Lost soles
A frosty cold morning. Nobody around but a gentleman walking his dog. And a pair of boots waiting patiently on the trail, hoping that whoever abandoned them might return.
As free as the Windows
Back in the 1970s, there was a movie, called Born Free, about a lioness named Elsa. The movie’s theme song was a big hit for awhile; the first few lines ran: Born free/As free as the wind blows/As free as the grass grows/Born free to follow your heart. I had a friend who heard the song on the radio and […]
WPC: Tiny
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of November 11, 2016. In this week’s challenge, show us tiny. Capture something at a smaller scale. Create your own miniature scene. Or experiment with the tilt-shift technique — Instagram and other apps have this built-in tool. You can also interpret the theme in other ways by capturing your favorite tiny […]
Green and white
It’s called Rock Balancing
After my post one week ago, On the Art of Stacking Rocks, I quickly learned (again thanks to MickETalbot) that there is a very definite and important difference between merely stacking a bunch of rocks one on top of the other and the feat of coaxing one or more rocks to balance harmoniously in gravity defying positions. If I may quote from his […]
In the Redwood Grove
WPC: Frame
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of August 26, 2016. Use your surroundings to capture a different point of view. One of my favorite local trails runs through a thick grove of mostly oak, cottonwood, and willow trees, with some occasional evergreens mixed in. This beautiful old redwood reaches high above the tree canopy, guarding the trail in […]
WPC: Narrow
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of July 29, 2016. From spaghetti to the quiet alley behind your house, this week show us something narrow.