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.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Women's History Month - Margaret Chase Smith

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International Women's Day was Sunday, but a comment on my blog Saturday where I incorrectly indicated that there were no more female can...
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Monday, March 9, 2020

Clocks and Other Distractions #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday!  It's time for music!  I know many of us live in areas where Daylight Saving Time was implemented yesterday, and we don...
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Sunday, March 8, 2020

Does Anyone Know What Daylight Saving Time It Is?

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It's back. It's going to be a beautiful day here in upstate New York, although it is starting out cloudy.  It should warm up later...
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Saturday, March 7, 2020

International Women's Day - The Declaration of Sentiments

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Tomorrow is International Women's Day. Imagine - the Democratic list of candidates for the 2020 election of the President of the Unite...
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Friday, March 6, 2020

Choose Your Sky and Cloud Adventure #SkywatchFriday

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We are in the home stretch, here in upstate New York, with winter almost over.  True, it is snowing today.  But in the past week, we have ha...
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Thursday, March 5, 2020

The Time Has Come To A to Z

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Back in 2015, for the first time, I signed up for an annual April blog challenge called the A to Z Challenge.  ( Intrigued?  Here is the si...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Nature Announces Spring #WordlessWednesday

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This picture says it all for the winter weary of the Binghamton, New York area. Nature has announced spring, 2020. The snow has been rep...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

On The Cusp of the Future

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We in the United States are about to be tested as never before.  Will we panic?  Will we make the wrong decisions?  Or will we work our way ...
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Monday, March 2, 2020

The Name's in the Title #MusicMovesMe

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March has arrived, and with it, another episode of #MusicMovesMe. Who are the members of Music Moves Me (4M)?  We are bloggers who blog ...
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Sunday, March 1, 2020

The First Signs of Spring 2020

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A continuation of yesterday's House in Upstate New York Flower Show but this time we have moved outdoors.  Yes, I know, it is too earl...
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Saturday, February 29, 2020

The House in Upstate New York Leap Day Flower Show

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Once every four years, we are given a bonus day.  Today is leap day. Why do we leap?  It's interesting. At my Weight Watchers meetin...
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Friday, February 28, 2020

Spring Backs Off #SkywatchFriday

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The week started off so mild.  People took to the local rail trail to exercise in the amazing 50 degree weather on Sunday where I live near ...
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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Library Tree in White #ThursdayTreeLove

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As I write this, we haven't had snow on the ground in a few days, but that is about to change later today.  Just to the west of us, part...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Swamp Root #WordlessWednesday

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This is the building Swamp Root built. The Kilmer Building on the edge of downtown Binghamton, New York was built in 1903 as a facility f...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

She Did the Best She Could

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I grew up in the 50's and 60's, a time when we were in a space race with the Soviet Union. All the astronauts were men.  The peopl...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

Jump In - Music Moves Me

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It's Monday, and it's time to rock into a 29 day February!  It comes only once every four years, so it's time for a celebration....
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Sunday, February 23, 2020

No Golden Snowball This Year

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In the midst of turmoil in our government and a possible pandemic of something originally known as the "coronavirus", spring made ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2020

Washington Our First

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Back when I was growing up, today would have been celebrated with a day off from school - George Washington's birthday. Our first Pres...
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Friday, February 21, 2020

Spring Tempts #SkywatchFriday

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T.S. Eliot thought April was the cruelest month, but I beg to disagree. February is, at least, where I live in upstate New York.  At sunri...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Strawberry Onions

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I've been dreaming of strawberry onions since March of 2013, when we visited a Florida farmers market and discovered them. Strawberry ...
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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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