by Sally | Feb 6, 2026 | At The Table, San Diego |
The Farmer’s Market on a recent Saturday afternoon, and I’m gazing at the bounty of early January in southern California. What to buy? Which lovely opportunities shall I select from the glowing spectrum before me? Orange, yellow, green, even the rosy blush of blood...
by Sally | Nov 21, 2025 | At The Table, Cape Cod, Holidays, Places |
In the spirit of Dylan Thomas’ line, “There are always Uncles at Christmas,” this Thanksgiving season, I’m speaking up for Aunts. Specifically, my two Aunt Betty’s and my Aunt Ellen Braithwaite, who have been on my mind as I’ve lived the days leading to this...
by Sally | Nov 6, 2025 | Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
Hello, and thanks for stopping by. Just wanted to let you know that my blog will continue, also that this website will undergo some changes in the new year. Www.sallybuffington.com is growing up. If you’re already a faithful reader who wonders why blog posts have...
by Sally | Jun 30, 2025 | Cape Cod, Nature and Places, Places, Sally Buffington, Seeing and Photography |
Here’s my photo “Gifts of the Rain,” awarded Third Prize, Color Waterscapes, in the Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. But there’s more to it than this single image, beyond my pleasure at having won a prize. You see the exhibit print...
by Sally | Apr 23, 2025 | Nature and Places, Sally Buffington, San Diego, Seeing and Photography |
I’m driving one of my favorite roads, the drive to Borrego Springs, and now I’m starting the stretch running seven miles from the mountain town of Julian through the hamlet of Banner, “the Banner Road.” Whoo boy! Lots of curves-–what great driving! This is not a road...
by Sally | Oct 18, 2024 | Nature and Places, Sally Buffington |
A few days after the summer solstice this past June, we were sitting on the deck at the cottage overlooking Lake Mendota, in Madison, Wisconsin. Our grandsons were happily mudding on the little beach nearby, and we were chatting with our daughter and son-in-law,...