Monday, November 27, 2017

Wordless Wednesday - Giving

The art of giving is shown best when we consider those in need. Here is the Thanksgiving food distribution at St. Vincent de Paul in Derby CT. To help those in need with the making of a fine meal is important. Giving without recompense is the ideal...See more WW at NC Sue!

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shadowy Son

This week in the US included Thanksgiving Thursday. Coincidentally, Thanksgiving is the birthday of our son Cameron. Thus for Shadow Shot Sunday 2 this week, I looked for (and found) a few shadowy pics to use as a thankful retrospective of a great kid - always!

Friday, November 24, 2017

Friday Hunt 2017.2.21

It is the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S., which means it is the day for a favored meme, Friday Hunt hosted by Teresa. On to the prompts!

Starts with 'U'. Here is my brother Christopher's home, the 45th state admitted to the Union. Upon retiring from the USAF at Hill AFB, he and his family settled in suburban Salt Lake City. My niece was a Utah State Ute, hence the flag. It seems like a wonderful place to live. If one likes cold an snow that is...
My brother sent me this Utah pic a few years ago. At one of their favorite ski places, Snowbasin, they saw a para-ski instructor who posed for him. How cool, a single ski device for someone who cannot stand. Not that I have tried it...but who knows someday?
Collage. I took a wheelchair height photo of a 1936 Dodge awhile back - sitting low, I tend to see things a bit differently - and the wide whitewall and chrome hubcap is so retro stylish! I made a few other edits to make a collage of cool style...
“I ate this” I didn't eat the whole pie - really! This is a fabulous white pie at a local pizzeria, made of Mozzarella and Romano, escarole, white beans and (lots of) garlic. Great eating - and your brownies not only look divine, but would be a perfect ending to this meal!

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Shadow Shot Sunday - Harvested

Yes, the harvest was completed a couple of months ago. The corn stalks lie on a fallow field and the only growth is the shadow alongside the old tractor. Shadow Shot Sunday 2 allows us a look at the past as we await the new growth next Spring...

Friday, November 17, 2017

Friday Hunt 2017.2.20

It is Friday and time for this week's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt kindly hosted by Teresa. Here are the pics and prompts...

Starts with ’T'. What’s obvious, at least in our Ansonia backyard, is tree. So first we have a sunset over the treeline in September.
Next, and not to jump the season is the lighted holiday tree at Veteran’s Park next to Ansonia’s city hall. This was from last year and on a clear cold night, it is beautiful.
Next is combination of ’T’ and Black & White. I believe this to be 1957, and my Aunt Terry sitting in front of Grandpa’s famous Christmas tree, and he loved Tinsel, which this tree has lots of! He really loved it as we can see :)
Now I combine Black & White and Paper. This is a fun shot from 1985 where Patti and her newspaper colleagues posing with a newspaper at the defunct (in 1992) Evening Sentinel. More fun is a look at early office computers and 1980s hair styles. I grew up in a home where ‘the Paper’ meant a newspaper. I miss ‘the Paper’ in this digital media age...

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Shadow Shot Sunday - Food collection including turhey


Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back this day in November, the month with Thanksgiving Day in the US. We give thanks for or blessings including the food we need. Alas, many do not. So Shelton CT dentist Dr. Bruce Sofferman, his wife and daughter (and yes, a turkey too ;) continue their tradition of collecting frozen turkeys and non-perishable foods for local food bank Spooner House. It is a nice tradition and a feast of shadows occurs as the generosity of local residents and businesses step up to help feed those in need...

Friday, November 10, 2017

Friday Hunt 2017.2.19

Friday returns as does a great meme, Friday Hunt posted by Teresa. Onward to the prompts…

Starts with ’S’. Given my heritage, Steubenville, Ohio is my first ’S’, this being a parking structure in the city in 1955. Called pigeon hole parking, here the steel bodied cars are stacked nicely…
Here is a marquee on the Strand Theater in our neighbor of Seymour CT. Patti and I saw this collection of one-act plays by David Ives performed by the local Sterling Lion theater group in June. It was witty and fun!
Here are stained glass windows. I was impressed with these views at St. Margaret Mary Church in South Windsor, CT.
Metal. I think this is metal - but what kind (or what it may be) is a mystery.
Mineral. I choose diamond. These are Patti’s rings that had to be cut off six years ago prior to surgery. Not to worry, a local jewelry maker laser welded them back together and looks as seamless as ever. Nice prompts this week Teresa!

Friday, November 3, 2017

Friday Hunt 2017.2.18

Friday is here and time again for Teresa's fun meme, Friday Hunt. And away we go... 

Starts with 'R'. Naturally, I start with my name…I am in the middle as Ralph III, Grandpa (Ralph I) to the left and Dad (Ralph II) to the right. On the Atlantic at Brigantine, NJ, summer of 1964.
I thought about this, but thought it works as an ‘R’. It is me on my 18th birthday, and it is an age of majority card I.D. which meant I could legally purchase alcohol in 1973. I look the part of a sullen 18 year old with ‘70s long hair…
Finally here I am in college in 1975 in the fashion bane of the era - plaid. Hey, everybody just loved plaid back then :) 
Glow. I chose these two from Feb. 10, and it is the glowing moon taken across the street from our home. It is a clear moon with an almost amber glow. It was a cold night the day after a snowstorm and a perfectly clear sky.
Vegetable. I had this as an entrée at a fabulous restaurant, Carmines, in New Haven CT. It was delicious roasted vegetables, eggplant, asparagus, zucchini and peppers. Great eating and prompts this week Teresa!