#RockinTuesday My worry stone, which I bought last year in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. If things get any weirder in this country, I am going to rub it to sand. Here's to better days, and they cannot come too soon.

Traveling. Not getting a damn thing done. But for #BlueSkyMonday, I have found some new blue skies!

So #BirdOfTheDay #Feathers? Here is a big bird with big, colorful feathers. Have a colorful week.

#BlueskyArtShow #Openings Here is a very skinny one between two buildings. I might go in to investigate, but am WAY too claustrophobic!

For #RockinTuesday, a rock tower with a seagull guarding.

#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfTheMonth One of my choices was two Turkey Buzzards waiting to see if I survived my daily walk. 😆Maybe not. I will go with this one, a Red-Bellied Woodpecker in partial sunlight

Forgot #BlueSkyMonday! How do these things happen? Blue sky reflected in a "wrinkly" stream with a few cloud and tree reflections to give it a little variety. Have a smooth or wrinkly week, your choice.😊

One more for #BirdOfTheDay alternate theme, #GardenFeeder An Oriole, trying to figure out how to get a drink from a hummingbird feeder. Good luck with that one!

#BirdOfTheDay #RuffledFeathers Here is a guy doing his own ruffling.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #AdulsWithChicks Sure.

I am normally not a "joiner" and don't like to be part of a crowd, but today it really felt good to do both of those things for a cause that is imperative to keeping our way of life. Special thanks to all those in other countries who demonstrated.

Since it is #Caturday, a picture. I was in a store and followed this cat all over, trying to get a good photo of it. I finally gave up and sat on some steps while my wife shopped. The cat then came over, sat right here and crossed its paws to look at me. He was fine with a picture, on HIS terms!😄

#BlueSkyArtShow is #background? Sure. An image I took of a big camera displayed in a store window that ended up also being a picture of everything behind the camera and a reflection of everything behind me. Double background!🤪

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying? Yikes, just the title for this one uses up half my letters! Here is an Anhinga, either spreading his wings to catch some sun or admiring himself in his reflection, with a Common Gallinule passing through on his way to work.

One last post for #UrbanGaze When I am in a city at night, I am always on the lookout for an alley with interest lighting and lots of stuff.

#BirdOfTheDay #speckled A Starling with a little nest-building material.

I have tried not to post with this picture, but too many others are posting and I cannot resist: I'm telling you for the last time! Your favorite color cannot be plaid! Get a spine and pick a flipping color! Apologies.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #OpenBeak. Here are a couple of little open beaks, waiting for something to eat!

#RockinTuesday Big rock with a hole in the middle and trees on top. Pictured Rocks National Park, Lake Superior.

#BirdOfTheDay #YearRound The other bird of the day. How can you not pick a Cardinal? They look good and are here regardless of the season.

#BirdOfTheDay #tricolor I pigeon with at least three colors.

Early for #Twosday. Two friends, coming back from a walk.

Early post for #RockinTuesday. Rocks, but all lined up and in a pattern to make a really cool old road. Artistry and work of people making things like this always amazes me.

So, #BirdOfTheDay is #Preeners&Scratchers? I have a couple of those and will jump in late here. Can't you just imagine the bird going "Aaaahhh!!!"

So, it is #NationaPuppyDay. They are not spoiled enough already??? This guy's name is Boone, and he is my grand-puppy. I won't say that he is a goofy dog, but when I call him Knucklehead, he always answers.

For #BlueSkyMonday A little blue torpedo, shooting across a blue sky. Have a peaceful and productive week.

For #Stunday, a simple image involving a reflection, a silhouette, water, and a bird, all elements I like in a picture. I hope you have a great week, we keep moving closer to returning to sanity, and those who have taken it away from us receive the judgement they deserve.

I have started and deleted three posts for World Poetry Day. I am not a poet, but here is one from my personal poetry "genre," Nonsense Dialog Poems. I will never try to publish it, so why not? Let me know if you can figure out what the seagull is "talking" about. Apologies for profane language!

#BlueSkyArtShow #Stone Mine, a variety of finds.

Another #BirdOfTheDay, this time #Silhouettes&shadows Here is a little Nuthatch, casting a long shadow.

#BirdOfTheDay #grounded Lots of those. Here is a Flicker "grounded," showing all its colors.

#ForestFriday Sure. Here is a BIG forest, with a lake in the middle to keep everything watered.

#UrbanGaze A tunnel pass-through that has become a graffiti canvas.

#BirdOfTheDay is #MarriedCouples? How can we tell if they are married? They might be dating? Fooling around while he's at work? Just good friends? Is that enough stupid questions? Yes, it is. Here are a couple birds, who may or may not be in a relationship. A couple Goldfinches, sharing a snack.

Is #BirdOfTheDay #gulls? If so, here is a celebrity gull, getting its picture taken 37 times and giving interviews.🤪

I have discovered the difficulty in writing. There are over 1,000 ways to say anything, and while many, many of the ways are not good ways, there is no one perfect way, or anything to tell us which one of the ways is the best of the imperfect ways. Yes, I have been editing too long . . .

Is there a #StupidPictures subcategory for #WhateverWednesday? If so, here is a competitor.

#WindowsOnWednesday I like windows, why not? All kinds of windows and their dressings, surrounded by amazing art.

#RockinTuesday Something different: just a couple little message rocks. There should probably be a comma or two somewhere in that sentence, but I don't care!😄

#BirdOfTheDay #Reflections Birds and reflections, how can anyone go wrong? A duck dribbling reflection.

Tonight's last post as I listen to the wind outside and hope that I wake up with a roof over my head:🤪 All growth is the result of risk-taking. Jude Wanniski

#BirdOfTheDay #Splash One more for this one. A little guy, trying to outrun the splash on one leg.

#BirdOfTheDay #Splash Here is a little guy making waves during his morning ablutions. I bet you won't see that word again today! And no, I have no idea why it popped into my mind.

I don't think I have ever posted for #MinimalMonday. A Great Lake, an expansive beach, a panoramic sky, and a minimal sailboat, way out in the water in the middle of it all. Have a great week, and I hope your challenges are minimal.

Definitely NOT a #BlueSkyMonday here, with some of the weirdest and most extreme weather fluctuations I have ever seen. Hoping that things will smooth out tomorrow and spring will gradually make a "gentile" appearance. Spring? Gentle? Sure, that's how that usually goes . . .🤪

#Stunday It may still be wintery, but the season for taking "dewy" images is coming! Have a great week, and let's hope that all the crooks, liars, idiots, and bullies have a truly, completely, devastating week. Please forgive the Oxford comma.😁

Early #Stunday post. Singing: "We didn't start the fire . . . " But we know who did, and we are going to make him pay. I hope. Hope you all have a great week.

Is #BirdOfTheDay #GrayDay? #GreyDay? Here is one of my favorite little birds, a Nuthatch, in mid-takeoff. Their "call" always sounds like laughing to me, which might explain why I hear so many of them when I am golfing. Okay, back to birds . . .

#BirdOfTheDay #TwigsAreUs Why not. A Robin, surrounded by twigs and probably wishing they would block more of the wind on a cold, cold day.

#BlueSkyArtShow #horizontal Not great art, but here are two friends, spending an afternoon horizontal, and probably relishing every minute of it.😄