
Archive for the ‘squares’ Category
I look up. He looks down!
Posted: January 22, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Six-Word Saturday, squaresTags: animal rescue, California, camels, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Live in Colour: brown, Six Word Saturday, square, SquareUp challenge
Setting up house
Posted: January 20, 2021 in squaresTags: bird houses, saguaro cacti, squares, SquareUp, SquareUp challenge, use of the saguaro cactus
The saguaro cactus is a foundational plant in the Sonoran desert. The fruit is edible by humans and animals/birds. Dead cacti are useful as fuel for fires, once the cactus dies the ribs can be used in a variety of ways, and the thorns have been used in tattooing. But the most often observed used is as a home for birds, such as this mourning dove. Woodpeckers and flickers also like to live in these cacti.
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Looking up
Posted: January 19, 2021 in squaresTags: Philadelphia, stained glass, Anthropologie, square, SquareUp challenge, SquareUp, looking up, Fell-Van Rensselaer House
Ah, the dangers of scheduling before I have the post finished. I meant to include a few details about this dome, which you might be pardoned for believing was in a European church. However, it’s in the Anthropologie store in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. But imagine this in your home! It was in a home.
Anthropologie’s store on Rittenhouse Square was originally the Fell-Van Rensselaer House. Sarah Drexel Fell (yes, of that Drexel Family) was widowed and then married Alexander Van Rensselaer. The house was completed in 1898. The original Tiffany dome and a ceiling with portraits of Italian Dodges, as well as fireplaces and some details remain.
The rest of the store is very elegant as well.

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Dressing up
Posted: January 18, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, squaresTags: art, brown, coffee shop, dressing up, LaVazza coffee shop, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Naperville Illinois, square, SquareUp, SquareUp challenge
Just perfect for LavAzza, Italian coffee shop in Illinois. Dressed in coffeehouse chic.
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Skyline
Posted: January 16, 2021 in One Word Sunday, squaresTags: #onewordsunday, #OWS, Bighorn Mountains, One Word Sunday, One Word Sunday: skyline, skyling, squares, SquareUp challenge, superb, Wyoming, Wyoming mountains
It’s time for tea.
Posted: January 13, 2021 in squares, Tea timeTags: Aynsley bone china, bone china, Irish Breakfast tea, soda bread, SquareUp, SquareUp challenge, tea, tea time, tea time with Su, time for tea
Google Translate tells me that “It’s time for tea” in Irish is “Am le haghaidh tae”, appropriate today as I’m featuring Irish breakfast tea. You might know there’s also English breakfast tea and Scottish breakfast tea, but what’s the difference? Here’s what the Republic of Tea site says about Irish Breakfast:
Irish breakfast tea also has a strong Assam component, giving it a robust, malty flavor and reddish color. It is stronger than English breakfast tea, but not quite as strong as the Scottish variety. Because of the important role of the dairy industry in Ireland, it is usually served with milk. However, some Irish tea drinkers choose to take their breakfast tea plain, or with sugar only.
Interestingly, in Ireland the term “breakfast tea” is often considered a misnomer. That’s because Irish breakfast tea is actually consumed throughout the day, with many Irish tea drinkers consuming between four and six cups per day!
I drink all my tea without milk and sugar (and all my tea is consumed throughout the day, or at least until about 3 pm if it has caffeine), but I have them if you choose one or the other or both. I hope we’re not running into any national conflicts though, as the cup and saucer are Aynsley English bone china, sourced from my favorite thrift store in Naperville a few years ago. 🙂

Wordless Wednesday…up for a snack
Posted: January 13, 2021 in squaresTags: animals, Nature, rabbit, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, squares, SquareUp, SquareUp challenge
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Bird with a ‘tude
Posted: January 12, 2021 in squaresTags: birds, looking up, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, squares, SquareUp, SquareUp challenge
This guy may be little but he looks…intent? Ticked off? Determined? Whatever word you choose, he looks like he’s got more than a bit of attitude. The tie-in to Becky’s challenge is that I’m looking up at the bird and perhaps he thinks I’m an upstart for taking his photo! 🙂
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Up, up, and away
Posted: January 11, 2021 in s, squaresTags: Gilbert Arizona, hot air balloon, squares, SquareUp challenge, The Life of B, up up and away
Although I often look down or out, today I’m looking up and joining Becky’s January Square Ups with a photo of a balloon I often see on my morning walks along the canal or in our neighborhood. I’d much rather be looking up at it than down from it, although I’m sure the views are spectacular. I just have a thing about heights.
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