My 75th birthday was a little over a month ago. A very good friend gave me a beautiful orchid plant, and its many flowers have been gradually opening up. The first photo below is from the day I got it. Only a couple of the flowers were open. And here are photos I took last …
So, rocks are this week's subject, and my photo library is chock-full of rocks, from near and far. Did you know that there is only one approved building material in the city of Jerusalem? That material is the stone called...wait for it...Jerusalem Stone! All city buildings and dwellings must be built of this sandstone, and …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #295: Rock Your World
I have always believed that moving water was Nature's Original Music (hmmm, should I copyright that phrase?). Before there were plants or animals on Earth, there were rivers, with the sound of rushing water competing with the sound of erupting volcanoes. If the original multi-celled organisms in the primordial seas had auditory organs, what they …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #293: Moving Waters
My photography is mostly landscapes and scenes without people, for some unknown reason. But I do like to do some people-watching. It was in Nashville that I photographed a very colorful character who was happy to pose for me. He just looked so pleased with himself! On that same trip to Nashville, we went to …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #292: People Here, There, and Almost Everywhere
My readers will know that we don't live very far south of the Skagit Valley, and it's one of our favorite day trips any time of year. Spring is the best, due to the flowers that bloom in the Valley starting in March with daffodils, and continuing in April with the famous Skagit Valley Tulip …
Just look around you! How many circles are there? They are everywhere! I am driving in circles every day, though Audi calls them The Rings. I looked up while in the Everett Public Library, and what did I see, but some brightly-colored glass circles. OK, Tina, here are some for you. Seattle's Great Wheel How's …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #290: Going around in Circles
This last Photo Challenge of 2023 is supposed to be your best photos of the year. I think I was exceptionally fortunate to be on the roof of the Bellevue Square parking garage on a clear day at the end of December. The Mountain (Mount Rainier) was out in all its splendor. I'm proud of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #280: Last Chance for 2023
Magical has different meanings to different people. For me, the most magical thing I have experienced was the three weeks I spent in Cambridge, England, in the summer of 1991, on a UCLA summer program. I had read about it for years in ads in the New Yorker magazine, and I finally decided that I …
I was thrilled to see the topic for this week's Challenge, as I own some items that are completely unique. The first one is a piece of art, which I inherited from my parents. I remember telling them when I was a teenager that, when they died, I insisted on getting this, and I did …
Hello, everyone. This week's challenge is going to be great fun for me, as I am always in the habit of looking both up and down for good photos. It's amazing what you can spot, if you look down around your knees. We have been some places recently that had beautiful flower containers on the …
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