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. …
Yesterday, we flew from Seattle to Atlanta. I had the window seat. Seattle area The Mountain’s out! Cascades Columbia River Rockies Thunderheads Reelfoot Lake, Ky and Tenn. More to come soon!
Yesterday morning very early, in the cold rain, we boarded our Alaska Airlines flight to Phoenix for a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. I had the window seat in First Class. Here is what I saw. Above the clouds Sunrise Mount Rainier Curvature of the Earth Snowy mountains Natural beauty Mountain ranges I would love …
Continue reading Seen from the airplane window. Everett WA to Phoenix.
This last Photo Challenge of 2023 is supposed to be your best photos of the year. I think I was exceptionally fortunate to be on the roof of the Bellevue Square parking garage on a clear day at the end of December. The Mountain (Mount Rainier) was out in all its splendor. I'm proud of …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #280: Last Chance for 2023
My husband and I are fortunate to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, surrounded on all sides by water, mountains, green fields, and spectacular landscapes. We are also fortunate to have been able to travel to many other places in this Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. Starting in our own neighborhood of Western Washington. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #227: Home, Sweet Home
We live in a part of the world that normally is deficient in sunshine. In fact, we in the Pacific Northwest are the home of the syndrome Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which means that in the winter with mostly-cloudy skies all the time, it can get depressing. And the treatment? UV light, or artificial sun. …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #213: Under the Sun
We are truly blessed to live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. We are surrounded by water and mountains on all sides. In our small city of Everett, Silver Lake is just a mile from our home. Martha Lake is another couple of miles south of our house. To the west is Puget Sound, with its …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #203: Local Vistas
In 1991, I went to Cambridge, England on a three-week summer program run by UCLA. At that time, I lived in Seattle. I knew that I was going to be meeting new people from all over the US and England, and I remembered something I had read in a magazine somewhere. It suggested that you …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #159: Postcards
Our Tennessee trip ended on a pleasant note. We made it to the airport in plenty of time, turned in the rental car, checked our bags, and sauntered over to our gate to wait. It turned out that their PA system was out, so the poor gate agents had to shout instructions. Through their masks, …
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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