“Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.” Raoul Dufy
“I never get tired of the blue sky.” Vincent Van Gogh
Blue symbolizes trust, loyalty and confidence.
“Let the blue sky meet the blue sea and all is blue for a time.” Moncy Barbour
Cheers to Blue!
For this challenge, I’ve selected previously posted photos that are monochrome due to the light that was present when I snapped the picture.
Sundown at Long Beach, WA ~ USA
Man and Kite, Long Beach, WA ~ USA
October Sundown, Orcas Island, WA ~ USA
Natural Sepia, Long Beach, WA ~ USA
Evening Walk, Long Beach, WA ~ USA
Light from our sun reveals earth’s beauty. It is up to us to preserve it.
Often I take photos not knowing how or when I might post them. Last week at the beach, I stopped to snap the numbered buoys on a pole beside the path through the dunes. Now, less than a week later, Cee provides a challenge to put these gems out for all to see!
I love spiderwebs dripping with dew. These two on either side of a provocatively stained post, are my nod to Halloween.
Two young Black-Tail bucks grazed in the dunes one morning at Long Beach.
It’s mushroom and toadstool time in the Pacific Northwest. Though lovely to look at and photograph, Amanita muscaria, commonly known as fly agaric, is considered poisonous, but not deadly. They contain psychoactive chemicals, and have a long history of use in Asia and Northern Europe.
This pair of Western Gulls (Laurus occidentals) looked like they were having an important tête-à-tête on their driftwood perch. I make it a practice to photograph from a distance, and don’t allow Jello to chase birds at the beach – well sometimes the crows – but not the shorebirds and eagles!
Immature ~one-year Bald Eagles, watched as Jello and I circled past. What magnificent birds they are!
A mature pair of Bald Eagles. They mate for life, and the female is larger than the male.
From the Albany Carousel Museum, two pretty ponies.
I’ll close with one of my favorite photo’s of a couple walking the beach, as Sanderling and other shorebirds migrated through.
🐾 When I read Tina’s theme for this week’s Lens-Artists challenge, I thought about the tune, Two by Two, from Tony Bennet’s, 1965 album, Songs for the Jet Set. A lifetime favorite.
Autumn cheer from Jello and Lindy!
Low tide at Beard’s Hollow, provides a peek into the geology and ecology of this region where the North American Continent and the Pacific Ocean meet, on the north shore of the Columbia River.
Buffeted by wind and waves over centuries, stone splits into boulders, rocks, gravel and sand. Caught in nooks and crannies, pockets of dirt provide a foothold for perennial native grasses, ferns, and shrubs to colonize the hillside.
Roots reach into and fragment rock, while leaves and stems add humus to the soil.
Native flora weaves a tapestry, from its sandy base at ocean’s edge, across and up the craggy hill, to where evergreen trees hug the ridge.
Beards Hollow, Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, WA – USA
From the mystery of a wild bog, skunk cabbage and horsetails rise to daylight.
Colors and textures stack, one over the other.
Amanita muscaria emerges, under cover of grass.
Layers in motion
A mature Bald Eagle keeps her perch, while a flock of Cowbirds glean in dune-grass along the berm.
When Jello and I took our walk the afternoon of June 9, 2019, Brown Pelican migration northward was underway. What a photographer’s blessing to see the sky dotted with pelicans on the wing, and a flock resting in the surf.
Clouds stack-up along the perimeter of a bright blue sky.
A serious minus tide, leaves layers of wrack-lines on the sands at Long Beach, WA.
Thank you Amy and Lens-Artists, for a challenge which prompted me to examine my photographic images from another perspective. I like that!
Amanita muscaria
Looking back through previously posted photos, I was surprised how many candid photos there were, but I decided to delve into recent shots that I haven’t yet featured.
Girls going round and round!
I had such fun spotlighting the Albany Carousel last week, it was a happy coincidence to find these candid shots among those photos.
All aboard!
A volunteer stands watch, as we go round and round!
A volunteer in the painting studio.
Since Leya gave us permission to feature candids of pets too (thank you!), here are some Jello and friends shots from our favorite dog park.
Where we sit and look out over the park before leaving.
Kids and dogs run up the hill toward our bench.
Beagles and Bassets – what fun!
I’ll close with a candid taken from a distance.
Hubby, Creighton on the deck of our condo at Long Beach.
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