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Milkweed Shines!!
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Who would think the lowly milkweed could be a thing of beauty. Well today, I got a message from the good people at www.betterphoto.com informing me that my “Milkweed Husk at Dusk” is a finalist in the November Photo contest. All those walks among the deer ticks at Valley Forge…
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Soaring
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I was back at Valley Forge this morning walking the fields, taking pictures of milkweed. I took way too many, but the light was too bright and the day was too clear to get anything good. However, as I was getting back into the car I looked up in the…
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Snow and the Nutcracker
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Yesterday it snowed like crazy here in St. Davids. At the same time, Yumiko was dancing as a beautiful snowflake in the Nutcracker at St. Joe’s University. Click on the girl to check out that extension.
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Mr. Stinky WINS FIRST PLACE!!
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Guess what? My photo entitled “Stinkbug on My Car” won first place from the Masterpiece BetterPhoto contest!! Wu Huuuuu! The contest has been over for more than a month, but the winners were just announced today. There were over 200 photographs entered and to tell you the truth, I thought…
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A Spider on my CD
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I know the winter is getting closer because it is much colder outside. That means fewer little critters outside willing to have their picture taken. Oh, it could be a long winter…… but luckily for us, we live in an old, old house and every once in a while a…
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Fall at Valley Forge
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Ken is sure I will come home with Lime’s Disease one day, but I keep assuring him, the little deer ticks would never bother me. I have been walking the fields at Valley Forge Park these last few days. They are so beautiful this time of year. Golden tall grasses…
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The Fly’s Tongue
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O.K. Dear Readers. Now bear with me on this one. Today as Ken was out at a meeting and Yumiko was at school, I traveled the short distance to my favorite pond to see if I might find an interesting bug before it gets too cold. I slogged around the…
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Manjiro
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Today was the Japanese School Play. That means every class of the 16 different classes at Yumiko’s Japanese school puts on a 15 to 20 minute play – one after another. Yumiko’s class was the 15th. I sat through every one from Kindergarden 1 to Adult 3 and am still…
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We’re Back!!
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It was a great trip to Tokyo for Ken and for me. Ken got to his high school reunion and saw friends he had not seen in more than 40 years. I got there a week later and reunited with all of Ken’s good family. Yumiko stayed home and kept…
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Quick Trip to Japan
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Ken has been in Tokyo for the last week and I am leaving tomorrow morning to join him. We will be back home in St. Davids next Tuesday. Hopefully when we come home we will have a few good stories to tell. Talk to you then.
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