Category Archives: pacific ocean

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #250: Skyscapes or Cloudscapes ~

Amy, of The World Is a Book, invites us to showcase our photos of Skyscapes and Cloudscapes this week. Living in the Pacific Northwest USA, clouds are a common feature in the sky. Some clouds become an impenetrable gray backdrop, … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #247: Backlit ~

This week Ann-Christine invites us to feature our “dramatic, stunning and eye-catching” photos that are a result of backlighting. In my first photo I wanted to capture the action of a strong easterly wind when it lifted spray from the … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Beltane Sunset ~

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

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 244: Glowing Moments ~

Welcome to Siobhan Sullivan of Bend Branches, this week’s LAPC guest host, who throws the doors wide open with the theme Glowing Moments. While selecting photos, I realized that there were some images for which I had previously written haiku. … Continue reading

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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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~ 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 #237: Bringing Softness ~

Welcome to Bren, of Brashley Photography who is our guest host this week. She challenges us to show softness in our photos by lowering clarity and with the use of software. All the photos I feature in this post are … Continue reading

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