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~ In Living Color ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Landscape ~

Last December, I posted this photo in Black and White for Cee’s challenge (link below). The colors and vistas at Crater Lake are truly spectacular! Wizard Island – Crater Lake National Park, Oregon USA https://lindylecoq.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/far-away-and-long-ago-cees-b-w-photo-challenge/ Landscape

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~ Geese On The Wing – Friday Flyers ~

Our fine feathered friends are in migration formation these days! It was a magnificent blue-sky day, when this flock sailed across the sky right over where I stood in an open field. Meanwhile, my back-yard songbirds are finding and settling … Continue reading

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~ Almost Full – Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Half Light 4 ~

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~ Color Your World Robin Egg Blue ~

What a fun project for Easter Sunday afternoon — looking into my archives for pictures featuring the color of a Robin’s Egg! Hope you enjoy!          

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Half Light ~

I’m looking through poems, thinking in song lyrics and haven’t yet put together a complete response to this week’s photo challenge. In the meantime, here is one of my favorite photos of dawn from Cabin 1, Beach Haven, Orcas Island. … Continue reading

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~ Sun Dance ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Dance 2 ~

“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are.” “The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of … Continue reading

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~ Cormorant Deference Dance ~ Weekly Photo Challenge – Dance ~

A Double-crested Cormorant riding driftwood in the tide performed a series of submissive moves, as it approached and passed a dominant Double-crested Cormorant. Notice how stark still the dominant bird remains upon its stationary float. This happened quite a distance … Continue reading

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ In The Fog ~

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~ Lovey Doves ~ Weekly Photo Chalenge – One love ~

For the past few years a pair of Mourning Doves have made our backyard part of their spring to fall habitat. They are such sweet birds. All afternoon into this evening, they gleaned in the primrose rock garden, drank at … Continue reading

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~ Petal Power – Almost Friday Flyers ~

It’s downpour time here in the Pacific Northwest, at the same time my two mature flowering plum trees are in glorious full bloom. Though the light is not the best, I know this is my last chance to get photos … Continue reading

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