Happy Friday!
Since it’s about 2am and I have to be up at 6am, this will be a rather quick post!
Today’s JusJoJan24 prompt is “penultimate” so here’s my jot:
I have 7 living siblings and I’m penultimate.
Have a great day! I hope you do or learn something NEW today AND I hope to get some sleep and put more thought into future posts haha!
(Image generated by AI MidJourney)
Happy Thursday!
I used to think photography in November-January was just plain boring because of the lack of color in the world. But I recently decided to play around more with Black/White photography and it’s amazing what a difference it makes.
I still have a few hydrangea blooms hanging on. I love them in B/W because I totally notice the detail in each little leaf a lot more.
And even my poinsettia, left over from a holiday party, is more interesting to look at when it isn’t overpowered by vibrant red. But, just so I can enter Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, which is the color red, I’ll include the original shot:
A different perspective is always welcome in my world. Sometimes it can even be captivating. (See how I slipped the JusJoJan24 prompt in there :o)
Have a terrific day and I hope you do or learn something NEW!
Happy Tuesday and Happy January 2nd!
Many articles I’ve read lately explained how people’s New Year resolutions get abandoned by the middle of January. I don’t really make “resolutions”, but I do like a good list of things to do or experience. Yeah, yeah, I know the term bucket list refers to a list of things people want to do or accomplish before they “kick the bucket”…before they are “called home”…before they “enter into their eternal rest” but I simply have lots of different lists in my bucket because I LUV LISTS. :o)
I’ve posted about my Waterfall Bucket List and my National Parks Bucket List. I always have a reading challenge going on, but now I’m going to post about a few more bucket lists because if I announce to the blogosphere I’m going to do something, it’s like magic – those things always happen (eventually, haha!).
I want to make 50 NEW gourmet dinners or desserts. The trick will be deciding whether something is “gourmet” or not, ha! For instance, I’ve been intimidated by making French macarons, so that will be at the top of the list.
I’ve tried this one before, and I may fail {again} but this year I’m going to try a 365 Photo Project. Why? Because I always want to try to look for the beauty in life. Every.Single.Day. I also want to get better at using the different settings on my camera.
I want to cross off 100 rails-to-trails bike rides. This one might take a while, but it will be SO fun!
Lastly, I want to also cross off visits to 100 different botanical gardens or arboretums. Shall I try to count previously visited gardens, or start now? Hmmm…
I have other list ideas, but that’s all I’ll commit to (for now).
Now for my JusJoJan24 entry: The prompt is Gregorian. When I think of this word, I always think of 1752 which is the year Britain (and the British Colonies) adopted the Gregorian calendar. But, I learned something NEW today! Per Wikipedia, Saudi Arabia didn’t switch over until 2016! Wowza, who knew!?!
Have a great day! I hope you do or learn something NEW today!
Happy January 1st…2024!
The first day of the year is almost over. I wasn’t planning on posting anything, but I just became aware of #JusJoJan24 and today’s prompt of “Train” and decided I must play along. My mother wrote this poem many years ago about how the train came to her little town in 1923. That same little town celebrated its 100 anniversary of the train coming last summer and featured Mom’s poem in the celebration. She passed away in 2020, but some city official apparently had a copy of this poem in their files.
Have a great rest of the day! I hope you do or learn something NEW!
The train image was created by AI MidJourney.
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