Category Archives: pacific northwest

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 53: Your Choice ~

To be alive on this beautiful planet is near and dear to my heart. Being out in nature sustains me. To look upon a sight that takes my breath away, and lifts me out of my inner unrest, is pure … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #52: Serenity ~

Serenity is subtle The sensation enters my eyes, ears and nose, spreads throughout my mind and body – fills me with peace and asks nothing of me. Sometimes it comes to me in soft pastels with gently lapping water, or … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #50: Trees ~

Recently, during a very low tide, I explored the beach and cliffs of Beard’s Hollow. This image of the promontory above Beard’s Hollow, shows the lush forested lands that are part of Cape Disappointment State Park. The name, conferred by … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #49: Favorites ~

  To walk freely in the blessings of wildness, to see, hear and feel the Pacific Ocean’s abiding, deep rumble, to be suffused in salt-washed ocean air, and to arrive home, safe and sound, with my loved ones. Thank you Patti … Continue reading →

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~ Cee’s FOTD ~

     

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #48: Wild ~

If you follow news about the effects of climate change (global warming), you may have heard about 70 migrating Gray Whales that have died of starvation  from California to Alaska.  Around April 30, one washed up on the beach near … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #47: Elements ~

  This photo expresses the immense power man has to create tools from metal that transform the world around us.  Three iconic photos of wood in the Pacific Northwest; a wooden foot-bridge, a stack of cut logs from a harvested … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #46: Delicate ~ Butterflies ~

All week I’ve contemplated what to post for this challenge. Seeing a Gray Whale that had washed up on the beach because it was starving, had me thinking about the delicate balance of life in our ecosystem. But, those images … Continue reading →

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