Category Archives: weekly photo challenge

Luscious ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Orange

Oh!  This lush hue that spans the wheel from just about yellow, to almost red — such vibrant tones — all of them orange. Previously posted to Sunday Stills, September, 2014.

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~~~ Wordless Wednesday ~~~

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Forty Acres ~ Sunday Stills ~ Agriculture

When I was fourteen, my Dad and Mom bought a farmhouse and all the outbuildings of a once-working, family dairy farm, on forty acres just three miles south of Pullman, Washington. The work, land, people, and history remain part of … Continue reading

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Owl ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Reward

This week’s photo challenge is wide open for personal interpretation. We are to select a photo that portrays reward for effort; whatever that effort might have been. There are many tokens I have received over the years, but so what? … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Rule of Thirds Photo Challenge ~

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Blue Hydrangea ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Rule of Thirds

This photo is one of a series in which my focus was to study the blue of the flowers when silhouetted against a bright blue, sunny day sky. The “rule of thirds” is what pulls your eye into this particular … Continue reading

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Radial ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Symmetry

Each of these lovely blossoms are living examples of radial symmetry — a natural balance.    

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Spring Wine ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Symmetry

With family here for a collective birthday celebration, and a temperature of 75f yesterday, my sister and I enjoyed our wine while talking by the pond and on the deck. What a joy to be part of a dear family, … Continue reading

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At Anchor ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Scale

This week’s photo challenge is to provide a sense of scale in a photograph. This ship anchor, is as big as the picnic table behind it. The tables and house in the background provide additional dimensions to the scale in … Continue reading

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Profoundly Blue ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Depth

This week’s challenge provides an opportunity to spotlight Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, USA. Originally named Mount Mazama, it was the tallest peak in Oregon at 12,000 feet until around 5400 B.C. when the mountain had a massive eruption, … Continue reading

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