Author: Terri Webster Schrandt

  • Sunday Stills: For the Love of #Reading and #Books

    Sunday Stills: For the Love of #Reading and #Books

    Today, April 7 marks the beginning of National Library Week! This week’s Sunday Stills theme is “For the Love of Reading and Books.”

  • Can You Dedicate Three Hours a Week to Physical Activity?

    Can You Dedicate Three Hours a Week to Physical Activity?

    As I continue writing my No Excuses Fitness book, my goal on this blog is to post an article about fitness at least once a month. Did you know that there are 168 hours in a week? Your challenge is to find three hours a week for physical activity.

  • Sunday Stills: A #Tropical Garden Vacation

    Sunday Stills: A #Tropical Garden Vacation

    Spring is here, but if you live in a tropical locale, warm temps and flowers are everywhere. This week’s Sunday Stills Photo Challenge theme is “tropical.” Show us your tropical images!

  • Sunday Stills: A Spiky #Spring Has Sprung

    Sunday Stills: A Spiky #Spring Has Sprung

    For those of us in the northern hemisphere, spring officially sprung on March 20…also known as the vernal equinox. Show and tell us what puts the spring in your step for the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge!

  • Thursday’s Hilo #Doors with a View

    Thursday’s Hilo #Doors with a View

    While on the Big island of Hawaii this week, I looked for a variety of interesting subjects to photograph. I hadn’t posted a Thursday Doors post in quite a while and hoped to find some special doors here in Hilo. Not so much but the views from those doors are amazing!

  • Sunday Stills: Show Us Something #Green

    Sunday Stills: Show Us Something #Green

    Tis the season for showing us something green, if you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Even if you don’t, the color green is all around us. If you want to get creative, you can use and interpret green idioms as in “green with envy,” or “going green” (environmental). Show us your version of green!

  • Sunday Stills: #Daylight Hours

    Sunday Stills: #Daylight Hours

    Today marks Daylight Saving Time in North America and 81 other countries in the world. Daylight is this week’s theme for Sunday Stills.

  • #Jagged Edges–Signs of Spring

    #Jagged Edges–Signs of Spring

    Sharing images today for two photo challenges! Come check them out.

  • Sunday Stills: Walk on the #Wildlife Side

    Sunday Stills: Walk on the #Wildlife Side

    Today is World Wildlife Day! We have had some great photos of wildlife, birds, and other critters featured on Sunday Stills just last week with “flight” and in “fur and feathers” last June. The Sunday Stills theme this week is Wildlife. Desert Wildlife While we were on our winter road trip to Arizona and Nevada…

  • Being Amazing Over 50

    Being Amazing Over 50

    I am thrilled to be featured as Sam’s guest this month in her series Amazing Over 50’s. Her blog Loving the Fifty-Something caught my eye a while back and I’ve been following Sam’s outdoor adventures ever since! We seem to have a lot in common, and I have enjoyed reading about her previous 50-something guests.…

  • Sunday Stills: High #Flight

    Sunday Stills: High #Flight

    Flight is this week’s theme for the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge! Flight has a variety of meanings, whether it is the obvious where something has wings and flies, or a flight of stairs, or fleeing from danger (flight or fight), or how about a flight of beer samples? Have I piqued your imagination yet? This…

  • Sunday Stills: A #Fresh Look

    Sunday Stills: A #Fresh Look

    For this week’s Sunday Stills challenge, show us a fresh perspective on something, some fresh food or flowers, even fresh snow! In the middle of February, show us the promise of spring.

  • Sunday Stills: Unexpectedly #Frozen

    Sunday Stills: Unexpectedly #Frozen

    This week’s theme for Sunday Still is frozen! I figure we can endure one more week of winter scenes and freezing weather in some places, then start dreaming of spring! This week’s images demonstrate snow and ice appearing in unlikely places at unexpected times of the year. Most of you already know of my slightly…

  • Keeping Track of Your Fitness Progress…Update

    Keeping Track of Your Fitness Progress…Update

    Most of you know I am a champion of leisure and fitness! As I strive toward my goals of becoming and staying more physically active, I am publicly announcing my 2019 goal of continuing to write my book-in-progress No Excuses Fitness. I am starting this journey by making a commitment to writing at least three…

  • Sunday Stills: Journey Into the #Fire

    Sunday Stills: Journey Into the #Fire

    Welcome back to Sunday Stills! Let’s kick off February with this week’s theme: fire! Come join us and bring your images and other creative ideas!