In contrast: John Singer Sargent's painting of his sister. A real reader, not taking time away from her reading, when peeling an orange. And not as spectacle.

Nature on a grid #ColorADay #GreenSat (tap)

Respite Garden #Scape 📷wife

Photo redux for: #WeekBForBehind #AlphabetChallenge

Screened window reflection Aging in place series #ColorADay #RedWed #WhateverWednesday

At the county park gardens #Twosday

Summer in NYC For gambolloch @gambolloch.bsky.social Inspired me to dig up this print photo from years ago.

Red dot #Forest #Shapes

Sitting in wait! No escape! Garden #Scape with early morning sunshine and dew. 📷wife 💫

Retreat

There is a hidden figure on the left middle of painting.

Are the stars out tonight? Window screen reflection. Aging in place series. #WhateverWednesday

first stanza from BOOKS by Hermann Hesse All the books of the world will not bring you happiness, but build a secret path toward your heart.

On the side of the highway #WeekAForAbandoned #AlphabetChallenge

Sunlight as #Fireworks

White Masked Men July 4, 2026. The Metro. Washington DC prepares to celebrate the United States at 250th. Defining moment news photograph (Reuters). For the history books.

For this day. The New American Gothic Criselda Vasquez, 2017

Remembering going outside. #ForestFriday

Está mañana me parece que estoy en la escuelita de verano: "Ahuyentar" 🙃 Necesito un cuaderno.

👾👾

Thank you! I loved going to Chicago's main library. Now Chicago Cultural Center.

Public Library #CoolRefuge

Little me sun #WhateverWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed

Put up your dukes!! #WeekZForZany #AlphabetChallenge

Bird on my shoulder.

Day trippers #GreenSat #ColorADay

Evening #Summer (tap)

Plum purple #WhateverWednesday

The silent scream of nature. #Forest (tap)

"Following yonder star" #BlueSkyMonday #WeekYForYonder #AlphabetChallenge