April Fools! April 1 is the day of the year for playing pranks. Or maybe finding things in real life that just look like pranks. I got such a kick out of this "pranky" sign in front of a business in Wyoming! I can just hear it now. "Honey, I crashed the truck". "You did …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #243: It’s Tricky
Since we have been married (2003), Hubby and I have taken five big road-trips. In 2006, I played with my local orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York (summers there have slots open for student and amateur orchestras to play for the local audience-our concert got standing ovations). After the concert, we rented a car …
When walking down any beach anywhere, I often keep my eyes on my feet, so as not to miss any pretty rocks or tiny animals. Through the years, I have taken numerous photos of what I find by looking down. So, what is this? I'd love to get a mineral analysis of this blue stone …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #202: Minimalism/Maximalism
Thanks very much to Sofia, who echoes what I always tell my friends, photographers or not. I make a habit of looking up, wherever I am. Most people, when they are in a city, walk or drive along looking forward, or down at their phones (which is dangerous!). I suggest that they take their eyes …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #164: Looking Up/Down
I have always loved wild places, and we certainly have many right within a day's drive of my home in Western Washington State. In Eastern Washington, the landscape shows the effects of glaciation in the last Ice Age, over 10,000 years ago. Much of the land was a huge lake called Lake Missoula, covering much …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #150: Let’s Get Wild!
This week's challenge turns out to be more difficult than I had anticipated. I had lots of subjects in mind, but then thought a little harder. With all the very upsetting things happening in our Nation this year, I have decided that, for me, the most important "A" subject must be, America. At age 71, …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #126: Alphabet, Subjects beginning with the Letter “A”
The Grand Canyon dwarfs the people in this picture. Those cliffs are very high, and you wouldn't want to fall into the canyon. But if you see the Grand Canyon from an airplane, it looks pretty small. And those people would totally disappear. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/scale-2/
When I saw these young people at the Grand Canyon, I said a little prayer that no one would trip. They are brave! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/danger/
If this isn't on the way, I don't know what is! The Grand Canyon from 20,000 feet, on the way home from Phoenix in 2014. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/
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