And tourist trap. We are here for the International Accordion Celebration. Here are some highlights. Flowers in window box at our hotel Main Street at twilight Accordions at the Gazebo We had a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon, which was a welcome break in the heat. We drive home today. But we will be back soon.
Thanks to my iPhone 13 Pro, I am now always ready with a camera, when a likely subject comes into view. It's fun to capture scenes that seem to just have been waiting for me to come along and capture them. I got this one at my local outlet mall. The display of old sewing …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #246: Still Life
On my Photos on my iMac, I have an album entitled Spring. After autumn, spring is my favorite season, especially here in the Pacific Northwest, where winter is often gray and depressing. In my backyard, the first sign of spring is the little scrawny hydrangea I planted, getting its first leaves. Last year, I took …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #241: Spring has Sprung!
Before I went on a cruise across the North Pacific Ocean, I had never seen water this blue. I don't think there's a better illustration of the cobalt blue that Terri asked for, do you? What about the evening sky, just outside my front door? Looks cobalt to me. Cobalt blue flowers, in a pot …
Continue reading Sunday Stills Color Challenge on Tuesday: Cobalt Blue
Whenever I am photographing something I like, I always take multiple shots from different angles and distances. A pleasing subject is often pleasing in numerous ways. Take the beautiful vase of flowers my husband sent me for Valentine's Day this year. It had so many different flowers, different colors, and different angles, I just had …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #220: One subject, three ways
I don't have much of a garden, since I'm not much into yard work. But I do have a couple of plants that add some color to the front and back yards. In 2000, when I bought my house, my real estate agent bought me an azalea plant, which I added to the front yard. …
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
Today's theme is aroma, and pictures that lead you to remember the #aroma of something. So, I will start with an aroma that is one of my very favorites: the salt tang of the sea. Since salt water is never more than a few miles away from our home in Everett, Washington, we are …
Continue reading Sunday Stills: What might that Pacific Northwest #Aroma be?
I admit it, I have ten brown thumbs. I am not fond of yard work, and know very little about plants, or gardens. But I know a pleasant garden when I see one. If I can keep my mind off all the backbreaking work involved in maintaining a garden, I find them quite relaxing. The …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #147-Gardens, old and new, near and far
On the way out for dinner this evening, I was able to capture two photos that I would have missed were it not for my trusty iPhone in my purse. The first one was taken at a stop light, when I looked across the street, I saw the flowering trees. Roll down window, whip out …
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