Category: Photos by Kay

Three

Three

Today is a mini celebration with three tiny and delicious cupcakes from That Takes the Cake, Sequim’s cupcake mecca. My first post went live three years ago today. Counting this one, that’s 1,072 posts. It’s been an adventure.

I’ve seen more things through my camera than I ever imagined. I’ve done more things, too, in the service of blogging. Peering more deeply at the mundane, stopping by the sides of roads, thinking in pictures, introducing myself to strangers…and, yes, sitting at the computer, all come to mind.

I’ve “met” a lot of interesting bloggers from around the world and seen inspiring, amazing images.

It’s gratifying that people like you visit this blog and that some even make time to comment. And it’s nice, too, to capture bits of life in photographs. Thanks for joining me on the ride!

Kay n Brownie

And since today is sort of about me here’s a selfie of me dazzling the world with my high end Brownie Hawkeye.

When pigs fly

Flying pig

This is both a weathervane and an idiom. The term “when pigs fly” is common not only in English, but in Finish and a few other languages, too. You can rank the term with the same likelihood as “when grapes ripen on the willow” (Bosnian), “when chickens have teeth” (French), “when it’s snowing red snowflakes” (Hungarian), and “on St. Never’s Day” (Portuguese).

But then, here’s a flying pig. Now what?

Seen and recognized

Insulator

Here’s another one of those “thingy” things from a past that evaporated while some of us weren’t looking. Or maybe you never even saw one.

This is an insulator, once used to protect electrical wires on power poles. I remember seeing them, not that I often stood next to poles, gazing up at them. And I remember seeing them in old stores that smelled of wood and dust and maybe mildew. Stores that sold all kinds of nifty things that were recognizable if you knew how things worked. DH knew what it was. He’s pretty cool that way.