Category Archives: outdoors

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #240: The Road (most often) Taken ~

Those who follow my WordPress site know that nature landscapes are my favorite subject. Our host this week, John Steiner suggests this is “the road I’ve chosen to take most often.” A subset of nature landscapes that I love as … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ The Ides of March ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #239: Finding Peace ~

This week’s challenge from Tina, took me into a thoughtful consideration of what elements of life bring me a sense of internal peace. Visual elements include soft pastels, puffy clouds, water ripples and sunlight. Over the thirty years I worked … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Late Winter Beach ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #238: Alone Time ~

Being alone is a happy place; I am immersed in my own world, contemplating, mulling memories, remembering dreams, creating my now, moment by moment. On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾 Thank … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #236: East Meets West ~

Amy leads today with a challenge that has stumped me. Although I have traveled across the USA I have few photo records of places I visited, and the only countries outside the USA I have been to are France and … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ A Walk to North Head Lighthouse ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #235: Shadows and Reflections in Monochrome ~

Patti opens her intriguing challenge with a quote by Alfred Stieglitz, worth repeating: In photography there is a reality so subtle that it becomes more real than reality. I had never been able to put words around the sensation I … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #234: Messages ~

Welcome to Donna of Windkisses as a host of LAPC! Donna invites us to search for messages in our photography. “To some, photography is formal, with clear and concise messages. Others want you to feel the photos, and take away … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Out and About ~

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

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