Category Archives: Art

~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #40: Something Different ~

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Tina challenges us to show something “out of the norm…something we wouldn’t normally expect from you.” Since most of my posts feature nature, this time my subject is man-made metal objects. Before Creighton and I bought the condo … Continue reading →

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Murals ~

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

Throughout the Long Beach peninsula, there are buildings with murals depicting life as it was in the early 1900’s. Here are a few I was able take pictures of on a rainy afternoon this week! Cee’s Black & White Photo … Continue reading →

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Made by Humans ~

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

When William Clark arrived at the shores of the Pacific Ocean, he carved a message on a living tree to establish United States precedence of discovery and occupation in what was then the Oregon Territory. The bronze memorial sculpture, created by … 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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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #20 – Open Sesame: Doors and Doorways ~

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.” Joseph Campbell It comes as no surprise that I have very few photos of doors in my archives! However, I do have a few … Continue reading →

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~ New Dune Runes ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Take Two ~ Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Glass ~

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Yesterday’s post featured these same glass pieces, with their color as the focus. Today I offer them in Black and White. What fun! Alluring Orient & Flume Paperweight Treble Clef Glass Egg Reflection Perthshire Paperweight Large Vase