Lindy Low LeCoq

~ 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!

Orient and Flume paperweight 1975

Glass Treble Clef (purchased from Signals catalog)

Glass egg 1978 (signed HS)

Perthshire Paperweight

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!

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

Another entry into the Garden Art Hall of Fame!

Riverside Park ~ Spokane, WA (USA)

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.

“…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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~ Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Sculptures, statues, carvings ~

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

In this challenge I’m presenting two of my own wood carvings. The Blue Teal Duck was my first major work. I loved the effect of the burned-in texture on the natural wood and decided not to paint it to make it look like a Blue Teal. Still love it!

Top photo is low color/sepia – below is black & white.

11″ (~28 cm) from beak to tail.

The second woodcarving is of a Haida Ceremonial Bowl. For many years I’ve studied Northwest Native American art, with a focus on the Salish nations from northwest Washington (USA) into British Columbia (Canada).

12″ (~30 cm) from end to end.

At one end is the whale motif, on the other is eagle – both are significant characters in Salish life and lore.

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #7: Everyday Moments ~

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Every day Jello takes me for a walk. Often we go to an open field where cottontail rabbits abound.

It is common to see them nibbling clover in my front yard and living all over the neighborhood.

Bumblebees have made a comeback in this region. Finding them working over flowers throughout the area on our walks, gives me hope for our planet.

And, at the end of any everyday, I can count on Jello to find a cool place to rest!

Thanks to Leya for this everyday reminder of the little things in life that count!

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #7: Everyday Moments (Dutch Countryside)

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~ Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Mirror images or reflections ~

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Reflections and mirror images abound in nature, though taking out color makes this challenge more tricky!

IMG_E7681 Jello paused just long enough for me to snap this shot with her reflection and shadow in the receding tide at Long Beach, WA.

Cee allows the use of sepia and less color-saturation in her Black & White Photo Challenges. These Pussy-willows, reflected in shallow marsh waters, are much more interesting with a hint of color.

Sanderling At Rest – Long Beach.

With so many photos of bird reflections in my archives, it was hard to narrow down what to present here. Sanderling At Rest is one of my favorites.

Bald Eagle in surf at Long Beach, WA

Although the reflection may not be as clear as other choices, it isn’t often one sees a Bald Eagle wading in the surf!

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Though I can’t say definitively what duck this is, the photo fares better with a hint of color.

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Eye Spy ~

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

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~ Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Week 4 ~

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Cee offers an array of subjects for us to choose to contribute to her Fun Foto Challenge. Photos of jet plane contrails reflecting on the calm surface of Odell Lake, Oregon, are among my favorites.

Clouds also fit the challenge. Being in the Pacific Northwest, we are treated to many different cloud formations throughout the year.

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Portland, Oregon’s tram lines on another cloudy day.

Clouds would be welcome here these days!

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Patterns ~ Bugs & Critters ~

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

Bugs and butterflies have attracted me since my childhood; from their lovely textures and patterns, to their ability to blend-in with their environment. Here are a few from my recent wanderings through fields and meadows.

Other critters also use the patterns and colors around them to provide protection. This pair of Junco’s brought their fledglings out to learn to forage along my gravel pathway near the pond, where I toss millet daily. They are almost invisible!