I know it’s possible to take good pictures on cloudy days, but for me, the play of sunlight and shadow is irresistible. And this time of year, Midsommar in Swedish, has so much sunshine.
Today’s photos feature my usual Massachusetts and Rhode Island haunts. A couple pictures may be slow to load as I am learning to use an iPhone and the size I chose is too big for a blog. I’ll get better at this.
The Mountain Laurel above is from one of my favorite walks — through Sleepy Hollow Cemetery into wooded conservation land. The sunflowers by my fence were a gift from one of the ESL teachers I assist in Providence.
I got a big kick out of the deciduous holly tapping on the window. It was overcome with curiosity about what I was reading so intently at the kitchen table. (Answer: War and Peace.)
The next photo shows a child’s playhouse in Concord. I have never seen any child there and can only imagine how I would have felt to have such a place to play in as a kid. I would have thought I was in heaven.
Next comes an actual home in New Shoreham, one that is not much bigger than the playhouse. Decades before anyone spoke of “tiny houses,” a member of a church I was attending lived in this very small house year-round. It was known as the Doll House, although today the damaged sign says only, “Doll.”
Next to Doll, is a tiny restaurant called the Three Sisters with outdoor seating only and antiques on the fence. (Order sandwich combinations with names like Hippie Sister, Sailor Sister, and Twisted Sister.) There is also a small junk yard (antique yard?) that is fun to investigate while you wait for your food.
In the first sky photo, I was trying to capture the lower clouds, which looked like sheep, but I don’t think they are that noticeable given the whole view.
Finally, a Rhode Island sunset. Ahhhh.
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That RI sunset is fabulous.
Thanks. And also fabulous was your photo of the open-air market in Bogota at your blog, https://asakiyume.dreamwidth.org/887271.html . Does a mangosteen taste at all like a lichee nut?
I must send you a photo of a Maine sunset over Penobscot Bay. How about calling for a reader-wide sunset photo display using iPhones.
Please do send that sunset photo. I will definitely post it. And I hope lots of readers will send me their sunset photos. Just say where and when it was taken. Hooray!
Hello, dear friend. Grace Gregor sent me this link because I found out she knew you. It’s been a long time.
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Gail from St Paul’s Church?
Both tiny houses really appeal to me — I yearned for a little house when I was a kid. What Sleepy Hollow cemetery is that? I know and love the one in Westchester, NY — is this the same one?
This Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is in Concord, MA. I know it’s confusing. The name makes me think of New York, Washington Irving, and his “Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Actually, Irving is buried in the Westchester Sleepy Hollow. I guess they do big business around Halloween!
Yes, I’ve been there, too.
I would so enjoy that little junk yard! I like that little green lamp,be cute hanging in the flowerbed.
You do make me chuckle, Deb!
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I love the sunset and the small houses. it would be fun to be a kid and live in them.
In my imagination, I think it would be fun to live in a tiny house, but I suspect the reality would be different. All my “stuff” would be in a warehouse somewhere, and I would keep going over to dig for missing nail clippers and watering cans.