Porte Photos’ Daily Quote: February 23

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Ideas come through us,
not from us.

~ Barbara Januszkiewicz
American – Artist Born: February 23, 1955

Porte Ponderings:

Waiting to get into Busch Gardens a House Sparrow came to sit beside me. She posed to allow me to take the best pictures I have yet of a House Sparrow.

In old Celtic beliefs, sparrows were seen as being closely connected to the spirit world, they were associated with honesty and diligence.

DAILY TAROT: XII The Hangman

I am adaptable and open
to new possibilities.

Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy.

Pause. You may not have gotten the hang of things yet. Wait. Things will be changing.

Porte Photos: Welcome August

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August used to be a sad month for me.
As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame.
That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery.

~ Henry Rollins
American – Musician Born: February 13, 1961

Porte Ponderings:

August marches the unofficial beginning of the end to summer.

The second half of summer holidays for school students.

During my working years, I was lucky enough to spend the first weeks of August at my friend’s cottage on Oxbow lake. Then with my sisters at the same cottage. Then the cottage was sold. We all retired and my friend left for the west coast to be closer to her children.

This year there are 2 supermoons. Hopefully, at least one will be clear enough to see and get some photographs of. Usually they are obscured by clouds and rain. I’d also like to try taking some long exposure night sky photos at the trailer. The night sky at the trailer should be much more vivid than the sky in town.

Grandma camp is in full swing. Two weeks with my granddaughter are now complete and I have my grandsons in the month of August. Swimming lessons are underway.

So much to do and so little summer left to do it. If only July would last forever.

Porte Photos’ Daily Quote: July 26, 2023

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Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

~ Mick Jagger
English – Singer Born: July 26, 1943 

Porte Ponderings:

Always the opportunist House Sparrows have taken over the Purple Martin House at the trailer park. And why not? If the purple martins aren’t enjoying the lavish accommodations why should they be left empty?