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 […]
Mysterious Pyramid
When I photographed the pyramid in the 1980s, it was situated in the middle of an oak woodland sprinkled with small ponds that were wonderful for fishing. It was a startling sight — right there, under the trees, stood a ring of huge boulders, and in the middle of the circle, this rather eerie mystery in stone.
Mexico Monday, Week 6
Mexico Monday, Week 5
Visiting small churches in isolated villages and various neighborhoods, or colonias, in the larger towns and cities was a big part of our summer trips to Mexico. There were always lots of curious children… The people we met were always incredibly kind and eager to share whatever they had with us — even when they had very little, compared to what […]
WPC: Fun (?)
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of August 12, 2016. I love a serious or metaphorical theme as much as the next photographer… but this week, let’s just have some fun. It was the sort of fun that makes most parents cringe, and definitely NOT recommended! But I’m pretty sure these boys thought they were having a […]
Perfect Pink
Mexico Monday, Week 4
The more I look through my dad’s slide collection, the more I wish he had kept notes! I know that he shared these slides often, and he had his reasons for arranging them in their present order (which is definitely not chronological), but his presentation notes were all in his head, so now I can only guess. There were always […]
WPC: Morning
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of August 5, 2016. What does your morning look like?