Sloss Furnace…i was told in 1993 that it is a Birmingham (Alabama) landmark that everyone should see. In 1995, i bought a house & got a job that took me past Sloss Furnace twice a day for two years. Did i visit? No. People promised to take me, but it didn’t happen, until i met…
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Scotland & my history
The history of the stone according to Graeme, “It’s called the Sueno’s Stone. It’s a 9th century Pictish carved slab. The Picts were an ancient people from the east of Scotland…until the Vikings & the Irish Scots came along and wiped them out. i responded, “Irish Scots?! Who were they?” I consider Graeme to be…
Burntisland, Scotland
These images were taken by a friend of mine who lives in Scotland. I saw Graeme’s images on facebook & then begged him to share. A wee bio of Graeme: “My name is Graeme & I’m an amateur photographer living in the small seaside town of Burntisland, on Scotland’s east coast. My favourite subjects are…
last night changed everything.
i’ve tried, countless times, to explain what it is like to be a mom to my teenager daughters. i try to tell them what it feels like when they walk out the front door. i tell them they are taking a part of my heart with them when they walk out that door. nothing…
i share my balcony with the cats
i lost my garden when i moved out of the house. this shelf contains many of the things i kept in my art studio. there is a brown bear, a glow-in-the-dark alien, a yellow bird, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, a wild thing, spiderman birdhouse, star of David-can you see them? and tons of white rabbits…
left in awe
this is my daughter. she is smart, funny, original…she is the artist that created the Stained Glass art project. She is the one who set up my blog, then taught me how to use it-at the age of ten. if i can’t figure something out, she is my go to help. She is fearless…i am…
I am changing how we celebrate Hanukkah.
Pretty audacious, right? well, i am tired of tiptoeing around what is right & wrong with how to celebrate Hanukkah. i grew up in Vermont with two parents, my father is Jewish & my mother converted. We grew up celebrating both Christmas & Hanukkah. we got a Christmas tree. perhaps a day or two before Christmas….
Daily Prompt: Never gonna give you up
Today’s challenge is to find a vice one doesn’t like in another. I’ve chosen, instead, to write about my own vice. Anyone in my company will soon find that I am scanning my surroundings for “images begging to be taken”. Life surrounds us all, but my vice is the need to capture every bit of…
Twig Globe
Originally posted on The Lantern Room:
An image of trees caught within a raindrop held by a small twig from a branch. I called the image ‘Twig Globe’ because it reminds me of a snow globe (without the snow 😉 ). It also reminds me of something from Lord of the Rings – but I’m…
snow in Alabama vs Vermont
The kids & I have been trapped in our house for four days because of snowfall on Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama. A little background history first. I consider myself a Yankee. My (now ex) husband informed me that I’ve lived in Birmingham Alabama for as long as I lived in Vermont–half my life. My Vermont…
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