Today's challenge is a "You pick it", and being that it's April 4th, I decided to make my post about April. April is the first full month of Spring, and the lengthening days bring out so much new growth in all the plants around us, you can't help but notice. For me, the most important …
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A couple of days ago, I needed to drop off an envelope at a local business. Instead of getting in my car and driving there, I decided to walk the 0.6 miles there and back. It was early evening, and the sun was still bright. I walked out the back of our complex, past three …
Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have a varied terrain, ranging from the high Cascade Mountains splitting the state North to South; and lowlands in the West, going down to the Pacific Ocean. Today, there are signs of Spring from both places. First, The North Cascades Highway (Highway 20) runs from the small city of …
Last night, Hubby and I went out to dinner at one of our favorite place. When we got there, we discovered that there would be a 40-minute wait. So we took a walk around the parking lot, where we discovered a road behind the restaurant that we hadn't known existed. We found a creek running …
Nature designed the world geometrically. We just build on that natural geometry. However, Nature doesn't use very many absolutely straight lines, so one way to spot a man-made structure is to check for straight lines. Just a few weeks ago, on one of our day trips up to the Skagit Valley, I happened upon a …
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My readers will have seen my previous posts on trips to Uwajimaya, our local Asian grocery store. On previous trips, I just took photos of the vegetables, which the store arranges meticulously so they are very photogenic. Just today, my husband needed to restock his Udon noodles, so I went along to get a change …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #140: Change of Scenery
I had a doctor's appointment this week, in the city of Edmonds, which is on the shore of Puget Sound. The day was bright and sunny, and on my way to her office, I noticed that I could see a very beautiful view across to the Kitsap Peninsula. So, after my appointment was over, I …
Life is full of Special Moments, if you will only open your eyes and notice. It's all in how you look at things. Just this past week, I was in my computer room, writing a post for this blog. When I write, I am pretty much oblivious to most of what's going on around me, …
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This week's challenge allows us amateur photographers without all that fancy indoor lighting setup to shine. Literally! Living in a place surrounded by bodies of water lends itself to taking pictures of sunlight glinting off the water. I have always liked the sparkles generated by the Sun on moving water. It almost makes the water …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #138: Natural Light
I just found this story in my new go-to news source, The Epoch Times. It seems that, back in 2017, a British man with a metal-detector was fooling around on a local Northamptonshire golf course, when he unearthed a tiny figurine, made of gold. Wow! He did some extensive research, and found out that the …
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