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Snowy way

February 19, 2021 XingfuMama 10 Comments

Our snow is almost gone now, but last weekend it snowed for almost two days straight. I still had to walk my four legged friends.

Setting out, Ginger is looking back to make sure that I am serious about this folly.

My brave little Asta led the way, forging a tiny trail in the snow.

Asta found the going much easier in a tire path.

At our driveway the snow was virgin and up above Asta’s legs. She paused.

Can you imagine how daunting this would look from a small dog’s point of view?

Ginger took the lead and forged us a trail home…Sometimes you have to let a friend take the lead.

For Alive and Trekking’s Which Way Challenge.

Flowers

A flash of gold in a white world

February 15, 2021 XingfuMama 7 Comments

Our world took a turn toward the white this week. I took these pictures a couple of days ago. Now the flowers are totally buried.

For HeyJude’s Life in Colour and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Flowers

Bring me a rose in the winter time…

February 13, 2021 XingfuMama 2 Comments

There is a folk song called “Bring me a rose in the winter time”.

Bring me a rose in the winter time,
When roses are hard to find.
Bring me a rose in the winter time,
I've got roses on my mind.
A rose is sweet most anytime, and yet,
Bring me a rose in the winter time
How easy we forget.

Bring me a smile when I'm far from home,
When it's hard to find.
Bring me a smile when I'm far from home,
I've got smiling on my mind.
A smile is sweet most anytime, and yet,
Bring me a smile when I'm far from home,
How easy we forget.

Other stanzas are:
Bring me a friend when I'm all alone....

Bring me a kiss when my babes are grown....

Bring me a love in my autumn years....

Bring me peace when there's talk of war....

By Ernie Sheldon

For Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Picture Galleries, Snapshots from a Happy Life

Winter browns

January 10, 2021 XingfuMama 8 Comments

Hey Jude for Life in Colour this month chose brown as the theme and asked “what browns can you find in the world?”. I took these photos today thinking about that theme. Brown is a funny color, I often don’t see it. I tend to see things that many people see as brown as shades of red or orange. I think these are brown?

Also this is my entry for Lens Artists: Its a small world.

Flowers

A tired ending

Image January 1, 2021 XingfuMama 2 Comments

It bloomed gloriously in spring, but now is dormant. Winter gives us a chance to rest and regenerate.

For Bushboy’s Last Photo on the Card and Cee’s Flower of the Day.

Puget Sound

I believe in ferries

Image December 18, 2020 XingfuMama 14 Comments

For Brashley Photography’s Mid-week Monochrome.

Puget Sound

Water-y colored world

December 15, 2020 XingfuMama 4 Comments

Ah, December: High tides, clouds, mist and rain.

For Jez’s Water, Water Everywhere.

Flowers

Winter’s gray day sunshine

December 8, 2020 XingfuMama 4 Comments

On a gray day of December these camellias, early even for camellias, seem to emit light, even on the wettest, dreariest days.

For Cee’s Flower of the Day and Travel with intent’s One Word Sunday: Seasonal.

Flowers

Fuzzy-wuzzy will be a flower

January 6, 2020 XingfuMama 4 Comments

…if it fur is warm enough that the predicted colder than normal January doesn’t nip its buds.

I’m not exactly sure what plant this is, but its fuzzy flower buds caught my eye on a New Year’s Day walk. I loved the textures and the way the little fuzzy hairs caught the winter light.

For Sunshine’s Macro Monday