It’s the first time a poinsettia has ever rebloomed…and at the right time of year (my amaryllis bulbs re-bloom but in February or March).
DIY Flowers
Between a cold/flu thing and generally unpleasant weather this has been a make-your-own-flowers week for me. I made a quilt and tote bag that, if my calculations are correct, will attach to the handles of my grandmother’s wheelchair for her Christmas gift. Now I just need this cold to clear up.
Which Way
These are from a walk we took on the Great Wall of China last spring, from Jiankou to Mutianyu. These are all from the unimproved section (Mutianyu is one of the large sections that has been improved.)
The walk was about five miles and the package we used had a driver who drove us to Jiankou, then walked with us to the first tower on the wall (that is a steep-ish, but short hike), after taking our picture he returned to the car and drove around to Mutianyu to meet us. Once on the wall you can follow it and the instructions provided easily. I can recommend the outfit we used: “Wild Great Wall”, I’ve used them three times for different activity levels. We all felt that is was beneficial to see both the unreconstructed and the reconstructed wall. If I stay on task this week (not real good odds) I will post pictures from the reconstructed section of the wall next week.
For Son of a Beach’s Which Way Photo Challenge.
It’s that time of year…
My Time Squares for the second week of Advent:
Time to sit by the fire.
Time to decorate.
Grinch time.
Time to make goodies.
Time to dance:
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge-Week 15
PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING
Welcome to week 15 of Pull up a Seat. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
I have a question for you all: is it helpful to have me list links to entries for the previous weeks? I do so to try and make it easy to take a look at the wide variety of photos that people enter, but it does take a little time…and the risk that maybe I miss someone, or misspell something. What do you think?
Thank you to everyone who participated this week. It is always fun to see the variety of ideas.
- Cee’s Photography
- This and that
- Heaven’s Sunshine
- Chronicles of an Anglo-Swiss
- The 59 Club
- Go Outside Today
- Proscenium
- Q’s Place
- Nut House Central
- Danny James Photography
- Life Amazing
- Heart to heart
- Son of a Beach
- Vegas Great Attractions
Here are mine for the week:
From a visit to the Arboretum at South Seattle Community College in September:
A teak bench in a shady nook.
A nice place to sit and visit.
Grandma always brings her own seat.
So does my niece. Thank goodness for grandchildren and mamas who put the “stroll” in strollers.
More random:
Blue and Green
For Wordless Wednesday.
White Clematis
Wandering about as I try to backup and organize my archives and create a system for moving forward I ran into these clematis photos from last May. Since I have been experimenting with post processing in LightRoom lately, I tried out a couple of techniques.
Original photo.
Using radial filters in LightRoom.
The second picture used techniques described by Bren at Ryan Photography.
Original photograph.
LightRoom Preset by Julie Powell called: Late Afternoon Sun.
The second photo above uses a LightRoom preset from Julie Powell that is from her Sunday Stills class.
Posted for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
Squares of the Times
Advent wreaths count down to Christmas, in reality they probably predate the concept of Christmas and are part of “pagan” celebrations of the solstice. I like the idea of advent, gradually preparing for our celebration of the change from darkening to lightening (Christmas is fundamentally that: a celebration of the return of light to a dark and weary world) and have “celebrated” it in my own ways for many years now.
This year I decided that I will try to add to that celebration participation in the “TimeSquares” Photo Challenge by each week during Advent.
From our visit to London last June:
Pocket watches at the British Museum.
An antique clock and its inner workings at the British Museum.
A complex timepiece at the British Museum.
Rolling balls are part of the mechanism, British Museum.
Pick up times are clearly marked on this mail box in London.
From this past week, time passes so quickly:
Pull up a Seat Photo Challenge-Week 14
PHOTO CHALLENGE OF PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR ART ABOUT SITTING
Welcome to week 14 of Pull up a Seat. Take a load off and share a favorite perch by linking your post to this one, either with a comment or ping-back. For more detailed directions go to Pull Up a Seat page.
Thank you to everyone who participated this week. It is always fun to see the variety of ideas.
- Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery
- Chronicles of an Anglo-Swiss
- Heart to Heart
- The 59 Club Blog
- This and That
- Junk Boat Travels
- Help from Heaven
- Heaven’s Sunshine
- Proscenium
- Son of a Beach
- Roaming Urban Gypsy
My contribution for this week: a gallery of sweet, seasonal seating from various gingerbread houses and villages.
Over to you.
Frosty roses
From this morning’s dog walk, for Cee’s Flower of the Day.
