This gathering happens six times every year, the first three weekends in December, in the town of Leavenworth, Washington. Leavenworth is "Washington's Bavarian Village", and right at dusk on Friday and Saturday nights, the Tree Lighting happens. Hundreds of visitors literally hold their breath, waiting for the switch that turns the town into a winter …
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Weekly Photo Challenge…Eye Spy
Can you find the well-camouflaged creature in this picture? He blends in with his surroundings very well (which Nature probably designed him for). He was on the grounds of the visitor center at Garden of the Gods park in Colorado. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/eye-spy/
Weekly Photo Challenge : Transition..Building..to Ruin..to Building
In the town of Bury St. Edmunds in England, the Abbey buildings have been crumbling for centuries. From the original stone buildings, ruins. Local residents pulled stones from the monastery ruins. To build new dwellings. Modern residence, built right into the ruins of the 11th Century Abbey. How did the monastery become a ruin? From …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate
This is the sanctuary at St. Joseph's Polish Catholic Church in Camden, New Jersey, during their 120th Anniversary celebration in 2012. The priest is Polish, and there is a Polish-language Mass daily. My husband grew up not far from here, and went to this church, and graduated from the parochial high school here (now defunct). …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Treat
Once, in a previous life, I was owned by a purebred Ruddy Abyssinian cat, named Veloce. She was the only purebred cat I have ever had, and it was a treat, just to look at her. Please enjoy this visual treat, in honor of National Cat Day. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/treat/National Cat Day
Weekly Photo Challenge: Careful
This week's challenge photo shows a lady who had to be VERY careful in order to get where she is shown. She has carefully climbed a rock spire at Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado. You can see her elation at having achieved her goal. However, this week's photo also requires another, to show …
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