Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - Calcium Cuisine

It is time for another edition of Shadow Shot Sunday 2! Since the early winter, we have been tossing eggshells onto the patio as we have heard that any birds will enjoy them. It has been mostly blue jays but here is a large-ish black bird (grackle? crow?) that seems to enjoy this eggshell that is sitting in the shade. Bon appétit

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.10

With an Arctic front now enveloping the Northeast USA, it is again time for Teresa's fun photo meme, Friday Hunt. Today the tenth letter of the alphabet is prominent...

Starts with 'J'. This is a bit harder to showcase straight up, but peripherally I think so. So, my choice today is the Garden State, New Jersey. I go way back for my first three Jersey pics, vacations on the Atlantic on the barrier island of Brigantine - in a day where lots of independent motels existed, not like today where everything is a time share. However, the briny air and crashing waves still remain to this day :)

Brigantine NJ, 1968

The entire family by Brigantine Beach NJ, 1969

When there were five kids, with Aunt Terry in the surf, Brigantine NJ, 1961

Week's Favorite. Patti captured this moonrise about four hours ago outside our front door in Ansonia. The snow ended, the cold front is here and the sky is perfect to see the moon in all its glory

Birds. This is the scene on Pickett's Pond at Osbornedale State Park in Derby yesterday, when it was a warm 61°F (16°C) - figure 15°F tonight. The gulls look relaxed then, probablynot so much with ice on the pond. So, Winter remains :(

Friday Hunt, 2017.1.6

The weekend begins and we are ready for Teresa's fun photo meme Friday Hunt is here. Without further ado, we begin:

Starts with 'F'. The first is a look at my second wheelchair van, a 1998 Ford E150. I drove it from 1998 to 2010, sold at about 160,000 miles (255,000 km); here is at our motel on Cape Cod

Another 'F' is a few inches (or a few cm) of snow at the beginning of Thursday's blizzard. We actually ended up with over a foot of snow by the evening.

The final 'F' sands for Family, this being all seven Villers kids on the famed Boardwalk in Atlantic City, I believe August 1969. I suppose at 14, I look positively thrilled at posing for a photo...

Week's Favorite. Patti captured this elusive blue jay as he/she huddles under the forsythia during Thursday's snowstorm

Heart. This heart contains 'Hello' an lots of languages at Irving School in neighboring Derby. This was the lesson students learned this week during Derby public schools and nationwide’ “Start with Hello” initiative; its goal is awareness of social isolation and the need to eliminate it. Thanks Teresa!

Friday Hunt 2016-2.21

It is the end of the week, so time again for Friday Hunt, hosted by Teresa. She provides the clues, we provide the pics...

Starts with U. There's not many pics I can find with the letter 'U' around, butfound a few that fit. I start with Saint Peter & Saint Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church in our small city of Ansonia CT, opened in 1916.

The iconic Unisphere in Queens, NY City. Captured by passenger Patti along the I-678 Whitestone Expressway (note the silhouette of the Freedom Tower to the left)

My brother and his family live in the Beehive State, Utah

Week's Favorite. our favorite small art gallery, E-Street, has a new sign created by our artist friend, Rich Di Carlo. It replaces one destroyed in a wind storm 

Wildlife. These birds were captured outside a window in February. Thanks again Teresa.