Archive for the ‘View Points’ Category
A Virginia Country Lane
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Photography, Random Impressions, The Land, Trees, Uncategorized, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged country lane, country photo, photography, Roads, rural Virginia, trees, Virginia, Virginia View on September 5, 2016| 11 Comments »
Volunteer Collusion
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Country Fotos, Country Thoughts, Critters, Gardening, Home and Hearth, Humor, Photography, Random Impressions, Uncategorized, View Points, Visitors, tagged Blooms, country photos, Country thoughts, humor, photography, Plants, potted plants, rural Virginia, spiders, Summer, sunflowers, Virginia View, visitors, volunteers on July 11, 2016| 20 Comments »
Random Randoms – Week Ending May 20, 2016
Posted in Country Thoughts, Health, Humor, Random 5 Friday, Random Impressions, Technology, The Land, Uncategorized, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged computer clouds, computer language, Dashlane, Exercise, humor, passwords, personal trainer, photography, Rain, storms, umbrellas, YMCA on May 21, 2016| 27 Comments »
Cloudy Skies and Virtual Clouds
Early in the week the son was still here and managed to finally convert me to the virtual Virtues of the Cloud. What used to be that fluffy thing in the sky is now an imaginary cloud that holds all the information about you and your life. And all you have to do is a technological rain dance to retrieve things!
Now I can find a fuzzy picture taken four years ago of a street sign reading “Road May Flood”.
I thought of that photo because it was raining when Corky arrived and raining when he left.
It rains for two days at a time here now in Virginia. And if you need to mow you had better do it on the third day.
Dashing in the Dashlane
dashlane logo
My myriad of passwords (a million or so) are now retained in that ethereal CLOUD too. Dashlane miraculously signs into Amazon (and those million other places) for me. Woosh and I’m in!
The result? If I forget the Magical Master Password to get into Dashlane I won’t remember any of my million other passwords. That almost happened last night. Talk about PANIC!
Ten Minutes at the YMCA
The week’s major feature was a return trip to the YMCA after a seven month absence dealing with BigFoot. The Big/NowLittle Foot is still sporadically sending pain notices via Plantar Fasciitis to the heel, clear reminders to pay attention or else! This stop at the “Y” was therefore a gentle new try for ten short minutes on the NuStep thing (no dashing or crunching, moaning or groaning – a short practically nothing workout for legs and arms).
And what joy and divine energy were generated in those ten minutes at the gym! And the foot stayed happy along with the rest of me!
Personal Pride and a Personal Trainer
photo from http://weightliftingacademy.com
Give me ten minutes of ego driven personal pride and I was back to the YMCA today for a one hour session with a personal trainer.
Justin’s task was to re-introduce me to the YMCA’s torture chamber equipment. And now that I am steeped in knowledge about Range of Motion numbers, weights, and repetition goals, I am fully prepared for a full return to the world of fitness. Hurrahhhhh!
All I need is a “Range of Motivation” motivator or a viable plan for commitment. Hahahahahhhha!
Too Tall for Comfort
A new patio/deck umbrella arrived (purchased online from a place logged onto by Dashlane!).
The umbrella is the right color and advertised as “wind resistant” (no mention of rain protection) but it is practically perfect. The only problem is it’s a push up/non-crank style and is too tall for me to raise and lower. Ever ready to accommodate all obstacles, I volunteered to keep a footstool handy. But falling off the footstool in an effort to raise an umbrella did not make much sense. Packing the thing up to return to sender also seems formidable.
Bill, to the rescue, says he can cut the pole back by six inches! Would that it be true since we will not be able to return the umbrella with a hacked pole (not hacked in the sense of breaking into a computer mind you – hacked in the sense of sawing and pounding on a metal pole – O.K.,”forgedda about it!)
Such are the perils of buying online. You have to think of everything and be sure to enter detailed specifications.
Sold on Selfies
Finally, though I haven’t told Bill or Corky yet, I bought a $4.98 Selfie Stick! I am so excited about this and hoping the distance between the camera and my face will make for passable pictures (hopefully slightly blurred).
How surprising it is to actually come up with a list of Randoms when I always think there is nothing to say.
And now I am wishing you (and me) pleasant randoms for the week to come.
Sunshine and Fog in the Shenandoah
Posted in Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Home and Hearth, Photography, Sky Lights, The Land, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged A Virginia View, country living, country photo, country sights, deckside view, fog, home and hearth, photography, rising sun, Shenandoah Valley, Sky Lights, the land, Virginia on December 9, 2015| 23 Comments »
Remnants of Autumn in Virginia
Posted in Abandoned, Awesome Fotos, Birds, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Country Sights, Country Thoughts, Fences, Memories, Mountains, Poetry, The Land, View Points, Virginia, tagged Autumn in Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, country living, country photos, Country thoughts, mountains, nature, poem, rural life, rural Virginia, Seasons, Shenandoah Valley, the land, view points, Views, Virginia on November 22, 2015| 14 Comments »
I thought that Autumn came and went
as winter spread its clenching hand
but Indian summer lingered
leaving love notes upon the land.
I am here. Please don’t forget me. I am here.
Nature’s Watercolor Painting
Posted in Art, Awesome Fotos, Barns, Blogging Inspiration, Camera-Walking, Country Fotos, Mountains, Photography, Seasons, The Land, Trees, View Points, Virginia, Virginia Views, tagged Art, Autumn, country photo, landscape, mountains, nature, pastel painting, photography, Seasons, trees, Views, Virginia View, watercolor effects on October 29, 2015| 21 Comments »
Photo by Dor
Sometimes there are surprises hidden in my camera.
This pastel painting magically appeared.
It is this afternoon’s Virginia View from my deck
at the end of a gentle rain.
“Prost” My Friends!
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Food, History and Places, Home and Hearth, Humor, Memories, Out of Town, People, Photography, The Land, Travel, View Points, Virginia, tagged A toast in German, Air travel, ancient castles, Beer, Bread, castles, Cheese, chocolate, Food, Germany, Going Home, Home, Pastries, riverboat travel, Skol, towers, Travel on October 25, 2015| 14 Comments »
Farewell to Germany!
“Prost” my friends!
Here’s to Germany and
all its sights, sounds, and tastes,
to the beer and pretzels,
and Octoberfest toasts
to drifting along soft rivers,
past castle and church,
to storybook streets and violins,
sliding past towers of ancient dreams,
and holding sweet memories of breathtaking scenes.
Farewell to Germany!
I’m going home.
I’m going home.
From: http://www.reuters.com
Visitors toast each other on a sunny day during Oktoberfest in Munich REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Are You Sleeping Yet?
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Buildings, Drive-By-Photography, History and Places, Out of Town, Photography, Random Impressions, Travel, View Points, tagged Cruising, Europe, German home, Germany, photography, Places, reflections, River Cruise, Travel, View Point on October 20, 2015| 29 Comments »
I keep blogging about our trip to Germany and now beginning to envision
blank faces,
yawns
and vacant stares.
Constant reviews of recently returning tourists can even be sleep inducing.
This will therefore be the last post on my visit to “the old country.”
That is, unless there is something special that must be shared – like a castle built by Mad Ludwig II.
Swan Lake below Neuchwanstein Castle
A Sign of the Times
Posted in Camera-Walking, Humor, Out of Town, Photography, Random Impressions, Signs of the Times, Travel, View Points, tagged Bicycle, bikes, German humor, German language, Germany, humor, laughter, Parking, photography, signs, Signs of the Times, Travel, view points on October 19, 2015| 12 Comments »
There is a sign I just can’t resist sharing.
Our guide translated it from German to English:
ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING OF BICYCLES HERE!!!!! (VERBOTEN!!!!!)
And beneath the sign………….
A Kaleidoscope of Memories in Germany
Posted in Awesome Fotos, Blogging Inspiration, Buildings, History and Places, Humor, Out of Town, Photography, Random Impressions, Travel, Uncategorized, View Points, Where to Go, tagged 12th Century, bridge decor, Christmas store, flowers, Germany, history, love, Octoberfest, park garden, photography, Random Impressions, Speyer, Streets, view points on October 18, 2015| 11 Comments »
Need a Dress for Octoberfest?
12th Century Interior Door
Park/Cathedral Garden in the City of Speyer
Flowers on a City Street
Christmas Store Soldiers
Standing on a 12th Century Floor
Padlocks Pronouncing Love Along a City Bridge
Virginia Views 