~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Moonset ~

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Under A Periwinkle Sky ~

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Once again I am in a place where, even with my personal hot-spot cell connection, I’m unable to load photos onto my blog, or look at the ones my WordPress friends are offering for view! Grump!!  Not sure if there’s a fix, but for this week I’m sticking to word pictures and will get some drafts ready to post when I get back home on Saturday.

life in the slow-down lane

starts on the freeway

ends with a view across the dunes 

to where ocean and shore unite

under a periwinkle sky

2018©Lindy Low Le Coq

 

 

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #11: Small Is Beautiful”

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Growing up nearsighted, I was fascinated when I inspected small things up-close. Whether I brought the item to my eyes, or got myself close enough to see it, little things intrigued me.

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I hope you enjoy these examples of lovely, small events in nature.

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In response to Amy’s challenge:  “Small is Beautiful”

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Surfacing ~

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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Once again, I apologize to my WordPress friends for being absent without explanation! Too much happening all at once and lack of connectivity for part of that time. A trip to the beach is on my horizon, so more time to reflect and reconnect!

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~ Lense-Artist Photo Challenge #10: Fences ~

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

This fence, surrounding a construction site at a public park, let’s everyone know exactly why it is here and how we are expected to behave in the area!

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I much prefer the gentle welcome of this guardrail, guiding me down the trail.

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Beach Haven ~ Orcas Island, WA – USA

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Sunburst design on a wooden fence gate, Orcas Island, WA – USA

Pics Scannded From Dad Low (5)

Harvey Low, with his horses in the morning, Pullman, WA – USA ~1967

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LaJolla CA – USA

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #9: Action ~

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

I have been out of action on WP this past week while my sister and I travelled to northern Idaho to visit our cousins, Duncan and David. We had reunited with Duncan (after thirty-odd years of not being in contact), three years ago. On this visit we stayed with him and spent an afternoon/evening with his older brother David, for the first time in forty-five years. It was amazing! With no wi-fi connectivity, I was unable to connect to WordPress, so even though it’s late, I decided to post to this challenge anyway.

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Jello is the star today. Here she is straining at her lead, desperate to chase after the White Tail Deer we encountered in the road by David’s cabin near Priest Lake, Idaho.

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Jello is a Beagle – therefore a hound – so her nose is always in action…

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…neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow slows her down!

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Well, sometimes the sun and being on a boat, limits her activity!

 

Lens Artists Challenge: Action

 

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~ Take Two ~ Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Glass ~

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Yesterday’s post featured these same glass pieces, with their color as the focus. Today I offer them in Black and White. What fun!

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Alluring Orient & Flume Paperweight

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Treble Clef

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Glass Egg Reflection

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Perthshire Paperweight

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Large Vase

 

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~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Tricky Turquoise ~

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Cee begins a color odyssey with Teal, Aqua, Seafoam or Turquoise. After putting together a post using photos I had previously presented on WP, I scrapped it. Instead I’m presenting glass works I own that are in the specified color family. Tomorrow,  I’ll show you what they look like in B&W in response to Cee’s Black and White photo challenge!

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Orient and Flume paperweight 1975

 

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Glass Treble Clef (purchased from Signals catalog)

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Glass egg 1978 (signed HS)

 

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Perthshire Paperweight

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Large Vase (purchased at Pier 1)

 

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~ Willow Stump Garden One Year Later ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Lense Artists Photo Challenge #8: COLORFUL ~

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Tina Schell challenges us to lighten up and introduce some fun and frivolity to our posts this week. Levity – lightheartedness is often elusive – but always welcome!

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The Lavender Lady – a coastal eccentric with vivid, wonderfully fun taste!

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Garden art at the Lavender Lady’s ~ Ilwaco, WA (USA)

Another entry into the Garden Art Hall of Fame!

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Riverside Park ~ Spokane, WA (USA)

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This stained-glass window was a gift from my mother-in-law. What I know of its history is limited; an old-country artisan living in our region created it using old-world glass.

To look up at nature’s beautiful offering of plum blossoms set against a bright blue spring sky brings me a sense of peace and hope. 

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“…it is important to find moments of joy. We are surrounded by all of the colors of the rainbow, but it’s up to us to recognize and appreciate them.” Tina Schell

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #8: COLORFUL

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