I think I took some very good photos last year, and I am quite happy to post them again. I'll start with my very favorites, the best ones I took last year. I think they would make good postcards. They are boats at the Everett Marina, which I took after dark in November. There was …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #379: Favorite photos of 2025
It's time to display the photos I took in 2025, of which I am the proudest. These photos were taken around home, and far away. We took two big trips in 2025, to Arizona and to the Carolinas, and both trips were great for photography, as we visited places where we had not been before. …
As per the rules, this last challenge is supposed to be photos we have not posted before. Like Tina, many of my photos are plants and critters, from my back yard first, then other places. We are fortunate to have a yard with plants that turn gorgeous colors in Autumn, especially our Japanese Maple trees. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #378: Last Chance 2025
Hubby and I went out for dinner tonight, at a place near the Everett Marina. On the way in, I noticed that some of the boats near the restaurant had already put up Christmas lights on their masts and around their edges. So I told him that we should stop on the way home and …
Continue reading It’s my first Cellpic Sunday! Marina After Dark
Most often, what comes to mind when you think of "quiet hours", you imagine sunrise and sunset. But even if the background noise is audible, you can be quiet in your own little bubble and tune everything else out. This photo of the Skagit River near Rockport, Washington was taken in the late afternoon. Despite …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #356: Quiet Hours
To start with, these favorite finds are all from this month of August, 2022. I have a great liking for clouds, and I keep an album on my computer of just cloud photos. I was impressed with these wispy clouds around Colonial Peak in the North Cascades, when we visited the Diablo Lake Overlook on …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #214: Favorite Finds
I wondered what to do for Milestone Post Number 800 on my blog, and shortly thereafter was presented with the perfect answer! Now, my readers know that I live in the Pacific Northwest, Everett, Washington to be exact. Our immediate neighborhood is nothing unusual-just a pretty normal subdivision. However, our yard is not like the …
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