Looking into my Past With Judy’s Number Challenge

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Judy Dykstra-Brown for hosting the Numbers Gamehttps://judydykstrabrown.com/2024/09/09/the-numbers-game-38-sept-9-2024-please-play-along/

This weeks number is 159.

Under the Weather

Posted on April 6, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…first post in six days

I have not vanished off the face of the Earth or gone down some rabbit whole that I can’t get out of. Instead I have been missing in action due to the worst cold I’ve had in years. It has literally kept me in bed or on the couch. Yesterday was the first day I ventured outside and that was to the pharmacy to fill a prescription.

I did try to check my emails but even that became a chore, especially when my computer told me that I had no room left to run any programs. I tried to delete some non-essential programs but even that became problematic and I feared that I was going to delete something essential.

Anyway, I hope to get back into the groove and start posting again soon. I’m currently planning for a trip to the UK at the end of this month so I need to stay healthy and try to get over this nagging cough. Hope everyone is healthy and happy, especially now that spring is officially here and better days are ahead.

Love

Mama Cormier/Carol

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RDP Friday – Wonderment

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to the Ragtag community for hosting RDPhttps://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2023/03/31/friday-wonderment/

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
― Albert Einstein

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

As I take my daily walks with my camera in hand, I’m alway in the state of wonderment with the beauty that surrounds me every day. I’m saddened by the fact that so many people never see what is right in front of their eyes. Many evenings I have run out of the house with my camera in hand to catch a beautiful sunset or quietly stood by my back door to catch the birds and squirrels come to the feeder.

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Wordless Wednesday – March 15, 2023

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Mama Cormier

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Bored

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Sue W. and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/01/18/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-bored/

How does one convey bored in a photograph? Is it someone napping in the middle of the day, a grim look on a child’s face or the sad look in an animal’s eyes?

It’s hard to see what someone is feeling in a photo unless you use your imagination.

DF11224-F-4146-4-D42-BB79-686397151-EA9 — *Help, I want to be anywhere but here……*

86527295-75-B5-4-A86-817-A-05997-C58562-F — *I’m so bored I’m going cross-eyed*

29-C864-E5-4-C58-4-C58-B3-DD-A0-C1271-EFAB3 — *No Papa, I don’t want to look at anymore paintings…..*

05-FF0910-C7-FD-4-F8-C-8-D34-B20-F7063-B151 — *Waiting for his turn at the feeder….hurry up before I fall asleep*

410770-B2-BD03-4-BEA-8-F46-725-C57-C7819-F — *Why are all these people looking at me?*

50081351-7-E24-493-E-9848-FFB8-D800-BDBC — *It’s hard to tell with Olive from the look on her face*

4-D4-C3-D4-C-F876-4-E15-9-E5-C-7-E5815-FD082-A — *I know you’d rather be roaming free in the park*

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Visitors at the Feeder

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…the suet block is very popular right now

Squirrel – Monday Portrait – December 12, 2022

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….taken from the kitchen sliding doors

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I can’t keep these suet feeders up for more than a day before the squirrels get at them and knock them down to the ground. Any suggestions?

Taking My Big Camera for a Walk Yesterday

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Mama Cormier

….and capturing all these wonderful shots with my zoom lens

Yesterday was a wonderfully sunny day and I was hoping the the turtles would be out, sun bathing on the logs in the pond. I wasn’t disappointed.

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After I left the turtles I came across a few more critters.

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Lashing Rain and Visitors to My Yard Today

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Mama Cormier

… made a To Do List today and listed 12 jobs

The rain came down so heavily today that I figured it was a good day to do things around the house. One of the first things I did was go through my closet and dresser and pull out most of my summer clothes. After I removed some sweaters and long sleeved shirts from my storage bins I replaced them with the summer things.

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I managed to complete 10 of the 12 jobs that I posted. Looking out my back door earlier today I noticed that there was a lot of activity on my deck and around the bird feeder. I guess squirrels and birds have to eat even in the rain.

A while back, I had stopped using my Panasonic Lumix camera because of a problem. I really thought it was toast but after discussing the issues with Cee she went to the Panasonic website and she suggested that I put all the settings back to the factory settings it came with. Success!!! That small change did the trick. The following photos were taken with the telephoto lens on the Panasonic through a glass door.