Photos

Amazing Azaleas

| Sandra Pavloff Conner

Cee’s Flower of the Day post today caused me to dig out pictures of my azaleas. I’ve been very blessed with these gorgeous blooms for years. Last year I had to cut a couple of the bushes way back because they had taken over my sidewalk and my front porch. This year, they were a little sluggish in producing, but a friend of mine assures me that by next year, they will be going full-throttle again.  Anyway, here are some shots from 2 or 3 different years.

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An Odd Combination

| Sandra Pavloff Conner

 

We’ve had ice and rain since last night — and continuing through today. The roads, sidewalks, and steps are totally ice-free and sloppy wet. But the trees, bushes, and porch rails are covered with ice.  It’s a rather odd combination of sights. I suppose I could include these shots in this week’s WP photo challenge as well because they do provide their own kind of ambiance.

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A Sort of Sepia Mood

| Sandra Pavloff Conner

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I just felt in sort of a sepia mood today, so I thought I’d share it.

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Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Resilient

| Sandra Pavloff Conner

This week’s challenge calls for focus on people, places, or things that are resilient. I chose people.

Two gentlemen in their eighties who personify resiliency in so many ways. To live well into the 80th decade of life having focused — and still focusing — on loving and giving to others above all else leads to the kind of happy faces these two shared when I snapped this picture. These two friends are both authors/song writers/teachers/fathers/grandfathers/courageous veterans on the battlefield of life. They are very special people.

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