Since last Thursday, Hubby and I have been in Washington's Bavarian Village of Leavenworth for the International Accordion Celebration. The town, and just about every building is decorated with scenes Bavarian, inside and out. We stayed at a different hotel this time, and it has a plethora of decorated doors. Starting with the entrance door. …
I understand from Terri's Post this week, that June is Outdoors Month. The photos below were taken outdoors in places we have been. I am frustrated that my bad knee prevents me from doing much walking these days (re-injured my repaired ACL in left knee last week). In any case, I'm no athlete, and the …
Let it be hereby known to all present that I Hate Pink! I never wear pink, I don't buy pink furniture or accessories, and I don't like pink precious stones (red is my color). However, that doesn't mean that I ignore pink things around me, and sometimes even admire them. For instance, when I bought …
Continue reading Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: #Pink?
We are truly blessed to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We are surrounded by water and mountains on all sides. In our small city of Everett, Silver Lake is just a mile from our home. Martha Lake is another couple of miles south of our house. To the west is Puget Sound, with its …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #203: Local Vistas
She wrings her hands and cackles: "Yesssss, she played right into my hands with this week's black-and-white challenge. Little does Cee Neuner know, but our house is stuffed to the gills with things piled and stacked. It was just a matter of choosing which stacks!" Let's start with the bedroom shelves. Every one of these …
Just this last weekend, Hubby and I took a drive through Carnation and the Snoqualmie Valley on the east side of Lake Washington, ostensibly looking for flooded land. We didn't find much in the way of floods, and all the roads were clear (in Spring, the Tolt, Snoqualmie, and Sammamish Rivers often overflow their banks, …
Continue reading CFFC: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Abandoned Buildings or Barns
When walking down any beach anywhere, I often keep my eyes on my feet, so as not to miss any pretty rocks or tiny animals. Through the years, I have taken numerous photos of what I find by looking down. So, what is this? I'd love to get a mineral analysis of this blue stone …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #202: Minimalism/Maximalism
This one was just too good to pass up. Hubby and I have been on two cruises, where we saw many different aspects of the Pacific Ocean. Nautical blue? Of course! These are the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Hawaii. I had never seen the ocean that blue before. These are from our trip …
Continue reading Nautical Blue: Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge
I always find a snow-covered landscape peaceful. This photo I took in front of our house in January of 2012 epitomizes "peaceful" for me. Also, it's surprising how little change happened between color and black-and-white in this particular picture. There's very little more peaceful than a sleeping kitty. Finally, the Colorado sky at sunset. Here's …
Some of my most relaxing times have been on cruises, sitting on my balcony with a book, or on the rail on the aft Promenade deck, watching and listening to the water go by. North Pacific Ocean, 2018 Sea and Sky, off Mexico 2018 Honolulu, 2018 Wake, North Pacific, 2018 Between Canada and the Pacific …
Continue reading Wordless Wednesday, on Thursday: Traveling back to Ocean-cruise time
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