~~~ Wordless Wednesday ~~~

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Amis Durable ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

Such hale fellows these perennial friends, as they shed dormancy with tender tips, bright leaves, and bold buds.

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Wake Robin ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

In the first hour of spring 2015, I made a photo-shoot tour of my gardens and found new life emerging. So much fresh growth greeted me — like old friends I am happy to see again.

first hour of spring 2015 ~ Vancouver, WA trillium

trillium

 fragile tri-lily
wild woodland flower
sacred soother of women

~ Thank you to Sharon Brown for her discussion about trillium lore at: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/973/

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Spring Roses ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

tender red-green leaves emerge
trembling in springbreeze

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first hour of spring 2015 ~ Vancouver, WA

branches reach stretch taut
issuing thorny barbs

first hour of spring 2015 ~ Vancouver, WA

first hour of spring 2015 ~ Vancouver, WA

suckled by warm sun
buds anticipate pure joy

first spring morning 2015 after rain ~ Vancouver, WA

first spring morning 2015 after rain ~ Vancouver, WA

 

 

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Cedar Fence ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Walls

“…consider the walls you’ve erected and decorated…the exteriors you’ve…neglected. What do these walls reveal about…you?”

There is much I love about the still-life on this wall, especially when the shrubs around it add their softness and light.

P1040245 - Version 2In the forefront is a living pond with three koi. I spotted one emerging from hibernation yesterday and again today. A good sign. As with all gardens, this is a work in progress.

Perhaps I will feature photos of this wall again as the seasons turn.

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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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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 me now at the ripening age of sixty-six. This is one of my very favorite photos from those years, a lovely silhouette of Dad and his beloved horses.

Pics Scannded From Dad Low  (5)Thanks to my sister, Lori Soli, this photo and many others have been digitally transferred and stored in family albums. Who took this shot? I do not know. Wish I could say it is mine, but I truly don’t know. It sure is a beauty though!
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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? And all the cycling trips Creighton and I took, and the three weeks in France touring with his cousins — all very rewarding, but somehow not on the mark for me right now.

IMG_1732In keeping with my philosophy to focus on BEing, I have chosen to feature something that came from me and felt especially rewarding to complete. Whenever a drawing emerges from the blank page, I get a wonderful, warm glow of achievement.

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