Category Archives: bugs & critters

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #86: Change Your Perspective ~

“Over the river and through the woods…”   I love the fairyland feeling of this shot, taken at ground level through flowers and across the meadow to the misty shores of Crescent Creek. We are five thousand feet above sea level, … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

 

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

~ Porcupine Trail ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #72: Waiting ~

“…I am waiting for a rebirth of wonder…” “…and I am waiting for the American Eagle to really spread its wings and straighten up and fly right…” “…and I am waiting for forests and animals to reclaim the earth as theirs…” “…and I am waiting for … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #71: Creepy ~ (Warning – arachnophobes beware!) ~

When my flesh crawls and all my senses go into high alert, I usually don’t hang around to take pictures! I love photographing and learning about creepy-crawlies like spiders, bugs, snails and other flightless critters I come upon in my rambles. Growing … Continue reading

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~ Discoveries ~

During the week I was at Crescent Creek with my sister Diana, we took an afternoon drive east to the Crane Prairie Marshes. She had seen White Pelicans there a week or so earlier, but they had already moved on. However, … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #44: Harmony ~

“The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations – each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.”  Ruth Bernhard   https://travelsandtrifles.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/lens-artists-challenge-44-harmony/         … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #34: Close-Up ~

  Here are some favorite close-ups from my archives.   The photo above was taken at beach level of a piece of rusted flotsam covered in Goose barnacles, with a feather resting next to it.    The light was just … Continue reading

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Animals (not birds) ~

Although I do have pictures of warm blooded animals, I’ve decided to feature photos of some bugs and critters from my archives for this weeks B&W challenge!   Here’s to Cee for hosting great challenges and collecting current challenge websites … Continue reading

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