Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Sunday, December 28th, 2025 – Card Playing Day

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“With great power
comes great responsibility”

~ Stan Lee
Comic book writer who created
some of Marvels greatest characters
Born on: 28th December 1922

Porte Ponderings:

Today is my youngest son’s birthday. Creeping closer to 40….

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Saturday, December 6th, 2025 – Saint Nicholas Day

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“The important thing
is not the camera
but the eye”

~Alfred Eisenstaedt
Photographer
Born on: 6th December 1898

Porte Ponderings:

Sometimes it’s just the timing. Last year my sister and I were walking along the path in the local Conservation Area. The skies were black. Then suddenly a beam of sunlight hit the willow trees turning them a rich golden colour and letting me catch it on my new camera. 😉

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Sunday, June 8th, 2025 – National Best Friend Day

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“I’m lucky in having found
the perfect partner
to spend my life with.”

~ Sara Paretsky
Author
Born: June 8, 1947

Porte Ponderings:

My husband is my best friend. 46 years of living together and you either become best friends or best enemies 😉

I’m also lucky enough to have sisters as friends. ❤

Porte Photos’ Daily Pic: Thursday, November 14th, 2024

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“Insulin is not a cure for diabetes;
it is a treatment.
It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates, so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life”

~ Sir Frederick Banting
Medical scientist and first physician
to use insulin on humans
Born on: 14th November 1891