An Extra Happy Dinnertime

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In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Happy, and Michelle’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinnertime. Thank you Cee and Michelle for the challenges 🙂

Abstract In Blue

Shot through a blue bottle, this photograph is my response to Jennifer Nichole Wells’s One Word Photo Challenge: Bottle, and Ben Huberman’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract. Thank you Jennifer and Ben for the challenges!

Seuss On Books

“Fill your house with stacks of books, in all the crannies and all the nooks.” ~Dr. Seuss

I, for one, take Dr. Seuss seriously! This is a small sampling of the wide variety of books, new to well-worn, that fill our home; stacked up in random piles here and there, next to beds, on tables, cabinets, and of course, shelves. 🙂

For more Dr. Seuss fun visit my February 22, 2015 post which includes a wonderful video rendition for grown-ups of Oh, The Places You’ll Go filmed at the  Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Dessert of Northern Nevada.

The quote above is the second of three which I’ll be posting in response to the Three Quotes Challenge that Gabriele, who authors  Flights of Fancy, invited me to participate in. You can find the first quote here.

This post is also my response to Jennifer Nichole Wells’s One Word Photo Challenge: Book.

Majorettes!

Fourth of July Parade Saint John, USVI, 2011.

In response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: The Colors Blue and White.

Buds

Buds burst open,
squeezed through twig, branch, and bark.
Straining toward a lush green future.
Seeking the light and warmth of spring.

Copyright ©2016 Terry Boswell

I took this photo one morning last week in my backyard. The sun came out strong after a soaking mix of rain and sleet. Everything was shimmering with light. The conditions were perfect to satisfy Jennifer Nichole Wells’s One Word Photo Challenge: Bokeh, and the resulting photo works for The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Future, as well. Buds and new growth always speak to me of a promising future.

Thank you Jennifer N. and Jen H. for the challenges!

 

No Matter Where You Go, There You Are

miles of gray ribbon
connect me to far away
same sky overhead

copyright ©2016 Terry Boswell

or…

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”

This quote, which I believe can be attributed to Confucius, is the first of three which I’ll be posting in response to the Three Quotes Challenge. Gabriele, who authors  Flights of Fancy, invited me to participate in this challenge. I’m very happy to finally be responding, if perhaps not exactly by “the rules.”

Gabriele, a fellow dog lover, was one of the very first people who I “met” when I began blogging on WordPress in September of 2014. She has regularly encouraged my photography and writing efforts with likes and comments. She even noticed when I hadn’t had the time to blog for several months and sent me a lovely “hope-you’re-O.K.” note during my absence. I was so touched that someone had missed me! Thank you Gabriele for that gesture! You probably don’t realize, but it meant a lot to me and I’m most grateful!

Please check out Gabriele’s conversational blog, Flights of Fancy, which features her science fiction and fantasy writing.

Thank you Gabriele for thinking of me for the Three Quotes Challenge!  🙂

 

This post is also my response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Freeways, Expressways, Highways. Thank you, Cee, for the challenge!

Forgotten Byway

I:   falling canopy

     blankets forgotten byway -

     dappled light and leaves

     
II:  falling canopy

     weaves a leafy gold blanket -

     forgotten byway

     recedes, tucked in dappled light ...

     sun and shadow bow and dance 

          
copyright ©2016 Terry Boswell

 

I took the photo above last fall at Goosepond Mountain State Park, Chester, NY. The road that you see, or what’s left of it, is Lazy Hill Road. At one time it connected Route 17m to Laroe Road, but it’s only been open to people on foot, bicycle, or horseback for many years. The shaded main trail is an easy hike spanning 2.6 miles one way, and 5.2 miles round trip;  a lovely place to ramble for a few hours or to spend some energetic time out with the dog!  🙂

This post is my response to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Alleys, Driveways, Parking Lots, Dirt Roads, Jennifer Nichole Wells’s One Word Photo Challenge: Blanket, The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape, and my belated response to The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance.

 

Thank you!

Church Of Christ The King

The Church of Christ the King, New Vernon, NJ. March 31, 2016.

My submission to Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors – March 31, 2016.

Half-Light

in the half-light, as night falls,
gulls sail across somber skies,
sunset shimmering on sea

copyright ©2016 Terry Boswell

 

In response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light, and Jennifer Nichole Wells’s One Word Photo Challenge: Bird.