Welcome to my April 2019 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A picture-story a day (in the life, so to speak)), and as I have every year, I am going to be blogging my theme letters on the fly – this year I didn’t even plan to do otherwise!  So, here goes nothing 🙂

Today, A is for…Abandonded – and yes, it IS still April 1 where I am!!
I though part of this challenge could be related to a couple of other monthly challenge I’ve been meaning to try out, namely the April Writing Challenge (https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/04/01/april-writing-prompts-2/) and the April Photo Challenge (https://citysonnet.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/april-photo-a-day-challenge/).  As usual, I am making this up as I go!!

So, for April 1st:  Writing – Foibles and Follies, and Photo – Welcome April!

Today, I took two walks.  One during lunch at work with the trusty iPhone camera, and one after work (and after feeding kitties and having a pick-me-up coffee) with the big-girl camera (my trusty Canon 50D).  As I walked, I considered what my A should be today.  Didn’t take long.  I am constantly amazed by what people have abandoned while I walk.  I’ve seen it all: socks, ties, shoes, couches, glasses (how DID you get home??).  Today was no different.

On my lunch time walk, I found something you don’t see often anymore.  Smoking real cigarettes is becoming a thing of the past (or is that just wishful thinking on my part?)  For those of you who can’t tell from my artistic B&W rendering, it’s a lighter (flaming pink).

Then, on my big-girl camera walk, the ball cap abandoned down by the ocean.  I wonder if anyone will have the guts to pick it up and take it home?  While we’re talking photography, I used my 50mm at F16 – hmmm, I thought I was at F11.  Guess I need to actually look at the lens (I use Kevin’s old non-digital lenses with an adapter on my Canon).  I am trying to work with depth of field…  Anyway, it was a bright, sunny afternoon, so my shutter speed was 1/2500, and ISO was 800.  800? Oh, man.  I didn’t even check that!  Ok, I promise to do better tomorrow…  And thus, my foibles and follies for today!

As for the Happy April part of my post, here is something NOT abandoned – tulips in my yard finally blooming!  Now THAT says Happy April.

Thanks for visiting my 2019 A to Z Challenge – Letter A.  You can find links to more blogs participating in this challenge at Letter Z, A to Z Challenge Master List (Google Docs).