Category Archives: travel

Sanctum ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Signs

This week’s photo challenge is to share an image of a sign that holds meaning. Many of the photos I have posted to the Weekly Photo Challenge, were taken at this magical place.  The summer after my first year in … Continue reading

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Après l’orage ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Nighttime

It was after 10:00 when the storm passed.  Light still filtered through at the northwestern horizon, on the 49th parallel ~ Orcas Island, WA ~ USA. Beach Haven ~ July, 2006.

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Nightfall ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Nighttime

This week’s photo challenge is to show nocturnal photos we like taking. No picture perfect images expected here! Quite the opposite, as light and the lack of it, is what creates the sometimes eerie, shadowy, dark or blurry images one … Continue reading

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Cycling Mt. Constitution ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Adventure

For over ten years, when Creighton and I took our summer vacation on Orcas Island, bicycling on all of the islands was our primary activity. Cycling from Beach Haven, to Moran State Park (9 miles) then up Mt. Constitution, and … Continue reading

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Weather Harbingers ~ Sunday Stills ~ Clouds

 Clouds are weather harbingers. On this cool July morning at Crescent Lake, Oregon, with fishing lines in the water, I looked up to see this lovely cloud formation. With no other clouds around, it drifted and faded into a clear … Continue reading

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Profiles in Form ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Silhouette

Silhouette:  ~ an outline ~  ~  contour, shape, shadow ~ ~ an air of mystery ~ ~ of hidden secrets ~ ~ with undertones of something about to happen ~

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Los Bambinos ~ Sunday Stills ~ Crowd Pleasers

Los Bambinos had the crowd’s rapt attention when they gave a sunset concert at Beach Haven Resort, Orcas Island, WA ~ July, 2012.   Polly G. Vicars – PVNN  Banderas News.com The eldest Bambino, Carlos Salinas Morelos, began his career … Continue reading

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Fishing with Dad

Anyone who follows me at all, knows I am fortunate that my Dad is still alive and kicking (sometimes bucking everybody, every which way), and that, as a family, camping, hunting and fishing are part of our DNA. This past … Continue reading

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Gaping Maw ~ Sunday Stills ~ Entrances and Gateways

 Ferry landing at Clinton-Mukilteo, and ferry to Whidbey Island, Washington ~ USA

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Dark and Light ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Contrast

Dark would be blank without light; light would be empty but for the contrast of dark.  

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