Category Archives: photography

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #36: Around The Neighborhood ~ Traces ~

Tina has challenged us to present a photographic sketch of a neighborhood. After considering a summary of major tourist destinations on the Long Beach peninsula (some of which I have featured in previous posts), I decided to keep it closer … Continue reading

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Murals ~

Throughout the Long Beach peninsula, there are buildings with murals depicting life as it was in the early 1900’s. Here are a few I was able take pictures of on a rainy afternoon this week! Cee’s Black & White Photo … Continue reading

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~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Shiny ~

  Almost sundown at Long Beach, WA – USA. Light through window at The Sanctuary, Chinook, WA – USA. Raindrops on Pussy Willows. A little cheer to add to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week with the subject Shiny. Cee’s … Continue reading

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #35: Architecture ~Three Peninsula Churches ~

Along with some schools and forts, pioneer churches are among the wooden structures that have been preserved in the Pacific Northwest. For Amy’s Lens-Artist challenge this week I’m featuring three church structures that extend along a 28 mile (45 km) … 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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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Good Morning! ~

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Isolated Objects ~

  My contribution to Cee’s Black and White challenge. I love that it is okay to have some toned-down color in this challenge. Thanks, Cee! Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Isolated Objects

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~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Texture ~

This natural still life presented itself on the flat top of a tree stump.  Ledbetter Point Wildlife Refuge, Oysterville, WA – USA  

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #33: Nature ~

This Lens-Artists challenge from Patti, came just as I was on the way to our condo at Long Beach, for a few days.  Rain and snow from winter storms are filling the marshland, and tree frogs were croaking when I stepped … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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