Thursday Challenge—"simple"

"Simple" turned out to be not that . . . simple.
I thought about it for quite a while, then
looked around the house for inspiration and found
it in the kitchen: These eggs were in my favorite
 bowl, coming to room temp before being hard-boiled.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

ABC Wednesday—D is for "Dall sheep"

And also for Denali National Park,
in Alaska—which is where my
 daughter Katie took this shot of a
mama and her sweet little baby in June.

{Can you guess what's coming when 
we get to the letter K?}

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]

one lone radish

My friends down in Virginia have a
very impressive garden, where they grow
all kinds of yummy veggies.  When I
 visited in June, however, this was the
full extent of the radish crop.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.]  

And the winner is . . .

These pretty poppies were growing
side by side at the botanic garden, looking
like so many contestants in a beauty pageant.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows,
Mandarin Orange Monday,
Mosaic Monday, and Ruby Tuesday.]

inSPIREd Sunday

I think this may be the most beautiful
altarpiece (certainly at the top of
my list)—Titian's Assumption, over the
altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari,
aka just simply the Frari, in Venice.

[To see more churches from around the world, go here.]

Scotch thistle

Not the friendliest-looking plant, is it?
This one towered above (5' 2") me
at the Brooklyn Botanic.  I found it in
the Shakespeare Garden, where all the plants
grown there are mentioned in the bard's
works (this one in Much Ado About Nothing).

[It's Pink Saturday. To see more, visit Beverly's meme.]

Skywatch Friday

This big blue sky is compliments
of my daughter Katie and her recent
trip to the wilds of Alaska
(hiking and rafting and bears—oh my!)

[To see more skies from around the world, go here.
And it's the first of the month, so I've posted to my Paris blog.]