The Thrill of a Butterfly

 A Monarch butterfly was seen at that milkweed plant yesterday, 28 July 2025.

It is good to celebrate the thrill of seeing a butterfly. 

Butterfly day is March 14th. 

For me, Butterfly Thrill Day is 28 July!

Seeing Beyond the Haze

Haze July 2025
Looking east from Rt 7
towards the Green Mountains

The summer haze plus smoke from the wildfires in Canada limits the visibility here in New England. In the photo above, traveling the roads, the farthest are the Green Mountains’ Presidential range about 15 miles away. As the crow flies, maybe 3-4 miles (guessing). 

Prayers for Canada

A blue haze in the distance is normal for hot summer days. Thinking about doing such a landscape painting reminds me of the English landscape artist, J.M.W. Turner. 

The foreground adds a color variety the horizon lacks. What may feel too blah can be beautiful if the composition is done just right. 

Whatever you look at or paint,

Enjoy the last days of July 2025.

Brainstorming To Soothe the Soul

It could be that the subject of blog titles, finding good names is becoming tiresome to read about here. So let me splash around in a different brain pool.

Brainstorming is all about a full fluffy easy brain play time vibe. The exercise can be like a good laugh clearing away one’s woes for a moment. Brainstorming, I believe, is healthy. 

Even if you don’t have a core goal in mind, (like creating a blog title), you can brainstorm.

Consider this: Chose a subject to brainstorm each week. Write down and research your ideas in an Idea Notebook. 

Tip: 

Don’t share your ideas if you don’t want somebody to use them instead of you.

If You ever do have an idea you want to go forward with, then lock down the legal matters first. 

Note. July 2025

Made up domain names, the majority with the word salty:

Availability look up results:

Available - 3

Priced over $1000.00 - 3

Make an Offer - 14

As I’m checking another domain name today, there was a rare screen lock. I had to reload and squeeze out of there.