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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Mirror 2 ~

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~ Sunset Self-Portrait ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Mirror ~

Sunsets at Beach Haven are spectacular. This one is reflecting on the water and on the window of the cabin with me in silhouette, seems an apt entry to this weeks photo challenge! Mirror

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Frame 3 ~

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~ Frame-Up ~ Cee’s Odd Ball + WPC – Frame 2 ~

Another thing Vic Moore taught me, was to keep an eye out for the absurd: things, items, places, situations — find the fun and the lesson in what is everywhere around us — revel with the odd balls of life! … Continue reading

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~ Creekside ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Frame 1 ~

I remember when my high school art teacher, Vic Moore showed me that by circling my thumb and  finger together I could make a frame to look  through — anytime — anywhere. With my thumb resting upon my cheekbone, I … Continue reading

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~ River Jewelwing ~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Rare ~

Although this jewel may not be rare to others, getting a good close-up shot of any damselfly (or dragonfly) is a rare feat for me! Rare

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Fun! ~

My week-long stay at Crescent Creek Cottages began with a family reunion with cousin Duncan Low, and his wonderful companion Carolyn, who joined us for one night and the next morning. It had been forty years since I last met-up … Continue reading

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~ Rising Mist ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Morning ~

Early morning in the Oregon Cascade Mountains breaks fresh and bracing. Mist rises, as the sun crests the eastern ridge and pours its warmth into the marshy margins of Crescent Creek. Sun rays slant through the pines, as Jello sniffs … Continue reading

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Narrow ~

Washington State highway 14 eastbound — two lanes Slender fir trees tower over a tiny Pacific Ocean inlet Two way footpath through dunes to the Pacific Ocean If narrow leads me to expansive, vast wide open places, I can drive … Continue reading

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~ Conconully by Canoe + WPC – Cherry On Top ~

Thursday afternoon, I rented a canoe and paddled Jello over to the 72 foot high (~21 m) earthen dam that created this reservoir. Constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1910-11, and reconstructed in 1969, the Conconully Dam is … Continue reading

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