Tag Archives: outdoors

~ Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge # 252: What’s Bugging You? ~

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Donna from Wind Kisses invites us to get up close and cozy with bugs this week. I grew up where Black Widow Spiders hung out in dark corners, and now and then a scorpion would appear on the trail and … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Cape Disappointment Light House from Waikiki Beach ~

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #247: Backlit ~

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week Ann-Christine invites us to feature our “dramatic, stunning and eye-catching” photos that are a result of backlighting. In my first photo I wanted to capture the action of a strong easterly wind when it lifted spray from the … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 244: Glowing Moments ~

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Welcome to Siobhan Sullivan of Bend Branches, this week’s LAPC guest host, who throws the doors wide open with the theme Glowing Moments. While selecting photos, I realized that there were some images for which I had previously written haiku. … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #240: The Road (most often) Taken ~

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Those who follow my WordPress site know that nature landscapes are my favorite subject. Our host this week, John Steiner suggests this is “the road I’ve chosen to take most often.” A subset of nature landscapes that I love as … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ The Ides of March ~

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #239: Finding Peace ~

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s challenge from Tina, took me into a thoughtful consideration of what elements of life bring me a sense of internal peace. Visual elements include soft pastels, puffy clouds, water ripples and sunlight. Over the thirty years I worked … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Late Winter Beach ~

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #238: Alone Time ~

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Being alone is a happy place; I am immersed in my own world, contemplating, mulling memories, remembering dreams, creating my now, moment by moment. On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾 Thank … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #237: Bringing Softness ~

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Welcome to Bren, of Brashley Photography who is our guest host this week. She challenges us to show softness in our photos by lowering clarity and with the use of software. All the photos I feature in this post are … Continue reading →

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