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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97: Pastimes ~

When I retired, eight years ago, my colleagues would ask me, “What are you going to do with your time?” My standard answer was that I planned to focus my energy on the creative passions I’d tucked in around the … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96: Cropping The Shot ~

Lovely as it is, especially on Mother’s Day, yet with a bit of cropping it’s even better. Shortening the foreground brings the focus to mama Mallard and chicks. Reducing left and right borders brings the hen’s eye in line with … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Blue Sky Birds ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #95: All Wet, or Almost! ~

Stormy weather Rainclouds tumbling in from the Pacific Ocean announce with a rainbow that I’m about to get wet!  Shorebirds sometimes appear to be oblivious to the wave action around them, however I’ve never witnessed a bird being overpowered by … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Wilson’s Snipe ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #93: A Week of Mornings ~ Report from The Edge of a Continent ~

It is 2:30 a.m. Through our barely open bedroom window, the reassuring rumble of Pacific Ocean high-tide lulls me back to sleep. At 7:30, Jello puts her nose on my pillow to awaken me. While she has her breakfast, I … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ More Fine Feathered Friends ~

     

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~ Sitting on Top of the World ~

  Long Beach, Washington ~ USA Immature Bald Eagle perched on a large drift wood snag. Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters. Top of the morning to you!    

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Spring Wings ~ April 15, 2020 ~

  Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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