“Stories are what help us make sense of the world”
~ Jeff Daniels Actor Born on: 19th February 1955
Porte Ponderings:
Looking at past photos for a homework assignment had me looking at all the photos I’ve taken since I’ve retired.
I didn’t buy a DSLR until I had been retired for a couple of years. The first one I bought was a Nikon D60 from my stepson. I still think these are some of the best photos I took. The D60 is much slower than the other cameras I had. But I didn’t know any better, so I was learning. Composition was most important. I attended many events in Florida and my camera was always in hand. The first Brooksville Reenactment I went to I made the rookie error of not bringing a spare battery. By the time the battle started my battery was under 25%. But I still managed to get some really nice shots.
Post 2020 COVID pandemic and there are no longer any re-enactments occurring. Politically they became improper.
My only concern is that people who fail to learn from history are doomed to keep repeating it.
DEI is now being closed down in the USA. Acronyms have a way of desensitizing the issue.
Keep saying the real words:
DIVERSITY
EQUALITY
INCLUSION
Today’s AI generated images:
First image generatedChanged description to female with D60
The last image “old white lady with a D60 is probably closer. LOL
“A real girl isn’t perfect and a perfect girl isn’t real”
~ Harry Styles Singer and songwriter Born on: 1st February 1994
Porte Ponderings:
We are cursed to live in interesting times.
Today President Trump is enforcing 25% tariffs on Canadian Goods going to the USA. He has mistaken Canadian kindness and honour for weakness. Expecting Canada to just sit back and take it. On the World Stage he has proclaimed that the USA doesn’t need our natural resources, oil, wood, energy……
Like all bullies, to make himself great, he needs to make others weak. He has no concept of honoring previous agreements or working together towards a win-win solution. His first week in office was spent dissolving agreements and hard won rights by executive order, more like a dictator than a president. Now valuable resources will be spent in the court system to determine if the orders are legal or not. It seems like a chaos technique to hide the true agenda.
A major air disaster happens in Washington DC with more than 60 lives are lost. His response was that the disaster was due to DEI. How can Diversity, Equality and Inclusion have caused this human disaster? Probably underfunding and over work were contributing factors.
As his neighbour to the north, we have no say in USA politics.
But he is working very hard to lose the respect of the world. The American concept of innocent until proven guilty has been flushed down the drain. Acting like gestapo ICS has started raids to remove “illegal immigrants” without warrants or proof. People are no longer free to go about their lives without fear of being arrested and removed from the USA just because they look like an immigrant and don’t have their proof of citizenship on them.
Promises are being broken internationally. All international funding has been cancelled. And the solution to the Middle East conflict is to remove all the Palestinians from their homes in the “demolition zone”….
Yes, we are cursed to be living in interesting times……..
“From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents. From 18 to 35 she needs good looks. From 35 to 55 she needs a good personality. From 55 on, she needs good cash”
~ Sophie Tucker Actress and singer Born on: 13th January 1887
Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.
~ Nora Roberts American Author Born: October 10, 1950
Porte Ponderings:
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
This is my work anniversary. March 17th, 1979 was my first day of work at Canada Post. There was a terrible ice storm that day and driving was treacherous. But it was the beginning of an almost 33 year career growing from Part time Clerk/mailhandler to Real Estate Project Delivery Officer. And every month I enjoy the automatic deposit of my retirement benefits. 😉
The picture I used for today’s quote by my husband’s favorite author, Nora Roberts, was taken in October of 2013 with my Nikon D60 on our only trip to Ireland. This unique castle tour was amazing. It was the location of one of Nora Roberts trilogies and falconry was available at an extra cost.
DAILY TAROT: PAGE OF WANDS
I am planting new seeds and I am willing to learn how to grow them.
The beginning of September always brings a sense of re-newal.
New books, pens, colouring pencils, schools and bags.
Dressed your best for the first day of school.
Excitement building as you wait for the bus.
Although I’m well past my first day of school, I believe learning is a life long experience, so today I’m headed to Point Peele National Park with my sister and a couple of kayaks to kayak the marshes for the first time. If we don’t get lost I’m hoping we can also take the tram to the point. Maybe we’ll be lucky and see the migration of the Monarchs.
My grandson and I spent a wonderful day kayaking. We did my normal route backwards to ensure he saw my favorite spot at the turnaround point of my normal route. Muddy entry with a dock too high for easy entry and exit. He started out with the paddles upside down. Then remembered on his own: writing towards you so you can read it and he turned them around. This picture was before he remembered.
I hope everyone is enjoying their last Monday of summer holidays. Tuesday the teachers will be in school preparing for Wednesday and the students returning.
Porte Photos 