The Stripes and Checks in my suburban backyard are a bit smaller and less-exotic than Tina's zebras; but they are also less dangerous, and I can get closer to them to take their pictures. And I sure don't have to go most of the way around the world to see them! They show up now …
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My photography doesn't often include people. I do mostly landscapes and nature. This post will consist of photos from one day, yesterday, and one destination. My husband and I went out shopping for a handgun for me, to be kept mostly at home for self-defense. I am a 71-year-old woman, and there are just the …
I have started keeping my big camera (just a Canon point-and-shoot) on my kitchen table, so if anybody shows up in the back yard, I can capture him. Well, yesterday I got a good one! My favorite little Townsend's Warbler showed up, and I got in a couple of great shots of him on the …
This week's theme is Macro/micro photography, and perhaps these photos don't qualify, but they were taken this afternoon, with my iPhone XR camera. Once again, we went on an excursion to Uwajimaya, our excellent local Asian grocery store. I am always fascinated by their wide assortment of exotic fruits and vegetables, and I just took …
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On Sunday, I took a drive. On the way back, instead of driving down the freeway all the way home, I decided to take an alternate route, a road that leads to a riverside park, along the Snohomish River. We have had very heavy rains for the past few days, and I knew the river …
Since I consider 2020 to have been the worst year in my 71-year life, let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. In 2020, we underwent the worst government-imposed denial of individual liberty in living memory, when our state governments locked down entire states, preventing millions of citizens from earning their livings, and …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #129: Favorite images of 2020
In our backyard, we have two suet feeders. One has an extension on the bottom for large birds like woodpeckers to rest their tails while feeding; the other is a standard cage feeder with no extension. At both feeders, we get numerous different species, including flickers, a Bewick's wren, juncos, nuthatches, chickadees, and a Townsend's …
Better known around here as the Washington State Ferry System, which connects the Puget Sound mainland cities of Seattle, Edmonds, Tacoma, and Mukilteo with the numerous islands in the Sound, and the Kitsap Peninsula, and even Canada. Thousands of island residents commute via ferry daily, either walking on or driving their cars. And every year …
Around our house, even the "owner", Kikyo the black cat, gets her own Christmas treats. She has a box where we store her toys, so if she wants to play with one, she has to work to get it out of the box. It's pretty simple, just a flat square with holes in the top …
For Christmas Eve, a sampling of December photos from my library. A Merry Christmas to all! This year, in my own neighborhood. Found at a local market last week. Seen near Silver Lake, about a mile from our house. Seen at our local Asian market. It's a wonder that these exotic fruits are grown right …
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