The Day’s Celebrations Photos © 2026 mae sander

 Thomas Jefferson Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson near Charlottesville, Virginia (photo from our visit in 2023) Jefferson’s statue ...

A New Month of Paris Memories Paris in July is a blogging event that’s been going for over 15 years. It’s currently hosted by Emma:  https:/...

In my kitchen this month I have many round and spherical things, and I don’t mean just round plates! Here are photos to share with the once-...

  Bonsai at the Matthaei Botanical Garden Water lilies in the greenhouse. Bonsai in bloom. Inside the Bonsai Garden Left to right: Tom, Len,...

  Because people feed birds along the boardwalk, they are quite unafraid, like this dove. The red-winged blackbird loved the seeds that seve...