Tina's Pic Story - Mountains

Tina provides us with her fun meme Pic Story. The idea is easy - we provide the photos to match the theme she supplies, which this week is Mountains. These old prints from the 1980s have been scanned and edited as they have faded somewhat - if not my memories...

The first was taken in October 1981, and is of Mount Monadnock near Jaffrey in southern New Hampshire. It is 3,165 feet (965 M) in height and is the tallest peak between the Berkshires in Massachusetts and Vermont and the White Mountains in northern New Hampshire...

The next was taken in August 1984 and is an unknown peak situated between Denver and Colorado Springs, and was taken on the shoulder of the I-25 highway. Until I visited Colorado, I was under the impression that the state was more mountainous than not, but the major cities are at the western edge of the Great Plains. I don't know what the name of this peak is, bud guess that is is around 12,000 ft (2660 M) - if not taller. I like this week's theme as I like visiting places from the past...

Whimsical Windows - Center for Cancer Care

For Toby's fun architectural meme, Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors, I return merely to yesterday to the Griffin Hospital Center for Cancer Care in Derby Connecticut. We were there for the fourth annual 5K walk/run to benefit for the center. After we on Patti's Team McVillers team as well as the other 36 other teams completed the event, I used the phone to capture the entrance to this beautiful facility. 

Opened in 2009, the subtle stone and hardwood styled trim is soothing on the eyes as one enters - and it is just is comfortable on the interior where treatment occurs...A great fundraising event, nice weather and nice looking building made for a great day!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Shifty Supermarket Shadows

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 is back, and I was looking for shadows at a local shopping center with the (older) I-Phone 3GS given to me by son Cameron. Alas, the autumnal sunshine on this fine day was too strong to capture sights in the dazzling solar sky. Yet when I moored the Dodge into my preferred spot at the plaza - and noticed inside the vehicle a few clearly defined shadows. So in this collage, the MPD shift lever extension shows up in shadow by the steering wheel, and its snaky shape shows up on the passenger door - and the inside rearview mirror too. So, shadows captured, the door was opened and the ramp deployed and the shopping trek could now begin...see scads of shadowy art at the fun SSS2

Tina's Pic Story - 'J'

Jungle Cat Rigby 

January in the Ansonia Uplands

Lemon Chicken made from lemon Juice

Tina's Pic Story is back! The rule is simple - we provide the photos to match her theme. which this week is the letter 'J'. 

Animals, weather and food are the subjects, yet none of the subjects by name contain that letter...

I trust that my examples meet the challenge!

Ruby Tuesday 2 - End of the season (really)

Ruby Tuesday 2 reminds us that the season for native tomatoes is done in Southern New England. On top is the very last one of our homegrown fruit - on the bottom the local farmer's market tomatoes are getting smaller. A salad with a homemade honey mustard dressing is the perfect place to enjoy the last. Oh well the may say, but wait until next year - easier to say now but when we must endure the faraway grown things that merely look like a tomato...