Ramblin' with AM

Welcome! I hope I bring a spot of calm and happiness into these uncertain times. I blog about my photography adventures, flowers, gardening, the importance of chocolate in a well lived life, or anything else on my mind.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Spring Things - Flag Day

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Today is Flag Day in the United States. There is a “Flags on the Village Green” event in Windsor, New York (a rural area near Binghamton...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

The Brain Cramp

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At least I didn't accidentally shoplift from a charity shop run by nuns, like this midlife blogger did. But in the spirit of confessio...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Music Moves Me - Believing in the Goodness of Man

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One year ago today, a mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando brought the music to a temporary stop. When you think of a nightclub, you ...
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Sunday, June 11, 2017

A Tulip Poplar

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The beauty of trees. My spouse and I were exercise walking early today, as we knew we would have a record or near-record heat day. The l...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Local Saturday - And Bingo Is Our Name-O

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One of my regular readers, a man of high intelligence and impeccable taste (of course-he reads my blog!) expressed his disappointment with y...
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Friday, June 9, 2017

Bingo Blue Skies #SkywatchFriday

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Binghamton, New York, has the nickname of "Bingo" (among other nicknames). Wednesday, on a recently rare sunny, blue skied day, ...
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Thursday, June 8, 2017

Entangled #ThursdayTreeLove

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A noonday walk on a cloudy day about to turn sunny and mild. A church courtyard.  My guest photographer and I stepped in, and were amazed ...
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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Spring Things - Irises

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Plenty of irises were in bloom this past weekend, here in upstate New York. We are back in a rainy pattern, so these pictures were taken d...
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Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Urban Peregrine Falcon Encounter

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Adventure can be found on the sidewalks of downtown Binghamton, New York, a small upstate city of about 47,000 population. Yesterday, I wa...
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Monday, June 5, 2017

Monday Music Moves Me - Sibling Day

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So, it figures.  I'm invited to join a blog hop by the blogger who writes a blog called Curious as a Cathy.   That was in mid May, but ...
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Sunday, June 4, 2017

In Times Like These

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Today, I feature a couple of flower pictures but for a different reason than most days. Yesterday, I went to a street festival in Ithaca...
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Saturday, June 3, 2017

Sustainable Saturday - Food Coexistence

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More and more, I am seeing a blending of cultures around me here in upstate New York.  It had been something I took for granted when I grew ...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

Here Came the Sun #Skywatch Friday

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Sunny days have been rare here in upstate New York. May 27, Otsiningo Park, Binghamton This became our normal sky in May. Downtown B...
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Thursday, June 1, 2017

Grancy Greybeard - #ThursdayTreeLove

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The first time I saw this native American tree, I thought "how beautiful". Against a historic downtown Binghamton backdrop, an...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Spring Things - Reviewing May

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The month of May is my favorite month.  It's been that way for many years, from my times of living in Kansas, to Arkansas, and, finally,...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Organic Life

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Have you ever started to blog about something, and it turns into something else altogether? I have, and it has happened so many times.  ...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Remembering is Our Duty

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(My Music Monday post was posted yesterday, if you are looking for it. ) Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a day when we honor w...
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Sunday, May 28, 2017

Music Sunday - On the Front Lines

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Today, in the United States, the air waves are full of tributes to singer/songwriter Gregg Allman , who died yesterday(possibly from complic...
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Saturday, May 27, 2017

Local Saturday - The One Thing Missing

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On this Memorial Day weekend, unlike many Americans, we are staying local. The rhododendrons are blooming, and I want to start you off wi...
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From the housing projects of New York City to rural Arkansas to upstate New York, I've traveled a long and winding road. Learning more daily about writing, photography, and the importance of chocolate in a well-lived life.
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