Category Archives: bugs & critters

~ Lens-Artists Challenge #312: Sense of Scale ~

For this week’s challenge, Sofia invites us to show the various ways we “convey the size of what we’re seeing”. Sometimes size is the main point of a photo, and other times it is subtle yet vital to the image. … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #306: Habitat ~

Woefully late with no excuses, I offer a bit of natural beauty for Tina’s challenge to show various habitats this week. Below is a view of the wetland marsh that forms during late winter through spring in the acreage between … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #303: Connections ~

Donna leads us this week to explore images portraying connections. We all are part of and connected to the Earth, so my photos will explore the links between living organisms with their environment. I’ll start with an example of a … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s FOTD ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #301: Floral ~

Sophie asks us “to think of how we either capture them [flowers] or how we process the image afterwards.” One of the goals for my gardens has been to plant perennials that provide color and beauty throughout the seasons. Spring … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260: Overlooked ~

It is a pleasure to participate in guest host Janet’s Lens Artists Challenge this week. She asks us to share photos of things that we or others might overlook. Whether we are in a hurry, preoccupied, or not really looking, … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #253: Fragments ~

Welcome to Brian of bushboy, this weeks Lens-Artists challenge guest-host. He introduces the subject by noting that there has been “a bit of fragmentation happening around the world, a disconnect.” I agree. Yet, bushboy reminds us that “we always have … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge # 252: What’s Bugging You? ~

Donna from Wind Kisses invites us to get up close and cozy with bugs this week. I grew up where Black Widow Spiders hung out in dark corners, and now and then a scorpion would appear on the trail and … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s FOTD ~ Learning My New Camera ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 243: It’s Tricky! ~

I’m not much of a trickster when it comes to photography, however I do enjoy “thinking outside the box,” as in the shot below of a Brown Garden Snail taken at ground level. Another example, is this ‘Dune Rune’. Alloniscus … Continue reading

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