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.

Friday, June 13, 2025

Will Friday the 13th Be Lucky Skies #SkywatchFriday

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Where I live in the Southern Tier of New York, the last time we had a weekend without any measurable precipitation (be it rain or snow) was ...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Bee Peek a Boo #WordlessWednesday

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 Yesterday, I caught sight of a bee hiding in a rhododendron flower.  Can you see her? Peek-a-boo, I see you!  Now she's more out in the...
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Monday, June 9, 2025

Rick Derringer #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music. Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky ...
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Sunday, June 8, 2025

ADA Shadows #ShadowshotSunday

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What's going on, I wondered. In my neighborhood, several curbs have had these signs painted near them during May. Here's another one...
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Friday, June 6, 2025

When Trees were Blooming Skies #SkywatchFriday

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Today let's turn the clock back to early May when the air wasn't sticky with humidity and the sky wasn't hazy. A collection of b...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Hatch Chile Cookies #WordlessWednesday

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 Would you ever bake cookies with Hatch chile peppers in them? I don't know if these cookies actually have Hatch chile peppers in there...
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Monday, June 2, 2025

Graduation Month #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music! Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky ...
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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Iris Shadows #ShadowshotSunday

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We've been in another rainy stretch of weather.  Yesterday, I don't think it even made it out of the 50'sF (around 12 C), but it...
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Friday, May 30, 2025

Clouds and Blue #SkywatchFriday

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It's so hard to believe that it's almost June.  Spring has finally come but so many of us have experienced rainy weekends, week afte...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

History Past and Present #WordlessWednesday

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The past and present exist side by side on this site.  I took a picture of this historical marker in 2023, shortly after it was erected.  Fo...
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Monday, May 26, 2025

Songs of The Cost of War #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music! Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025

Flowers in the Shadows #ShadowshotSunday

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Today, some early evening (around 7:20 pm) pictures of flowers currently blooming in my front yard. Itoh peony.  The first one we bought die...
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Friday, May 23, 2025

Wavy Skies #SkywatchFriday

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We've been in a rainy pattern this past week so I am going back a week to May 16. Taken about 4:35 pm that afternoon, before the wavy cl...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Brown Thrasher #WordlessWednesday

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 This year (long story) we haven't put up bird feeders.  So today I wanted to share a memory from last April 18 (2024) when... ...a brow...
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Monday, May 19, 2025

International Artists and Songs #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music! Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Mother's Day Shadows #ShadowshotSunday

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 From a walk in my neighborhood last Sunday. I was intrigued by the patterns on my lawn. Sidewalk patterns. It's nice to have leaves on ...
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Friday, May 16, 2025

Directional Skies #SkywatchFriday

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Today, I bring you skies from yesterday, several hours before thunderstorms hit our area of the Southern Tier of New York.  What I did was p...
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2025

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Spring has arrived in my zone 6a garden in the Southern Tier of New York.  Or, should I say, it's been shot out of a cannon?  That's...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Clever Signs #WordlessWednesday

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Here are a couple of pictures taken recently around Binghamton, New York recently.  These were taken by my guest photographer, not by me. At...
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Monday, May 12, 2025

Songs to Honor a Good Man #MusicMovesMe

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It's Monday and it's time for music! Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers (and you can join us at the linky ...
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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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