Cindy O’Dell

Random sightings: My neighbor’s always changing “most interesting” man; California autumn natives; my finished if imperfect knitting projects; sunset; clouds and a nearly full moon in the morning. #aweekofphotos #photography

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Ready for their closeups: Bougainvillea blossom; passion flower; Western fence lizard; tropical hibiscus; India hawthorn berries; Sycamore leaf; unidentified berry. #aweekofphotos #photography

I think that makes my husband’s closet a goldmine

B — no contest!

Creatures great and small: My dog Shadow making herself small; the genuinely small Baxter; praying mantis;geese; ibis; handsome medium-sized Indie; tiny sparrow on a fence. #aweekofphotos #photography

Newport Beach, CA. #NoKings

Orange tinged sunset, fake spider web in a yard, happy pair of humans, row of books all with scary stories for Halloween, an orange pumpkin, what looks like a pair of chubby friendly ghost emerging from a Victorian house in San Francisco, clouds with full moon shining through them.

Scary, not scary: Autumn sunset; Halloween decorations; the best San Francisco tour guides you could ever want (my son and daughter-in-law); Halloween reading a the FOL bookstore; pretty pumpkin; Victorian ghosts; moon-illuminated clouds. #aweekofphotos #photography

Ikebana in the wild One of the things about taking art or craft lessons is the way it changes your perspective.

The pleasure of learning something extends beyond a new skill, especially when you find examples everywhere. #ikebana #ceramics #asianart #nature

Signage, random sign.
San Francisco!

Shades of October: Perfect weather in San Francisco plus the other side of cable cars and delicious food (a pair of financiers capping amazing dinner at Routier) meanwhile pomegranates, knitted and baked pumpkins and crows on the lookout. #aweekofphotos #photography

Flying into fall: Southern California may not have a classic fall but it never lacks for color (or welcomed imports) including plumeria, Nandi Flame, hibiscus, sunlit snails, Mexican bush sage, crimson fountain grass and high flying crows. #aweekofphotos #photography #fallcolor

Randomly: Ikebana arrangement in class and then reworked for the kitchen; tree flowers, skate park stickers; late afternoon on the Venta Spur; the perfect bag for knitting (know your Dickens); Irvine wildlife bandit. #aweekofphotos #photography #dahlias

Too many missed first serves and double faults all day. Did somebody put a hex on the tennis balls? #usopen #tennis

Wearing them on her sleeves (and maybe a lot of little ones on her skirt?) Also, winning!

Personally I like this one: “‘Human trafficking involves the criminal exploitation of vulnerable people for the sole purpose of economic gain.’ Hello? That’s not a definition of human trafficking, that’s a definition of modern capitalism.” — Shalom Auslander from his tongue firmly in cheek Substack

What’s the definition of communism again?

Mashup of photos including a line of trees, a crossing guard with a stop sign bending to give a small terrier mix dog a treat, flowers and a welcome card on a desk with books on a bookshelf in the background, sunflowers and other flowers in a dark horizontal vase, clouds against a deep blue sky, rocks surrounding a gel ant trap, black, gray and white Canada geese on green playing field.

Surviving August: So hot, so still; crossing guard and her dog treats return; Friends of the Heritage Park Library bookstore reopens; back in ikebana class with a wonderful new vase; Canada geese return; ants still marching (rocks to fend off dog sleeping there); #clouds #aweekofphotos #photography

Back in #ikebana class with a new vase and working on flowers in the same color tone. #sogetsu

I managed to avoid listening to the McEnroe brothers all the way through Wimbledon. Not so lucky tonight. Going to be a tough couple weeks. #tennis

A little yellow, a lot of this and that: My dog pretending she’s a cat; sunflower arrangement; hot weather dinner — a BLT; hibiscus blossom; freshly painted lines on thuue school grounds; middle school art adorning restroom entrance; squirrel. #aweekofphotos #photography

Interesting how the commentators had Paolini written off the minute it got back on serve. Surprised!

Attitude adjustment (and not the kind that comes in a bottle) When my parents died within a month of each other six years ago, I found myself stuck in one of the predictable stages of grief.

All the recent bad news created by the White House has had me driving a little too angrily again. This is my solution.

Commentators insist on calling it a roar. Sounds like a fake scream to me. I can't imagine having to play against that.

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Mash up of photos from the last week with Canada geese walking across a street, a dog staring at a tree in search of a squirrel, bike path in Woods Hole, two books — “Guncle” and “Everything is Tuberculosis”, purple blossom, dog licking a small cup of puppaccxino, pillars holding solar panels In a parking lot providing shade.

Things that make us stop: Geese in the street; squirrels in trees; one more look at Woods Hole, MA; good reads from reopened Heritage Park Library; bright flowers; a puppaccino; any shade on a hot day. #aweekofphotos #photography

My life in libraries My first library card came from a classic small Carnegie-funded public library in the Illinois town where I grew up.

Two of the libraries in Irvine, CA, are open again after moving from a county to city system. It made me think about what libraries have meant to me. 📚#Irvine #libraries

Martha’s Vineyard variety pack: A little sunshine and lighthouse view, a stuffed lobster, fog and humidity, colorful fun, pickle ball, art and artistic. #aweekofphotos #photography

Great afternoon at the Martha's Vineyard Book Festival. Three fascinating panel discussions.#books

Definitely D.