Some of my all-time favorite photos have been of nature whether it be strange weather or just landscape photos from my hikes, from time to time, I would look back at those photos and I would be transported back to that day.
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This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #173, Tina invites everyone to share some interesting architecture.
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Hello and welcome. Come on in. What do you fancy today? Tea, coffee?
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #172, Amy invites everyone to share a Day of the Week.
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Hello and welcome. Come on in. Can you believe it’s the last weekend of October?
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
Weird and Wonderful, this is the topic for this week’s Lens-Artist Photo Challenge, hosted by Ann-Christine, which is another topic I find challenging for me.
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Hello and welcome. Come on in. It’s once again a wet chilly October morning. There will be rain in my neck of the woods today and you know what it means? Hot drink!
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
I went to a cousin’s wedding in 2017 while I was spending a long 4 months break in China. In China, weddings are apparently a big deal. It’s basically a party of which everyone is invited as long as you’re related to somebody at the party. There are limousine involved and singer and dancer, photographer. It sounds expensive, if you ask me.
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This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #170, Patti challenges everyone with the topic of Street Art, which I thought was especially challenging for me.
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Hello and welcome. Come on in from the cold and have a hot drink with me.
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Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge
When I saw the topic for this challenge, my memory almost immediately took me to this picture. This was a church long ago, back when Portuguese dominated this town, Macau, in China. Sadly, it was burn down and all that was left was this wall.
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This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #169, I.J Khanewala is guest-hosting and he’s challenging everyone to take a second look at the ordinary. Sometimes, those things can surprise you or even put a smile on your face.
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Good morning or afternoon and welcome. Coffee? Tea?
If we were having coffee, I would tell you the one word I would use to describe this week – unmotivated. Why? For so many reasons which I detailed in my Friday Thoughts post. Oh, and unfortunately, I’m working today. I can usually get things done with some overtime during the week but this is urgent matter, apparently, the boss wants all September invoices done ASAP and I’ll just work the weekend to get it all done.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you it looks like winter might be arriving early this year. There’s been heavy rain this week, rain we desperate need. Unfortunately, it’s accompanied by wind. It always is. Thankfully, there weren’t too much damage this time.
According to the weather forecast, first frost of 2021 might be arriving next week. I’m nervous about that and it’s got me ordering frost blankets for my plants and I even got one for my 7-tier planter, which, if I might say, is not doing too bad. I have some seedling that should be ready to transfer today or tomorrow, granted if it stops raining.
My 5-tier planter might be done for the year next week when the temperature dips below 32 degree-F (0 degree-C). The only thing left in there are marigolds, cosmos, tomatoes, and sunflower. I pulled out the cucumbers and overwintered my peppers this week. This 7-tier planter has my cool weather plants – lettuces and other leafy greens – which should survive a little longer with the assistance of a frost blanket.
If we were having coffee, I would show you the before and after of my front yard.
It’s been a ride with this front yard – full of hard work, anger, and frustration. This is definitely not what I had planned in the beginning. This is more of mom’s vision than mine. I had never envision so many red bricks nor did I imagine red bricks planters. Once again, mom took over but then it was the only way to get help as her family will only help her, not me. It’s never me.
Mom is feeling like a hero right now. She keeps saying, “If it weren’t for me, you’d never get it done. It’d never look so pretty.” The way she says that makes me not want to help anyone. It’s all one-sided anyway. I help them, they’d never help me in return, not unless mom’s present.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I know what you’re thinking. The yard is missing something – rocks. I’m waiting on it. The 17 tons (no joke) of rocks will be delivered on 20th of this month. So I’ll have an update on this soon.
I do hope it stops raining though so I can go out and plant some spring flower bulbs in the planters.
I would thank you for joining me in this edition of #weekendcoffeeshare and hope we’ll both return next week.
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