Subscribe2
Photo Memory of the Week
Cloud of the Week
Ladies and gentlemen, meet this week's cloud(s). I stumbled across it while walking to a clematis-site sighting from the previous day. By the time I got somewhere without any intervening tree branches, the cloud and the colours had moved on. Forget carpe diem: this is more like arripe occasionem.
Place: Calgary
Posted: 2026 Oct 09Read my posts about clouds: here and here
Read knowledgeable stuff about clouds: here
Music of the Week
Quotes of the Week
Leucon, no one’s allowed to know his fate,Not you, not me: don’t ask, don’t hunt for answersIn tea leaves or palms. Be patient with whatever comes.This could be our last winter, it could be manyMore, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks:Do what you must, be wise, cut your vinesAnd forget about hope. Time goes running, even
As we talk. Take the present, the future's no one's affair.
- Horace's Ode I:11Posted: Oct 08
Tag Archives: Flowers
Lilies and Bees
Photos from out-&-about. Continue reading
Lilacs? Capital!
Ask, and it will be given to you. Well, don’t ask and your odds are way worse, but that doesn’t make such a snappy line of Scripture. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through Canada
Tagged Flowers, Miscellany
9 Comments
Study in Yellow
Sedum, day lilies, buffalo beans, some kind of daisy, warning sign, and a random car. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Attitudes, Flowers
4 Comments
Tooth of Lion, Bane of Flea
Next thing you know we’ll be dragging Shakespeare into this: eye of newt, toe of frog and all that. Continue reading
Magnolia Termina
A last gasp worthy of a gasp. Continue reading
Magnolia Stupenda
And to think that thousands of folks were at the Tulip Festival about a mile away, thinking it was the bee’s knees. Continue reading
The Terrible, Horrible
The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Photos of Built Stuff, Photos of Flora
Tagged Aging, Family, Flowers, Reflections
28 Comments
A Memory by Any Other Name
What’s in a number? A name. What’s in a name? Continue reading
As Seen on Screen
Been there; seen that. Let’s do it again. Continue reading