Living in the Pacific Northwest, we have lots of shorelines within a few minutes, or hours drive. And we have lakes and rivers, which also have shorelines, along with the oceans. The shoreline closest to me is along Silver Lake. This was early in the morning on my way to work. About 50% of the …
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Way back in the 1970s, a favorite phrase describing something you liked was "Cool, man!" Living in a place with abundant bodies of water, and the nickname of "Evergreen State", you'd think that cool colors would be everywhere. You would be correct! Sometimes, though, you get too much of a good thing, with vegetation run …
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All the individual blooms on my Birthday Orchid are connected by the branches from which they spring. My birthday was in mid-April, and I have taken photos of it from then until now, watching all the individual blossoms open from buds. This was the day I received it, at the hotel where Hubby and I …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #303: Connections
My 75th birthday was a little over a month ago. A very good friend gave me a beautiful orchid plant, and its many flowers have been gradually opening up. The first photo below is from the day I got it. Only a couple of the flowers were open. And here are photos I took last …
I just love patterns, both in nature and man-made. I'll often photograph a chair with an interesting upholstery pattern, or even a piece of furniture, like the bench below. I spotted this on a walk through downtown Bellevue, Washington last week. It's remarkable how you can actually bend slices of wood into undulations not normally …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #296: Abstract
So, rocks are this week's subject, and my photo library is chock-full of rocks, from near and far. Did you know that there is only one approved building material in the city of Jerusalem? That material is the stone called...wait for it...Jerusalem Stone! All city buildings and dwellings must be built of this sandstone, and …
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I have always believed that moving water was Nature's Original Music (hmmm, should I copyright that phrase?). Before there were plants or animals on Earth, there were rivers, with the sound of rushing water competing with the sound of erupting volcanoes. If the original multi-celled organisms in the primordial seas had auditory organs, what they …
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My photography is mostly landscapes and scenes without people, for some unknown reason. But I do like to do some people-watching. It was in Nashville that I photographed a very colorful character who was happy to pose for me. He just looked so pleased with himself! On that same trip to Nashville, we went to …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #292: People Here, There, and Almost Everywhere
Just look around you! How many circles are there? They are everywhere! I am driving in circles every day, though Audi calls them The Rings. I looked up while in the Everett Public Library, and what did I see, but some brightly-colored glass circles. OK, Tina, here are some for you. Seattle's Great Wheel How's …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #290: Going around in Circles
In thinking about what to use for this challenge, I thought about Windows, and what they mean. A window is an expanse of glass, normally clear glass, designed so the people inside a building can see out, and let the light of the Sun in. It occurred to me to consider the big glass windows …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and Commentary. #288, Window Shopping, and Trust
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