Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #151: From large to small, in color(s)

My favorite color is red.  I drive a red car.  I have a red leather folio for taking notes in meetings, a red leather case for my pens and reading glasses, and a red "accordion" wallet, all from Levenger.  On our recent vacation in Nashville, red things were abundant around us.  From the Waterfront Park …

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One depressing sight…and many beautiful ones

Yesterday, Hubby and I went for a ride.  The first stop was a local outdoor mall, in a suburb about 20 miles from our home.  For a nice weekend day, the mall was surprisingly empty.  We easily found a parking space, and just sauntered around.  There were a number of closed stores in this mall, …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #150: Let’s Get Wild!

I have always loved wild places, and we certainly have many right within a day's drive of my home in Western Washington State.  In Eastern Washington, the landscape shows the effects of glaciation in the last Ice Age, over 10,000 years ago.  Much of the land was a huge lake called Lake Missoula, covering much …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #149: Cool colors, blue and green.

Living here in the Pacific Northwest, we are simply surrounded by blue and green.  Washington is the Evergreen State for a reason! Driving down Highway 530 on the way to North Cascades National Park, tall trees line both sides of the road, and the late afternoon light makes them look more than one shade of …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #148: Spots and Dots

Hmmmmm... I said to myself.  This one will be difficult (imagine the Sorting Hat talking to Harry Potter).  What is a spot?  A place (garden spot, a picnic spot); a stain on your clothes or your hand (Out, out, Damned Spot! said Lady MacBeth); or just something roundish.  And, what is a dot?  A period …

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Jaunt to North Cascades National Park

We live just south of the North Cascades National Park, so we take day trips up there a few times a year.  The highway through the park is closed all winter, due to the high elevation, heavy snowfall, and less need (there are two other cross-state highways for big trucks to use).  The road just …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #147-Gardens, old and new, near and far

I admit it, I have ten brown thumbs.  I am not fond of yard work, and know very little about plants, or gardens.  But I know a pleasant garden when I see one.  If I can keep my mind off all the backbreaking work involved in maintaining a garden, I find them quite relaxing. The …

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