Author Archives: Gayle Alstrom

About Gayle Alstrom

I'm equally left- and right-brained. I'm also interested in literature, politics, history, nature. I like hiking, working out, art (as an observer and a producer), and, of course, photography. I have a B.A. in Humanities. I'm 70 years old.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Posted on May 17, 2013

I couldn’t quite make up my mind which photo to use, so I present 3 for your consideration, representing 3 activities that I consider escaping:  reading, going to the beach, and window shopping where I can’t afford to buy anything. … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern

Posted on May 10, 2013
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Hoy es Cinco de Mayo

Posted on May 5, 2013

I was trying to think up a special post for Cinco de Mayo, but all I could think of was food.  I will find any excuse to eat Mexican.  So,  I attached some recipes.  After all Cinco de Mayo is … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above

Posted on May 3, 2013

These are photos I took from my flight to Los Angeles from Newark in 2010. I went to Los Angeles for my 50th high school reunion. I graduated from University High in West Los Angeles, January of 1960.

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Debra O’Quinn, My Cousin, Wins Nursing Award

Posted on April 28, 2013

Just received an email my cousin, Dorothy Zimmerman  Myers, who lives in Derby, Kansas (a suburb of Wichita, where I was born) regarding her daughter Debra.  I am so thrilled by Debra’s  great honor that it brought tears to my … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture

Posted on April 27, 2013

 How Mexican culture is being reincarnated in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, USA

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up

Posted on April 20, 2013

The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. Buddha Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.  Rabindranath Tagore     … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change

Posted on April 12, 2013
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Blue Heron Park, Staten Island, NY– This Morning at 7:30 am

Posted on April 10, 2013

Update: 4/18/13:  Two eggs now in Heron’s nest.  web cam from the Cornell Lab. Update: 4/15/13 at 2/54 p.m. Just saw a blue heron lay an egg live on the web cam from the Cornell Lab. It looked just like the … Continue reading →

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WATCH LIVE–Blue Herons Courting

Posted on April 9, 2013

Watch on video cam, blue herons courting. Exciting.  Presently (5:30 p.m.) they are preening themselves to get ready to impress. cornellherons on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Watch live streaming video from cornellherons2 at livestream.com

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