The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 27, 2016. Spare has many connotations: it can mean one too many, or sparse, or even to release something from harm. I’m looking forward to seeing your interpretations! Bonus points to those who tell the story behind their “spare” inspiration. One of the classic cars taking part in last […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this weeks is Architecture: What types of building appeal to you: Modern Art, Historical, Colonial, Gothic, European, Asian, Commercial, Industrial? Take your pick. do you like? Any building that you like, for any reason is appropriate for this week’s challenge. I’m always fascinated by Victorian-style architecture, and there are plenty of great examples scattered throughout Northern California. Here […]
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 20, 2016. Jubilant, adjective: showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant… Let’s all end this week on a high note, with images that say jubilant. Hey, guys — I just heard a rumor that we’re part of the Orangevale Pow Wow Days parade! Isn’t that hilarious? Somebody ought to let them know […]
I’m very happy right now because we just got back from standing along the side of the new Folsom Lake Crossing bridge for 2 hours, watching the Individual Time Trial of the 2016 Amgen Tour of California. This meant that every 2 to 3 minutes (more or less), a professional cyclist would flash past us; and if we happened to […]
I really enjoyed the “What’s This?” challenge brought to us by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge! A lot of the fun was visiting other people’s blogs and guessing at their items; but I also loved being the one with all the answers! Before I reveal the answers to my two photos, I thought I’d share a wider view, just in case you’d still […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is called “What’s this?” This challenge is to post a photo or two that you think viewers might be not be able to identify. And let bloggers guess as to what object you photographed. This is meant to be fun and hopefully will get us interacting with each other more than usual. I’ll admit I […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]