Last Wednesday, the winds howled. As I looked out the window, I could see uprooted trees, trees fallen on electrical lines, broken garbage cans lying in ditches, roof shingles on lawns and in the street, and the list goes on. Doesn’t that seem like an unlikely setting in which to find beauty? I thought so, […]
Last week, I heard an interesting historical presentation by John Montague of the Buffalo Maritime Center. So… you’re probably wondering what this has to do with finding beauty in likely or unlikely places. Well… this is a little more abstract, maybe. I would say that finding beauty in history may be finding beauty in an
Sunday is a “day off” in the Blogging from A through Z challenge, but not in the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Because of that, I have decided to share comments from the previous week’s blog posts on Sundays. The letters for this week were A through G (edible art through geese). Here are your comments, with
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People often complain about geese. They are described as being aggressive, territorial, and messy. They are considered to be annoying. People use all sorts of techniques to keep Canada geese off of their property, including stringing wire to keep the geese away from their ponds. They can also replace much of the grass in their
It started snowing yesterday afternoon. The enormous flakes fell on flowers and creeks and on not-very-green grass. Today, the rain came and the snow followed, and it was kind of a wet, miserable day. The ground was soft and a bit water logged from all of the rain and snow that has fallen in the
My father loved elephants and he loved elephant sculptures. He collected sculptures of various sizes and colors, and he displayed them on the mantelpiece in the family room. The elephants on the mantelpiece offer me a happy memory of my dad. They are beautiful objects in a place where beauty might be unlikely: a room
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The wind blew hard all day. It caused trees to fall over onto cars, streets, electrical wires, and houses. It caused shingles to fly off of roofs and furniture on porches to tip over. I’ve been taking care of a dog, and the wind scared the dog. On a stormy day, everything looks dismal. The
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At the beauty parlor, I try to figure out how to take a picture of my camera, and I decide to take this selfie in the mirror. Today’s post is about my camera. My camera is one of the tools that I use to capture beauty in likely and unlikely places. Other tools that I
On Saturday, my search for beauty in likely and unlikely places took me to the public library. While the library is a useful place to visit, is it a place where I am likely to find beauty? Of course, the library is full of books and books will take me to places and times that
Today, I am starting a month long blogging challenge. Actually, I am starting two month-long blogging challenges: the Ultimate Blogging Challenge and the Blogging from A through Z challenge. The theme for the month is finding beauty in likely and unlikely places. Where can I find beauty? Can I find it everywhere or can I
