Category Archives: travel

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #144: Taking Flight ~

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

Tina dished up a favorite subject for me with this challenge! I’m in Long Beach, WA – USA and have been enjoying listening to songbirds and taking photos. Though I have a vast catalog of shots I could use, I … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Challenge #139: Special Moments ~

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

This week, in response to Tina’s challenge to feature “moments that take your breath away,” I’ve selected five photos taken over the past five years on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State, USA. Each one was a gift from … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #129: Favorite images from 2020 ~

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Lindy Le Coq

In mid-March, Creighton, Jello and I were enjoying time at our condominium at the Breakers in Long Beach, when Washington Governor Inslee, issued a stay in place decree. We compared the coronavirus case-count/death-count for Clark County (145/8) and Pacific County … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, birds, jello, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, Report from the Edge of a Continent, travel, wildlife | Tagged Birding, birds, jello, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, travel | 6 Comments

~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~ Storm Surge ~

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Friday morning, November 13: Evidence of a storm brewing. Big clouds stream from the south along our western horizon. Deposits of wave generated sea foam extend along the shoreline at ebb tide. Sunday, November 15. Yesterday and today, gale force … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, birds, climate change, nature, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, Report from the Edge of a Continent, travel | Tagged beagles, Birding, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, Report from the Edge of a Continent, weather | 3 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Challenge #120 – What A Treat! ~

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

What a treat: to awaken to the rumble of the Pacific Ocean in the distance, to breathe the essence of salt sea air on a crisp Autumn day, to feel the sun’s warmth on my shoulders, is it breaks through … Continue reading →

Posted in Beagles, Being, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, Poetry, travel | Tagged beagles, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, Poetry, travel | 5 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 119: My Hideaway ~

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Leya has invited us to show our favorite hideaway this week. As it happens, I have two special places to relax, write, read and think. When we’re home in Vancouver during the summertime, my hideaway is under a bower near … Continue reading →

Posted in Beagles, birds, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature photography, pacific northwest, travel | Tagged beagles, birds, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, travel | 6 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 117: A Photo Walk ~

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

It was overcast and gray when Jello and I took our morning walk the other day at Long Beach, Washington. Looking back at the berm where we leave the Discovery Trail and enter the beach, a rugged cross marks the … Continue reading →

Posted in Birding, flowers, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, travel | Tagged beach art, Birding, flowers, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, travel | 9 Comments

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 116 ~ Symmetry ~

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Posted in Birding, birds, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, pacific northwest, pacific ocean, photography, Report from the Edge of a Continent, travel, trees | Tagged Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature photography, Odell Lake, pacific northwest, starfish, symmetry | 6 Comments

~ Miller Lake ~ A Gem of the Cascades ~

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

During my fishing vacation, my sister and brother-in-law took me on a day trip to Miller Lake, about an hour from our campground. Along the way we stopped to take pictures of Mt. Thielsen, an extinct shield volcano, elevation 9,183 … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge#94: At Home in Long Beach, WA ~

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

When we first took tours through the available units at The Breakers, on first sight I knew this was the one I wanted. Furnishings, wall colors, flooring, window treatments and linens could all be upgraded and changed. The essential attraction … Continue reading →