Category Archives: Thoughts

Holidays Awareness of the outside world. Does anyone else remember Trick or Treat for UNICEF? Do kids still do that? I wonder what they did with all those pennies we collected. I looked. The Internet was not forthcoming on either question (gasp!). Update. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. It was right there when I searched. Dunno whyContinue reading “C is for Cookie, C is for Costume Class, Halloween 2022”

Images Art from the outside world. MFA Boston: Postcards at the MFA. ~~~ World Postcard Day was October 1. Through Postcrossing, I sent out five postcards and received 8. Woot! Links Interesting things I discovered from the postcards & postcard messages. Syksy-terveisiä is Finnish for Autumn Greetings. “Olomouc Zoo, is a Czech zoo, located inContinue reading “A Plentiful Postcard Parade”

Holiday Awareness of the outside world. Amsterdam Hangout: Why do They Sell Rubber Ducks in Amsterdam?, Zaslabsky 2020. ~~~ By Schnabels®, from Ducks In The Window. Border color, Netherlands Insiders: Why Is The National Color Of The Netherlands Orange? [Rubber Ducky Day Archives] Onwards!Katherine

Images Awareness of the outside world. Architectural Photography Almanac. ~~~ Have signed up for a class in Architectural Photography taught by Meg McKinney at Samford Academy of the Arts. [Archive] This is why I bought a tripod and cable release. [Photo Safari The First, Beeswax Creek Park] I would define architectural photography as an image whereContinue reading “Architectural Photography Linkfest”

Horse Life Awareness of the outside world. UN: Water Quality and Wastewater. ~~~ No SLEC lesson last week. Nothing to talk about there. Pulling one from the vaults. Continuing my fascination with little blue huts, or in this case pink. Don’t think I’ve seen that color before. Seen at Middle Tennessee Carriage Club Driving Derby,Continue reading “Little Pink Horse Show Hut”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. AL.com: The history behind Birmingham’s favorite slogan, Birmingham Magazine, 2018. ~~~ Verily, I am a light unto the next generation … er … more like a warning beacon. I used to be able to get a leg-up onto a horse. This was particularly complicated with a side saddle, whenContinue reading “Getting a Leg Up”

Riding Awareness of the outside world. Newspaper motto. Democracy Dies In Darkness, The Washington Post ~~~ Rodney is in the horse house, the equine version of being in the dog house. Although the dogs in this house have it pretty good. But I digress. Good ride on the flat. Ended session by trotting over aContinue reading “Rodney Is Sent to the Horse House”