INTO THE CLOUDS – FLYING FOR BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY – Marilyn Armstrong

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y4-06 FROM PAULA:  I usually post castles, churches and ruins for this challenge, but this time I thought it would be cool to see Traces of the Past in nature. After all traces of the past are all around us. Here is an example of a remnant … Continue reading INTO THE CLOUDS – FLYING FOR BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY – Marilyn Armstrong

MOTHER’S DAY IN OLD BLACK & WHITE

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: MATERNAL Happy Mother's Day to our mothers. Wish you were here!

THE BEAVER AT BOSTON WHARF: TRACES OF THE PAST

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: TRACES OF THE PAST Y3-04 The Beaver The original brig Beaver, like the Dartmouth, was built and owned by the Rotch’s, an affluent Nantucket Quaker family. The Beaver was a whaling vessel built in 1772 by Ichabod Thomas at the Brick Kiln Yard on the banks of the North River near … Continue reading THE BEAVER AT BOSTON WHARF: TRACES OF THE PAST

TRACES OF THE PAST – OLD NEW ENGLAND

Black & White Sunday: Traces of the Past Y2-08 Visible evidence of history in this country is limited. We live in the earliest settled (by Europeans) area in the U.S., but most of the "old buildings" are not terribly old ... at least not by the standards of other continents and cultures. Most of the … Continue reading TRACES OF THE PAST – OLD NEW ENGLAND

BLACK AND WHITE SUNDAY: MONOCHROME MACROS

It's a black and white kind of day. Grey and chilly. Almost the complete opposite of the weather of yesterday and the day before. It's the end of the best of the season. Cold is seeping in through all the cracks. Black & White Sunday: Close up / Macro

BLACK AND WHITE SUNDAY – TWO-BY-TWO

Black & White Sunday: Couple(s) - From Paula at LOST IN TRANSLATION Humans are not the only creatures who hook up in couples. Many birds do it. I don't know if bees do it. I think not. But wolves do ... and apparently, so do cockroaches. Don't complain to me. I'm not the one who did the … Continue reading BLACK AND WHITE SUNDAY – TWO-BY-TWO

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY ON MONDAY: OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5

Paula asked us for a black & white picture of a favorite something. There were so many candidates, I wasn't sure where to start to find a picture to fit this challenge. Then, I found this picture. I forgot I'd taken it a couple of weeks ago. It was just waiting in my files. This is … Continue reading BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY ON MONDAY: OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5

BLACK AND WHITE SUNDAY – MACROS

Black & White Sunday: Macro Still making friends with my macro lens, here are some black and white daisies. There will be more, soon. Today, we are pushing daisies. Macro daisies. Monochrome. Style noir. With and without toning. All done with an Olympus PEN PL-6 and the Olympus f2.8 60 mm macro lens in not-quite-adequate natural light.

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: STRONGHOLD IN BOSTON

Black & White Sunday: Stronghold According to the Learner’s Dictionary STRONGHOLD is: 1 : an area where most people have the same beliefs, values, etc.: an area dominated by a particular group The area/district/state is a Republican stronghold. 2 : a protected place where the members of a military group stay and can defend themselves against attacks The … Continue reading BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: STRONGHOLD IN BOSTON