Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #360: Finds and Fun at the Fair

Well, since just this week I posted some photos from this year's Bellevue Arts and Crafts Fair, I guess I need to find some others for this post! Hubby and I always go the Washington State Fair, and I am always a picture-taking fool when we go (especially since I got my first smartphone and …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #290: Going around in Circles

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 …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #267: Recharge

After a busy, stressful week at work (made more stressful than ever since my boss left the company this week), it is an absolute necessity to find something to recharge your internal soul-battery. When I am at home, my recharge area is my bedroom. I am making a dent in our mattress from sitting on …

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CFFC: Going around in circles, and leaning into the curves

My head is already spinning at this week's Fun Foto Challenge topic.  Like this: Rides after dark and at twilight on the Santa Monica Pier. And this: Ferris wheel at the Washington State Fair.  All the other rides go around in circles, too, don't they? Barrels of whisky at the Jack Daniels Distillery in Tennessee. …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #166: Artificial Light

In our technological world, we beat back the darkness with copious artificial light, enabling us humans to utilize 24 of the 24 daily hours we are given.  In fact, there are groups who mourn the zillions of lumens of artificial light that our civilizations pour into the sky.  Personally, I prefer to celebrate the fact …

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A fun and interesting day at the Washington State Fair

In 2020, the Washington State Fair in Puyallup (pronounced Pew-al-up), was canceled, like everything else, due to Covid.  This year, the Almighty Dictatorial Health Nazis in Olympia and Tacoma "let" it go on.  Albeit with a Mask Mandate, requiring that all fair-goers wear a mask, indoors and out, regardless of vaccination status.  What did that …

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Friday, on the Santa Monica Pier at Sunset

Yeah, it's basically a cliche, isn't it?  Who hasn't seen pictures of a sunset off the famous Santa Monica Pier?  I first saw the attraction way back in 1999, on my first adult trip to the area.  I remembered how beautiful it was, and jumped at the chance to repeat the experience.  February can get …

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