Our Colorful, Quiet Neighborhood
You may think I am bragging about our quiet neighborhood, and you may be right! In a reasonably short distance, that I …
Photography and Writing by A. Cemal Ekin
You may think I am bragging about our quiet neighborhood, and you may be right! In a reasonably short distance, that I …
My walks around our neighborhood are generally short and later in the afternoon or early evening. The light is a bit …
Holidays, especially Christmas Day in most of the United States mean gathering, small crowds of family and friends, and …
I have seen quite a few photographs by many photographers who aimed their lenses to objects inside various stores. …
“The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average …
Oakland Beach is a nearby neighborhood on the water, with a beach no less! There are several restaurants and a small …
Since our visit to the American Girl store for lunch, we have continued to enjoy the visit of our girls. We watched …
The week started with the Fathers Day which greeted me with a couple of lovely roses Jan picked up for me from the back …
Yesterday we went to Efendi’s restaurant for dinner. He opened a new place a couple of years after closing the one …
Elif and Mina came for a visit on August 10, 2015, for ten days. Mina has grown quite a bit, she has shed her childish …
Flowers are perennial photographic subjects, I started the season a couple of weeks ago when Jim and I decided to visit …
Today Mina decided to use one of the gifts Santa brought to her and get her ears pierced. She wanted all of us to go to …
The day after the Christmas day, I told everyone I would drive them somewhere for lunch. As we traveled we decided to go …
The Christmas day came after Mina went to bed at a timely hour so that Santa could arrive and bring her gifts. The next …
Today was a busy day. The photo session in the morning went well, we all behaved ourselves, well until the very end. The …
I found a very shapely Fraser Fir tree at the nearby nursery just before Mina and Elif arrived. Fearing that it may sell …
Liatris is such an elegant flower in every stage of its life. Before it blooms, the upright spikes with delicately …
Early in the evening, the weather was bearable and I ventured to the backyard to sample some more flowers. Although you …
I braved the heat yesterday afternoon to take a few quick photographs of the Crocosmia Lucifer in the front yard. Their …
The weather changed suddenly from cold to hot about a week ago. So much so that we had the AC running non-stop …
The funeral arrangements for John went well, starting with the visiting hours on Wednesday afternoon. Many of our, and …
Spring arrived suddenly, I have even noticed the growth of little shoots of flowers waking up overnight. Around this …
It rained quite a bit this spring while I was away, and it was unusually cool. Lately, it seems to have returned to …
We live in a nice neighborhood, modest but nice. It is close to many amenities yet away from the main drag, heavy …