Tag Archives: arts

~ 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birding, bugs & critters, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, nature, nature photography, ornithology, pacific northwest, photography, Writing | Tagged arts, Birding, color pencil drawings, landscape gardening, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Long Beach Peninsula, nature, nature photography, pacific northwest, writing | 5 Comments

Repurposed Poems ~ Hope Wish Belief Want

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Hope forever flutters like a baby bird featherless – naked will it fly on fledgling wings or fall, a soft sack of tiny broken bones – bereft. Wish is hope suspended a floating feather drifting ever closer then sailing away … Continue reading →

Posted in birds, Feathers, nature, Poetry, Writing | Tagged analysis, arts, birds, father, love, nature, Poetry, relationship, self awareness, writing | Leave a comment

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above – Whirling Vortex

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

It was our first day in San Diego. My older sister, Diana, and I were visiting our younger sister, Lori. We arrived in the early morning. Knowing we would be tired but eager to see the sights, Lori suggested we … Continue reading →

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Approaching Zebra

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Lindy Le Coq

I took this photo inside the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, from the top of the stairs looking up at the searchlight in its glass paneled ceiling. I titled the photo Zebra 2, knowing Creighton would understand the reference. There was … Continue reading →

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Batshit Tidbits

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Lindy Le Coq

In a company of widgeons, huddled under a cloud of bats, a parliament of owls and a wisdom of wombats remark upon a loveliness of ladybirds. A convocation of eagles approach a tower of giraffes who are watching a memory … Continue reading →

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Feather finished

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Lindy Le Coq

I love before and after photos of projects like remodeling a bathroom, or bringing a shed or garage back into service. This is the first time I have taken pics of a drawing while in process, and it really … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Being, Drawing, Feathers, Photographs | Tagged arts, illustration, photography, wood carvings | 1 Comment

Feather

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Lindy Le Coq

With a storm brewing and my blog established, I started to draw yesterday, and continued today. This is my ‘fledgling’ drawing this year. Hard to believe, yet these are intricate, detailed renderings I make, and it takes a lot of … Continue reading →