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My lucky day in the backyard

On By rushbabe49In art, entertainment, Nature, photography, Random Musings About LifeLeave a comment

Just sitting out in the yard with my soft drink, listening to the bird songs from the trees around me. Who showed up? Female Downy Woodpecker. https://videopress.com/v/4POomk5p?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Female Downy Woodpecker But the real show happened a short time later. I am thrilled that my phone captures such good video, silently. https://videopress.com/v/ZtvthE9w?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Mama and Papa feed …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs

On By rushbabe49In art, Culture, History, Nature, Photo challenges, photography, Religion, transportation, Travel and Vacations1 Comment

I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260: Overlooked

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Overlooked?  I'll show you overlooked!  You might not believe this, but it is true.  I have lived in my neighborhood for 23 years, and it was only this year that I finally noticed a dilapidated building across the busy street which borders the back of our complex.  It is behind some trees, and not painted, …

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Cee’s FF Challenge: Straight Lines

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Nature does not do anything in straight lines.  No natural feature of the landscape, or living thing on Earth has straight lines.  Only we humans make straight lines.  A Rabbi friend of mine says that human beings are like pebbles, and not like bricks.  Pebbles have rounded outlines, and protuberances everywhere.  You cannot categorize pebbles-each …

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