Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #184: What travel has taught me

What travel has mostly taught me is that people are people everywhere and always.  And that we don't live in the only beautiful region of our country.  Everywhere we have traveled has shown us that God has bestowed upon us a spectacular planet, with an infinite variety of landscapes and features. For the past two …

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Sunday Stills: The Power of the #Elements

I love this topic!  I often post photos of the power of Nature, and we have lots of those elements right here in the Pacific Northwest.  My very favorite subject is Snoqualmie Falls, which is just a half-hour drive from our home.  We go there often, just to stand behind the chain-link fence and view …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #183: Memorable events

I don't know of a more memorable event in my long life than the eruption of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii, that we saw from the deck of the cruise ship Crystal Symphony in the summer of 2018.  The volcano had been erupting for a few weeks before we got there in mid-July, and we …

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What is this world coming to? This weekend’s horror stories.

If you thought Western Civilization was crumbling before your eyes, you might be right.  Aside from all the crime, homelessness, shortages, skyrocketing food and fuel prices that affect us all, two stories this weekend will confirm it. The first story has to do with the "vaccine mandates" being forced on citizens by various governments, both …

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Sunday Stills Challenge: It’s a Wild(life) world

Yep, right here in my back yard in the middle of suburbia, we have a sort of wildlife sanctuary, and neighborhood birds and animals visit every day.  Now, we don't get much that's really exotic, though neighbors have seen a coyote, raccoons, and even a black bear.  Our furry and feathered friends seem to like …

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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: #White

White isn't a color, it's the sum of all colors.  These days, white gets the ultimate bad rap, due to the fact of the Black Lives Matter Marxists denigrating all white people, and demanding that they be crushed.  But if white is the sum of all colors, shouldn't white be seen as the best?  The …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #180: Favorite photos of 2021

Like all of us, I thought 2021 was a very unusual, uncomfortable year.  It would have been my first year of full retirement, and a fixed income.  But that was derailed in July when I got a temp job that was supposed to last only one month, but stretched until the end of the year! …

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Christmas in Dementia-Joe Biden’s America

The occupant of the White House made a speech recently, predicting a "winter of illness and death" for the Americans not vaccinated against the CCP Virus.  How very uplifting. Biden can't remember what he promised on Covid testing.  It's a wonder he can remember his own name anymore. Washington hospitals are worried about capacity ahead …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #178: My choice; Winter Wonderlands

The theme this week is "you choose", so in this era of fear, loathing, pestilence, and tyranny, I choose to go through the archives and find pictures of winter wonderlands I have seen.  One benefit of a blanket of snow over the world is the muffled silence it brings.  Fewer vehicles are on the streets, …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #177: Celebrating

In this year of government oppression of the people of our country, sometimes it's hard to find anything to celebrate.  I remember March of 2020, when the government locked down society (except for what it deemed "essential" activities).  The weekend after the lockdown started, I decided to celebrate my independence, and refusal to accept government …

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