......what colors my corner of the world...... .....what colors my life..... WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge
Author: Brooke McGillivray
Weekly Photo Challenge ~ A Day In My Life
Living in a rural community, caregiving for one well into her 90s... doesn't lend itself to daily excitement. When I look back on days of raising a family and earning a paycheck, I didn't think that time was exciting either. Yet now I see my best memories tucked within them. I've no idea how I will look back …
Pruning Life
I pruned back the hydrangeas a couple of weeks ago. It was a little early, maybe. And I’m no expert gardener. Just a reluctant beginner. Several how-to articles were read. My husband did it last year and they survived. So how hard could it be? I was pretty ruthless. Fortunately, this one is doing great. But …
The Portable Home
Over the past two years my concept of home has been dismantled one roofing shingle, one 2 by 4, one new window at a time. It's been curious and painful and enlightening all at once. As every load of debris went dump bound, every piece of sheet rock was man-handled to the second floor, every plastic tote …
Weekly “Phoneography” Challenge ~ My Neighborhood
There is no hustle bustle in my neighborhood. No bright colors of big city life. Just the muted tones of land waking up from winter. In my neighborhood we wait. Wait for leaves to sprout on mossy limbs... for the hummingbirds... for new growth after pruning. We wait for new adventure. And sometimes it's hard. To wait. But I …
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Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Lost in the Details
From a trip to Harper's Ferry... where I was captivated by the stonework... and the life growing within and around. ~~~~~~~~~(Click on any picture for a full size view)~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ....to a trip up the stairs... and the heart of what home is to me... Linked with the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.
BYOB’s New Meaning
Plastic bags are outlawed in the town where I shop. You either bring your own bag, or buy a paper one for 5 cents. Five cents is no big deal. It's just irritating. So I've been accumulating an assortment of my own... some for free, some cost a buck or two. And I'm doing pretty good …
Weekly Photo Challenge : Forward
FORWARD... FAST... FASTER... Down the road to... adventure... tomorrow... danger... dinner... maybe even... home. Rain pours, vision pales, but whatever you do... don't slow down. Because... if we depend on weather... in the Pacific Northwest... we'd never get anything done. Linked with WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge
Late Bloomer, Slow Learner
I am the square in "fair and square"… I get the joke 5 minutes after everyone has left the building… oblivious to Downton Abbey for two seasons, I am now hopelessly addicted. It also takes me awhile to work thru things, like… …mourning for family togetherness experienced last Christmas ~ ~ extended its unwelcome stay into February, …now that we are …
Did I Mess Up Already?
So my last post.... I share my big dream to the extent I know it. I say something about "...be joyful, blah, blah...regardless of circumstance, blah, blah...write, blah, blah...be encouraging, blah, blah"...... This week... I don't want to write a post AT ALL because I couldn't stay joyful and I feel like a failure so why …
Heart's Home 