~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s Flower of The Day ~

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq
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~ Lens Artists Photo Challenge 118: Communication ~ Jello Talk ~

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

I’ve loved animals all my life, and though my childhood dream of being a Veterinarian didn’t materialize, I did turn into a pretty good dog-whisperer.

Jello is the fifth Beagle we’ve welcomed into our family. She was four when we were blessed to become her forever home. This Christmas she will turn 10. What a lot of fun she continues to be!

Are we there yet?
I smell a deer!
I can see you, but you can’t see me Mr. Squirrel.
Rabbit hole.
Stinky poo.
I am NOT a water-dog.
Eclipses make me uneasy. Bring back the sun!
I’m outta here!
It’s hot, and I gotta pee.

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Lens Artists Challenge #118 Biasini Speaks about Communication

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Beach Critters & Birds ~

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq
Praying Mantis (Mantodea)
Maybe Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayerii)
Maybe Steve Morey knows? https://theoutershores.com/about/
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 117: A Photo Walk ~

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

It was overcast and gray when Jello and I took our morning walk the other day at Long Beach, Washington. Looking back at the berm where we leave the Discovery Trail and enter the beach, a rugged cross marks the place.

Leaving the Discovery Trail, a metal salmon sculpture provides a handsome bike rack.

A few Sanderling, crow and gulls worked the shoreline this morning.

It was a very low tide which left wonderful designs in the sand. I especially liked how this Razor Clam shell influenced the water flow and sand formation as the tide receded.

When I come upon “found object art” like this, I’m pretty sure some creative spirit has engineered it!

On this morning, tracks were as close as I came to seeing the Black-tail Mule Deer that live on the peninsula.

Earlier in the week these dune grasses were filled with flocks of Cowbirds migrating through.

Western Asters (Aster ascendens) bloom all summer into fall, creating lovely visual highlights of lavender across the meadow.

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Lens Artists Challenge#117: A Photo Walk

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge ~ Farm Animals & Pets ~

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~ Sun+Ocean ~

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq
Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 116 ~ Symmetry ~

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Vertical Symmetry

Sometimes when the sun comes up, light reflecting on raindrops in clouds creates elusive rainbows. If you look closely you will find one in this photograph. 

I love the simple, yet elegant vertical symmetry in the stained glass window detailing of this church.

Long Beach at low tide, looking south toward North Head.

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Horizontal Symmetry

Fishing on Odell Lake, this view of trees and their wavy reflections mesmerized me.

Though not a “mirror image” the top and bottom of this closeup of frosty dune-sand is compelling.

Two male Mallards are resting side-by-side with their beaks tucked under their wings, facing in opposite directions and centered in the shot. My best example of both vertical and horizontal symmetry in one image.

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Radial Symmetry

Radial symmetry is all about lines diverging from a common center.

 
 
 
 

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

 
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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ American Crow ~

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Corvus brachyrbynchos

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge 115 ~ Inspiration ~

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

 

Inspiration from within ~

a fire that animates spirit

to express sensations 

thoughts

emotions.

 Informed by life

 music, poetry, stories

paintings, drawings, photography, dance

motion

color 

light

trees, flowers, birds

snails, butterflies, bears


running rivers, tranquil lakes 

surging oceans

sky

sun 

moon

Wishing everyone safe harbor, as we navigate uncharted waters.🐾

Lens-Artists Challenge #115 – Inspiration

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Midnight Rune Writer ~

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Alloniscus perconvexus

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