Weekly Photo Challenge: Green 3

Proof that everything in the desert is not brown or gray, the prickly pear cactus. The sections, called nopales or tunas are eaten and the fruits which are purple, make a beautiful jelly or can be eaten, once you remove the prickles. 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green 2

 Rainforest in Washington state. Then fun with photo apps. 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

One night at art night, there was paint that needed used up and a cloth shower curtain that was the recipient of the paint. Three of us got messy, spreading paint around, it ended up everywhere. This is my hand with paint, who knew I have a heart shaped hollow in the palm of my hand?

Reader’s Digest

I got a Reader’s Digest magazine in the mail today, one of those things where they send you a copy hoping to get you to subscribe. 

My parents got the magazine for many years and I enjoyed it. 

I haven’t even started reading it and I know I probably won’t subscribe. 

Back in the day, the front cover was a copy of some work of art. The back cover told you about it, who created it and why it was important. This one…a cartoon graphic about one of the title stories. Some kind of “life hack” story. You know, one of those things that tells you what you need to know and do different so life is better, supposedly. 

Flipping through, the pages used to be slick magazine paper, like this was important and you would be better off and more knowledgeable when you read it. Now, it feels like cheap newsprint. Like one of the gossip rags at the checkout. 

Yes, I’ll read it. But they will have to REALLY impress me with content to get me to read another one. Unless they send it for free too. 

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Road Taken 3

This one is all about the road. There is no road more iconic than Route 66. And no stop on that road much more iconic than Cadillac Ranch. 

Just west of Amarillo, where graffiti is encouraged and the paint flakes off in layers 1/4″ deep.