The pear tree in front of our house turns beautiful shades of red and purple, each autumn. The leaves ripple, creating not only color interest, but appealing shapes, both before and after they drop from the branches, to the ground underneath. When I arrived home after work today, I took some pictures. And closer up... …
Continue reading Fallen Leaves, harbinger of winter approaching
Since my weeks lately have been consumed by work, this week's challenge will be only one photo. I get to work at 7:00AM, and this morning I noticed the moon in the sky above the building where I work. I pointed my new iPhone 13 Pro, and let it take the picture. The photo has …
Continue reading One-photo Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #172-A day in my week
I understand that it's both National Cat Day, and the weekend of Halloween. So I decided to celebrate both holidays with pictures of our Halloween Black Cat, Kikyo. She is around 12 years old now, which makes her a Senior cat (to go with her Senior Staff, myself and Hubby). Here are some pictures of …
Continue reading Happy Cat Day! And Happy Halloween! Twofer!
Lately, a lot of weird and wonderful things keep popping out around me. When Hubby and I walked over to Costco, six blocks away, a few weeks ago to get a hot dog for lunch, I spotted a large fungus growing in the beauty-bark by the sidewalk. I have no idea what it really is, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #171-Weird and Wonderful
We live in the Pacific Northwest, not normally a big place to see fall colors, since we have more evergreen trees than deciduous ones. But right here at our house, our trees are showing some interesting color patterns this year. We have a pear tree in front of the front door. It leans slightly, due …
This past couple of weeks, I have had occasion to observe two examples of an ancient plant that is still around here on Earth. The only species of its genus still existing, the Ginkgo tree has been around for over 290 Million Years! Just think, dinosaurs roamed among these unusual trees. I saw the first …
We went to Izumi Japanese restaurant for an excellent meal, before the onerous King County vaccination mandate took effect.
When Cee Neuner put this challenge up, these trees we saw in Maui immediately came to mind. If you're not careful, they'll get ya! The park had a bunch of big banyan trees that just twisted all over the place. Speaking of getting gotten, you don't normally think of cactus as being long and squiggly, …
Continue reading Twisted or Squiggly: CFFC (Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge)
I spent the big bucks to get a new iPhone 13 Pro, mostly for the better camera than my old XR (which was pretty good itself, but only had a basic camera). My old service provider could simply not handle the new device, so yesterday I changed carriers, (quicker and easier than I had expected). …
Continue reading I think I’m going to like my new iPhone 13 Pro
When my Hubby told me he wanted to drive up to the town of North Bend (Washington), in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, I jumped at the chance. He had told me about an event going on that involved various blues bands playing at assorted cafes in town-you would buy one ticket for the …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #170: Street Art
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