This and That: A Blog

 

 

You ask, "What's the 2026 Event of the Year?" The 2026  April Blogging From A to Z Challenge of course!   These the the 2026 Important Dates per the official information.  March 9 - 14 Theme Reveal March 23 - April 4 Sign-up May 4 - 9 Reflections Many of you already participate, but some may wonder, what is it, and how does it work?   It's a blog hop in April.  For 26 days, Mondays through Saturdays, Sundays off, you post something related to the letter of the day, A-Z.  Easy!  Write as much or as little as you want.  Or write nothing at all, just post a photo.  Books.  Recipes. Random daily musings.   I've participated with both blogs for... some number of years.  I don't know off the top of my head, and the blog I used in past years is gone, so I can't check. I've done A to Z of Herbs, Flowers, Wintersowing, General Gardening, and more (last year was A to Z of dog breeds on postage stamps!) on my the old blog, and my ot...

  Skywatch Friday   The sky was striped a bit before sunrise the other morning. Have a nice weekend.  It's supposed to rain here... again.  It's been raining a lot.  

 

   "Welcome to  “ The Numbers Game #95 ”. Today’s number is 217 . To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my  Numbers Game  blog of the day."

Link for your Shadow Shot Sunday  Linking to The Weekend in Black and White  

  Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2025.  Garlic Chives, Dazzler Penstemon, Black-eyed Susan   Persian Catmint  Autumn Crocus  Blanketflowers - the yellow is Spintop®     Mango Blanketflower Spintop® Orange Halo and Little Lemon Goldenrod  Sungold tomato, Swan River Daisy, Abelia Aster KICKIN® Carmine Red Happy Fall Gardening!  Linking to Cee's Fun Foto Challenge (CFFC) since the prompt this week is Photos of Your Hobby Part II .  Gardening is one of my hobbies.   Last week for Photos of Your Hobby Part I , I posted about my collecting hobby.

 

 "Welcome to “ The Numbers Game #89 ”. Today’s number is 211 . To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day."

 The Weekend in Black and White

 The Weekend in Black and White

The Numbers Game #84   "Today’s number is 206. ... go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my  Numbers Game  blog of the day." upper left corner: Wrestles acrylic painting ©Win Smith in my collection

  Six Word Saturday (This is the replacement blog for Lisa's Garden Adventure, which was accidentally permanently deleted.)

  The Weekend in Black and White   Formerly the blog Lisa's Garden Adventure, but I accidently permanently deleted it.