This week Anne invites us to showcase 5-10 photos that exemplify something from the 20 specific categories she suggests. With this wide-open theme, I decided to select only nature photos, which helped me include some shots that I might not ordinarily feature. My first image, a Dune Rune, features both wavy lines and a very cool shadow
In order to flourish, mushrooms and toadstools need moisture. Once open, they provide lovely little cups that catch water.
Alloniscus is a wood-louse that navigates under the sandy beach at night, and is a major contributor to my collection of Dune Runes. Below, is an almost perfect circle!
So smooth and soft we know not to handle the wings of a butterfly. Below, a Monarch with it’s distinct color pattern, feeds upon daisies.
Zigzag lines were etched in the sand by the Pacific Ocean as the tide receded.
A big bouquet of kelp glistens in the sun at low tide. Why am I taking photos of this, I asked myself. Well, because it’s pretty and has such a wonderful bumpy texture!
Nature provides the template for designs. Milkweed seed-heads are among the many that draw my attention and beg to be photographed.
Lindy Low LeCoq 
These are wonderful!
Thank you VJ! I enjoy your writing and illustrations very much. Don’t comment much, but read them and let them sink in!
You’re welcome and thank you
Wow Lindy! You came up with some awesome nature finds. I especially the opening Dune Rune. The Alloniscus sent me on a Google hunt. We can learn so much from these posts. Great response!
Thank you, Anne! I haven’t featured Dune Runes lately, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Alloniscus is a very busy night critter!
Lindy, I love these! My favorites are the Dune Rune and the milkweed.
Thank you, Beth. Dune Runes are so much fun to find and photograph. Every day there’s a new crop – like etch a sketch! It’s not very often that I run across a full head of milkweed seed, so this one is a real find.
These examples from nature are definitely the best 🙂
Thank you Hammad. It added another layer of challenge to limit my choices only to nature, yet when I put it all together the result was just what I had hoped for!
GREAT selections Lindy. I love all the sand shots especially.
Thank you, John. Dune Runes are really fun – the sand is like an etch-a-sketch, every day there’s new patterns waiting for me!
Love your nature finds, Lindy! Parts of our life and living.
Very creative and beautifully captured Lindy! Loved them all but especially your zigzag lines and your dew-filled mushroom.