Category Archives: antiques

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #35: Architecture ~Three Peninsula Churches ~

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

Along with some schools and forts, pioneer churches are among the wooden structures that have been preserved in the Pacific Northwest. For Amy’s Lens-Artist challenge this week I’m featuring three church structures that extend along a 28 mile (45 km) … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #25: Reflections I ~

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

*”Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788-1827), was a French Civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light…he is perhaps better known for inventing the reflective/refractive Fresnel lens…  …and for pioneering the … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq
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~ Farm Sights ~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge ~

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

  From age 14-18 I lived on a farm in Pullman, WA – USA. I still enjoy visiting working farms to smell the smells and see what’s growing.   “The spear- or harpoon-type haymow forks often employed a hollow or … Continue reading →

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge: Repurposed ~

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

This fence is made of six-foot high cedar planks mounted on steel posts set into six inches of concrete. Originally meant only to keep the beagle in her own yard, it also provides space for an outside gallery. In this … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Frame 3 ~

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Windsor ~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge – Seating

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

I love the sensual curves of bent-wood chairs. This old oak Windsor provides a nice study of lines — and it’s comfortable to sit in too!  

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~ Coneflowers – In A Vase On Monday ~

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

 Echinacea and Rudbeckia create a riot of color along the border of my front yard. Though somewhat raggedy up close, they still bring a smile to my face! The vase is a pottery pitcher displayed with four mugs, which my … Continue reading →

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~ Heirloom Photograph ~

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

On the back of the original frame was a note written by my Grandfather, George Sutherland Low (1884-1957): In Glen Tilt ~ Perthshire Scotland, by Charles Reid ~ Gold Medal ~  London Exposition of Photography I’ve always loved this photograph, … Continue reading →

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~ Hay Rake ~ Mono Monday & WPC Monochromatic 3 ~

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

 Taken with my iPhone 6, cropped, not enhanced. In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Monochromatic.”

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