Lindy Low LeCoq

~ Report From the Edge of a Continent ~Bellyache ~

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

From fathomless depths,

after months in her belly,

heaps of human generated trash

roil in turbulent ocean.

New moon at high tide

elicits extensive purge;

Pacific Ocean vomits

our garbage over her shoreline.

Goose barnacles, Pollicipes polymerus

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

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Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98: Delicate Colors ~

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

When the ocean roils with waves and wind, it leaves traces on the shore in a symphony of foam.

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The etherial hues of sea foam are a delight to behold.

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Light suffused through mist and spray creates a lovely blue filter on the jetty at North Head Lighthouse.

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Morning fog catches sunlight softening the dunes at Long Beach, WA.

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Survival in the wild requires blending in with the environment. A Mallard hen and her chicks are so subtly colored, they disappear into the grasses and ponds.

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High rolling clouds catch the muted pastels of sundown, casting a lavender veil over the dunes.

Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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Thank you Leya for a chance to feature softness!

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Mature Bald Eagle feeding

Breeding Snowy Plover

Handsome Mallard drake and hen

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97: Pastimes ~

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

When I retired, eight years ago, my colleagues would ask me, “What are you going to do with your time?” My standard answer was that I planned to focus my energy on the creative passions I’d tucked in around the edges of life all those years!

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Writing has been a passion since high school. Over these 8 years I’ve completed three short stories, which I also illustrated with original color pencil drawings.

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Birding is a shared passion in my family. With more time to do research and a good camera to capture images, my knowledge has grown right along with my photography archives!

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Growing up, my curiosity about natural life, flora and fauna, was encouraged and rewarded. My desire to make things using found objects goes back to grade school!

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Finding a Leather Sea Star dead on the beach (the first time I’d seen one dead or alive on the peninsula), prompted me get a shadow box and create a presentation of beach finds. Clockwise from upper left; Volcano Limpet, small Dungeness crab, Western Nassa Mud Snail, and Acorn barnacles.

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The idea of making “treasure boxes” intrigued me, and I’ve fashioned two so far.

While here at The Breakers the past two months, I’ve also expressed my passion for landscape gardening. The little garden I adopted last year has flourished, and two more are coming along nicely.

But wait, there’s more! However this is quite enough to give you a look into the other pastimes I enjoy along with keeping this blog alive and fresh.

Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97- Pastimes

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~ Sunday Surprise ~

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Sunday morning, while I was making coffee and getting ready for our walk, Jello started baying at the sliding glass door and trying like crazy to climb over it! The last time she made this kind of a ruckus, was when she saw a coyote in the meadow below our deck.

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I ran to the living room, grabbed my LUMIX and was able to get a few shots of this American black bear as it made its way across the grasslands and disappeared into the trees.

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Jello continued to bay from the deck, hackles on high, and expressing her disbelief that I wasn’t going to take her out on the chase that very minute!

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When we did get outside, Jello’s nose was very busy scanning the grasslands and trails for any trace of Ursus americanus. Luckily the bear was long gone by then!

Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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~ Report From the Edge of a Continent ~ Sunshine’s Reflections ~

Posted on May 15, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Wilson’s Snipe

Canada Goose

My beagle and walking companion, Jello.

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~ CFFC ~ Sense of Taste ~

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

In a recent Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge, I included photos of the fresh Dungeness crab salad I was preparing.

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Organic romaine lettuce, hard boiled quail eggs, celery, and freshly cracked Dungeness crab with wedges of fresh lemon.

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Mallard ducks are dabblers. They bob their beaks into the pond feeding upon the abundant marsh grasses below the surface.

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These youngsters love their greens!

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Hummingbirds feed on the nectar of flowers, and take respite in the availability of feeders like this one.

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On a whim, we put this up on the deck of our condominium. What a joy it is to see both Rufous and Anna’s hummingbirds visiting it every day!

Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Report from the Edge of a Continent ~

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

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Wishing everyone safe harbor as we navigate uncharted waters.

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #96: Cropping The Shot ~

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Lovely as it is, especially on Mother’s Day, yet with a bit of cropping it’s even better.

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Shortening the foreground brings the focus to mama Mallard and chicks.

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Bright sunlight, streaming through green and dun foliage – what’s the point?

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Cropping reveals a Praying Mantis.

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In January 2020, I came upon a gathering of Bald Eagles. As I approached, my goal was to capture images so that I might estimate how many were present.

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In the above photo, there are seven eagles of various ages together. The morning was misty gray, and to honor their space I remained at a distance, using the full 24X of my Panasonic LUMIX.

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Cropping out the partial eagles on the left and right, makes the scene far more dramatic. Also, we can confirm there are two juveniles huddled together directly behind the adult eagle.

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As the sun was setting the other day, light reflecting on the grasses was lovely.

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Straightening the photo helped get the shot in balance!

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Cropping the foreground and sky, lets the pink tinged grass in front lead our eye into the scene and focus on the lavender hued grass in the center and distance.

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Jello and I were on an early morning walk when I took this shot. The way she was standing, and the gorgeous sunlight glistening on the dunes knocked me out.

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