A couple of days ago the picture on this Christmas card was posted here. As most of us already know, images can be place on cups, blankets, bathroom tiles and much more. Why not use them on Christmas cards? The image was uploaded to Walgreens, used to design a 5×7 folded card and picked up about an hour later at the Bridgeville, DE Walgreens. We don’t do Christmas but I sent two of the cards to the owners of the home seen on the card. I felt it was a way to thank them for a great picture opportunity, and get “Photography bys E.W. Faircloth” on the back of the card. These one of a kind cards have costs starting at $2.99 and are way more cheaper than what Hallmark offers.
This is one image of 4 taken for a private Facebook group my community uses. It was actually a tip to other residents in the community. I’ve been seeing folks uploading images of their homes decorated for Christmas. After seeing so many houses where the roof blends in with a black sky I felt it time show another way to highlight the homes. One way is to not wait until midnight. Twilight is a great time to get the Xmas lights and the edge of a roof. I used my DLSR but the same thing can be done with a smartphone.
If Jon Falk had a blog he’d put up his November edition of Wiley Walk newsletter, I’m sure. Above are just some of the images which appeared in it.
A favorite event at Wiley is the Original Hobo Band. They appeared on November 15th to do show tunes, patriotic songs, big band medleys and pop music from the 40’s. The event is a big fund raiser for the Wiley Home Auxiliary.
Jon Falk is a photographer, mentor, old colleague and friend. He has mentioned that if he had a blog he’d put up pictures like the ones above.
His retirement community, Wiley Mission, recently had a Bocce tournament to raise money for Wiley’s auxiliary health fund. Above are a few image in October’s 2025 edition of Wiley Walk.
Jon produces the monthly, Wiley Walk, newsletter of activities. His reward is the satisfaction of visually documenting the community.
This face was seen during a 2025 Halloween Walk Along Widgeon Way. The home of Janet and Ralph Peluso served as the headquarters for this elaborate display encompassing many homes on Widgeon Way.
The walk collected funds to donate to St. Jude’s Children Hospital.
I live on a street named Widgeon Way in my retirement community.
That face, by the way, could be “one only a mother could love”.
Joe Argento, Alice Darling and Zan Harvey were making music this past weekend. They are all residents of my 55+ community and played at one of our restaurants. Alice is the lead singer and I did a frontal close-up of her singing. However, I wanted an image of her together with the other musicians. There were windows behind her so a wide shot from the front wasn’t appealing. So I went for a wide shot from the side. Unfortunately, that microphone is hiding face of the drummer.
This puppy showed up at a No Kings rally in Georgetown, DE on Oct. 18th, 2025. The dog seemed friendly, came over sniffed my lens, and walked away. I’m guessing it didn’t see me as a king.
New equipment was installed in our Wellness Center and an open house was held for residents to see it first hand. This is my favorite of 36 pictures posted on Facebook. The rest of them showed residents at the “re-opening” after center was closed for a few days to install equipment.
This fig tree is being taken over by wasps, bees, ants and other insects. So I took a picture, not with a macro lens as I didn’t want to upset any of the wasps and be stung. The image was posted on a community Facebook group over a week ago. It was considered decent enough to be placed here.
It would be a good image the next time my local camera club has “insects” as a theme. I could also sneak the image under the theme of “macro photography” and not many would be wiser.
But the main reason I’m posting it here is to be a reminder the next time camera club does insects. I’ve got pictures on this blog since 2007. I can pictures here but not ones I took 6 months ago.
