Category Archives: weekly photo challenge

Welcome New Year

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Lindy Le Coq

Outside the birds huddle into their winter shelters and ice begins to form on the surface of my pond. Inside all is warm and aglow. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!  

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Thrush ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Warmth

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

With the temperature outside barely above freezing, I sat sipping coffee at my kitchen table thinking about what I wanted to share for this week’s Photo Challenge. Just then two Varied Thrush (lxoreus naevius) landed on the deck railing to … Continue reading →

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Gold Illumination ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Yellow

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Yellow is one of three primary colors on the spectrum. Combine it with blue and you have shades of green, do the same with red and the many nuances of orange appear. Though gold doesn’t blend as yellow can, it … Continue reading →

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‘Tis the Season ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Twinkle

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

 Joyeux Noel tout le monde!

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Pacific Quest ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Gone, But Not Forgotten

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Whenever I walk by this sign, it gives me pause to contemplate what it must have been like to navigate this country over two hundred years ago.

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Come Together ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Converge

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s challenge is to explore how lines and shapes can converge in interesting ways. In these photos, taken on a recent visit to Orcas Island, the lines in nature brought my focus to a point in the distance and … Continue reading →

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1970 Vietnam War Protest ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Accomplishment

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

As this week of highlighting “accomplishment” comes to a close, I feel compelled to talk about my participation in student protests against the war in Vietnam. It was a time of passion on college campuses, and a defining moment for … Continue reading →

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Project V ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Achievement

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

There are many things I’ve done successfully which required effort, courage and/or skill. Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, 45 year marriage (through better and worse, in sickness and in health) a 30 year career, a home to live in and a … Continue reading →

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River Otter at Dawn ~Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Minimal

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Another lovely scene with no photographic enhancements. Just what it looked like as I snapped the shot.  

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Readers ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Minimalist

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

I have been waiting for just the right challenge to post this shot. I love to capture moments like this when by accident of light and place a perfect image presents itself.

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