Motivation

Every now and then it strikes me all over again how much I love living in this particular lovely corner of the world, and how very lucky I am to be able to get outdoors nearly every day and enjoy it. This proud little sparrow and I just can’t help singing the praises of living near Lake Natoma!

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WPC: Face

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 13, 2016. …share a photo of a face. It could be your own face; the face of a loved one, whose lines and creases you know well; or even a face out in the wild, where you least expect to see one. Maybe because it was getting close to […]

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One flower is enough

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Single Flowers or Bud. This week’s topic is a single flower or bud.  The concept for this challenge is to show off a single flower in all it’s glory.  It can be cropped a tiny bit but no macros of only part of a flower.

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WPC: Earth

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 6, 2016. Share your vision of our magnificent Earth through your lens. This is a great challenge; it’s something I usually try to do in my blog, which sometimes feels like a challenge in itself since I’m not much of a traveler these days.  Still, I think that earth’s beauty […]

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WPC: Admiration

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of April 29, 2016. In your response, depict something or someone you admire. Bonus points if you share a paragraph or two on the source of your admiration. My first thought was of my father-in-law, Hollis, partly because we’ve been spending this week with the in-laws at Clear Lake in California. […]

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A bouquet of reds and yellows

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is The Colors Yellow and Red. Just like in the White and Blue Challenge you can show off photo that are basically all yellow or all red.  Plus I really encourage you to combine the both red and yellow colors in your photos. It turns out I don’t take very many pictures of things that are […]

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Happy

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge topic this week is Happy. Anything in this world that makes you feel happy or smile is allowed in this series.   It could be a beautiful land or seascape to a close up of a flower.  Your significant other, family, kids or even pets.  It could be a delicious plate of food or ice cream.  Show […]

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Blue and White

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week is The Colors Blue and White. I’ve been enjoying the very spring-like — if somewhat blustery — weather around here over the last few days.  And yesterday I just happened to step out of my front door and look up at the sky to see this: And this:  

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