man is an island…hugmamma.

…a world away…in our own “backyard”

…feeling human again…getting out of the rat race…hugmamma.

daydreaming…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. ”Go outside and… Read More

paying 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… Read More

you are my sunshine…la, la, la, la…

…playing games with the sun…what sun?…hugmamma.

weekly 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

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