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To those who asked and to those who want to know
For me , it brings me joy
My Mother in Law is improving and may leave the hospital very soon!
:~)
Will try to continue to play catch up this evening
Merci for your indulgence
Those who know the summit of Grisedale Pike will be familiar with the nicely inclined slab that makes for a fine backrest. On this day it also acted as a great windshield as well.
This relaxed selfie shows me making the most out of the shelter and looking eastwards from the summit.
I have a new description of Osprey -they're all wings and talons. I'm going to revisit this spot this weekend, hoping to get the same show with better light.
This was one of those nightmarish days you only dream about.
It began at 7:30 with that crazy park lady. I walk far away from her now. I park in a different place and walk a quarter-mile from her. But when she sees me, she walks directly at me, no matter where I am and who I'm with. Today, I was picking raspberries. I stopped when she walked toward me. I walked in the woods. I think she followed me, but I went fast, came out on the other side, and walked in the road. She is really ruining my days when I see her, which, fortunately, is once a week.
I came home and worked on cutting glass for awhile, and then I went skating. I also dropped some things off at the post office and attempted to buy stamps, but my card wouldn't scan, and the post office REFUSED to enter the number manually. They said it was against store policy. I asked for the manager. He wouldn't come out. I banged on his door. He wouldn't come out. A supervisor came to talk to me. She couldn't answer any of my questions. All she knew was, "They wouldn't take mines, either."
I went home angry and found a message from my mother that the travel agent wants to make sure my daughter has a passport confirmation. Except that I have tried that every day, and it hasn't worked. It still didn't. I called the passport office once again (I called last week, and a woman said she'd e-mail DC to put a rush on it), and I was told to press one and three and zero, and then the machine told me there were too many callers waiting, and it hung up. Seventeen times. And then when I finally got through, I was on the phone for 59 minutes.
The woman at the passport office told me there's no record of my daughter's application, that I can try to make an appointment for one of the three days this week that it's open before the trip, but she won't guarantee that I get an appointment, and no one's reimbursing us the thousands of dollars for the tickets.
Then I called the post office, and I was told, "This is what I can do for you, ma'am. I will call myself." I asked about the canceled money order, and the woman said, "I just told you what I could do for you. Don't try to tell me what I can do for you. I am doing what I told you I would do, now let me do that without telling me...."
She said she'd call in the morning. Meanwhile, I can pay $5 to put a trace on the money order.
I wrote to my congressman. I sent a third e-mail to the passport office, and it was actually answered today. There's no record of my daughter's passport. The person who wrote told me to call the passport office again.
I went to a self-defense class tonight. I punched the bag very, very hard. It was a very, very bad bag.
(But the instructor's son, holding the bag, was truly a hottie.)
(For 365 Days. This is Day 262. )
I skated for one hour today. It was my only pleasure. I didn't even enjoy the beers.
I can still laugh, as long as there's Engrish.
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot
and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light,
and winter in the shade.
-Charles Dickens
went for a walk in the Pearl, reflected selfie with friend :)
happy weekend to all
♥
This Red-necked Grebe has it's "ears" up - tuffs of feathers it can raise on its head that look very much like ears. I'm not sure if the bird was flustered or excited but the ears were up for a while. I usually don't see them up too often.
Taken 29 April 2017 at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska.
“Where does he get those wonderful toys?”
It’s #batmanday2021 and I’ve been thinking about doing this shot for months! More like half a year since I found the charger for my moon… Anyways, since it’s #batmanday I thought I would reimagine that shot from the #batman1989 movie with my favorite #batwing which is the one from #batmantheanimatedseries . This one is made by @hotwheelsofficial !
Day 3854 Y11D201
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
Charles Dickens
My first summer storm of 2023 had me chasing down into Ohio from Michigan. While we didn't get the weather I had hoped for, we did get an amazing scene to photograph as the front edge of the storm moved over us.
©2023 Jamie A. MacDonald
Had to go Friends and Family....bunch of nasty perverts out there. Seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?
For those of you familiar with Jules Dassin’s film you’ll know there are eight million stories in the naked city – well with 33 births a minute, 2,000 an hour, 48,000 a day which translates to nearly 12 million a year, India is one its way to having 1.3 billion stories! The stories are everywhere you look and one of my favorite opportunities for photography is while we are driving getting to glimpse some of those stories.
Those are the names of those two peaks.
Between them on an amazingly beautiful spot sits the Tegernseer Hütte (an Alpine Club hut). We did not go there on this tour, but I promise I will get a shot of that one on the next possible occasion.
Near Tegernsee, Germany.
Ventured down to Seaham to capture those famous wheels, needed waders as the waves got the better of me and breached my wellies no camera equipment was harmed during the taking of this shot!
Those tunnels and and columnar basalt 'halls' along the coast of Arnarstapi are thickly populated with kittiwakes. You can see them very close but you'd break your neck if you got too close. Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Those who think they don't have the time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley
Non-HDR
No Photoshop
Saturation and Contrast only
For those who watched 1960s US cartoons, this lyric will be a reminder...
Spiderman, Spiderman,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spiderman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o29VoxtsFk
(Yeah, I know that the song can be annoying, but it has that nostalgia thing goin')
To those big, fat, juicy, live Mealworms that all the birds are loving right now (since the ground is frozen)!
Did you know an average bird has 10% body fat that is used to help keep warm, and for energy? Each day they have to eat enough food to equal that and some to spare (in cold temps)...and mealworms supply that instant 'meal-on-wheels' energy!