I will freely admit that our yard isn't quite as enticing (or as large) as Terri's is for birds, due to our many squirrels. We have one seed-feeder that's squirrel-proof, and two suet feeders. One suet feeder that would be easy for squirrels to get at, is always filled with hot-pepper suet, which the birds …
Continue reading Sunday Stills: Takin’ it Easy with my #Feathered Friends
I do like to keep my eyes open and search for little things around me that delight the eye. How about the humble, useful paper clip? Who gives them more than a moment's consideration, mainly when you run out? I did, last week at work. I had lined up some paper clips on my desk, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #200: It’s the Little Things
I have been living in my house for nearly 22 years. This house is one of the first ones built in our complex of 85 townhomes. Only in the last couple of years have I noticed that the trees planted in front are palm trees. What? Palm trees in a northern-hemisphere place? Weird. They seem …
Terri's Wordless Wednesday topic of High #Flight inspired me to go back 12 years, to General Aviation Day at our local Paine Field in 2010. They had a variety of old airplanes on the ground, and in the air. The day was what a photographer would describe as "cloudy bright", which is great for taking …
My submission for Cee's Daily Flower Challenge is a beautiful dogwood tree I found last night, when Hubby and I were waiting to get into one of our favorite restaurants. This big dogwood tree was at the edge of the parking lot. The flowers are quite large. Here's the Link to Cee's May 18 post.
Today's theme is aroma, and pictures that lead you to remember the #aroma of something. So, I will start with an aroma that is one of my very favorites: the salt tang of the sea. Since salt water is never more than a few miles away from our home in Everett, Washington, we are …
Continue reading Sunday Stills: What might that Pacific Northwest #Aroma be?
Cee's Black and White Challenge this week is Flowers. Just recently I took one of the photos of my Valentine's bouquet roses and made it black-and-white (see the color in the header photo on my blog). I just love the detail that comes out in the black-and-white version. I went out in the back yard …
Every Picture Tells a Story. Ominous cloud, southern Idaho 2022 Rainbow, Skagit Valley 2022 After the storm, Mammoth Lakes, California, 2009 Here's the Link to Terri's Original Post.
Cee's Fun Foto Challenge for this week is "Straight Lines", and have I got a treat for my readers! Let's get started with a contrast between man-made, and natural lines. As I've stated here before, Nature does not do straight lines of any kind. Natural systems do not line up in neat rows or columns, …
I love photographing shadows. Sometimes they are more photogenic than the subject! Just now, in fact, I happened to look over the railing on the second floor of our house, and this is what I saw. Just west of our houses there is a green-space with lots of big cedar trees. The shadow in this …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #198: Light and Shadow
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