Author Archives: Lindy Le Coq

~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Cloud Moods ~

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~Lens-Artists Challenge #330: Best of 2024 ~

On my previous post I featured several photographs that are among my favorite shots of 2024, for a variety of reasons. Now it’s time to winnow things down to “the best”. The word best has 33 synonyms, and of those … Continue reading

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~ Last Chance ~ Some Favorite Photos from 2024 ~

Time to ring in the new year with photos that I especially like, taken in 2024. Each photo brings up the memory of where I was and who I was with at the time. The subject is only part of … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #328 – Winter ~

John Steiner invites us to show what winter looks like in the places we live or have visited. Since I grew up in climates where winter was cold and snow a common occurrence, I’m not averse to it. I even … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #327: 5 Elements ~

Sophia leads this week with the challenge to feature the 5 Elements or Agents of Wuxing, “a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena.” The Wuxing Elements are, Fire, … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #326 – This Made Me Smile ~

Dear Ann-Christine is right – for many of us what’s going on in our world is distressing. To boost our spirits, she challenges us to “share something that made us smile – and make the world smile with us!” I’ll … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #325: Gratitude ~

Tina asks us to reflect upon what elements in our lives we are thankful for. In a free-write brainstorm there were many aspects of my life that came out, for example: Being cared for as a child, being encouraged to … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #324: In the Details ~

Patti asks us to present three photos of a subject which bring the viewer ever closer to the details of the subject. This past week has been extremely stormy and wet here on the Long Beach, WA peninsula, so I … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Five St. Louis Citypark Sculptures ~

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾 https://citygardenstl.org/art/kai/ https://citygardenstl.org/art/laura-ford/# https://citygardenstl.org/art/aristide-maillol/. https://citygardenstl.org/art/jim-dine/# https://citygardenstl.org/art/kan-yasuda/#

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #323: Silence ~

Egídio challenges us to find qualities of silence in our photographs. Following the guidance of photographer Robert Adams, Egídio suggests that we feature five specific ways of expressing silence. Though you may have seen this photo before, it is still … Continue reading

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