Lindy Low LeCoq

~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

Landscape Gardening à la Jello!

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge # 43: Less is More ~

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

Often when I’m out exploring and taking photos, a view will grab my attention even though there isn’t a primary focus, as in the picture below.

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After I’ve downloaded photos to my computer, I crop to enhance the original image, drawing the viewers eye to a point of interest, like the splashes of water in the cropped version below.

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This Turkey tail fungus grabbed my attention for its texture and color.

Taken with my iPhone, the original has many interesting possibilities. Below are three crops that make more of much by spotlighting specific features.

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This next photo is much improved by removing extraneous and distracting elements.

The cropped version draws our eyes to the moon and horizon.

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Sometimes a photo I snap in the field is ‘perfect’ just as it is. However, I am a wandering photographer, usually with a beagle pulling me ahead to discover the next view. I’ve learned to take pictures as I go and fix them up later. Not magic, but oh, with this technology, so easy to do!

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #43–Less is More

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #42: Creativity ~

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

In spring my creative efforts move from writing to gardening. One of my favorite events is the annual Idea Fair and Plant Sale that our local PUD sponsors. There I am able to find new additions to my shade and sun gardens.

One of my favorite vendors is Seabright Gardens. Their variety of perennial shade to sun plants (and I have a lot of shade) is deep and the plants are healthy.

The prices at this market are always a little less, so my dollars stretch a bit farther.

Some of the plants I selected yesterday, which will be planted into my gardens.

This little patch under a large fir tree is one that soon will be brimming with new life. Watch this space on Wordless Wednesday to see what I’ve created with plants!

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge – Vanishing Point ~

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

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Migrating Canada Goose flock over Long Beach, WA – USA ~ Easter 2019

“…the seasons they go round and round…” Joni Mitchell

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #41: Delicious ~

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

Creighton and I love fresh, crusty, classic breads; baguette, ciabatta, rustic all are favorites. We had been disappointed with what we found in local bakeries on the Long Beach peninsula – until yesterday!

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We went in for scones and here was all this lovely bread!

We stayed for a quiche brunch and brought scones and bread home for later.

What a delightful little cafe, with delectable food!

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #40: Something Different ~

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Tina challenges us to show something “out of the norm…something we wouldn’t normally expect from you.” Since most of my posts feature nature, this time my subject is man-made metal objects.

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Before Creighton and I bought the condo on Long Beach, we vacationed yearly on Orcas Island. To get there involved a wonderful hour on one of Washington State’s Ferries. I loved getting out of the car to explore the vessel and breathe the fresh air. The images above were taken on one such walkabout.

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The Astoria-Megler Bridge is an amazing engineering achievement. Its construction bears witness to what happens when two states cooperate, as Oregon and Washington did to complete this major infrastructure improvement. Creighton and I gladly paid the toll to cross when we visited Astoria, then drove up the Long Beach Peninsula on our honeymoon in 1969. Driving across this bridge still is a thrill!