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SHadō ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Shadow

~  a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface. ~ lightness, darkness, and all the shades of sun, water, wind and earth ~ “For whatever we lose (like a you or … Continue reading

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Thrush ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Warmth

With the temperature outside barely above freezing, I sat sipping coffee at my kitchen table thinking about what I wanted to share for this week’s Photo Challenge. Just then two Varied Thrush (lxoreus naevius) landed on the deck railing to … Continue reading

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Ice & Snow ~ Sunday Stills ~ Walking Through A Winter Wonderland

  Snow in Vancouver, USA occurs infrequently; once a year — maybe twice or not at all. Every once in a while we get snow at the holidays. After the snow, we often experience a “silver thaw.” Vancouver is located … Continue reading

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Pacific Quest ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Gone, But Not Forgotten

Whenever I walk by this sign, it gives me pause to contemplate what it must have been like to navigate this country over two hundred years ago.

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Come Together ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Converge

This week’s challenge is to explore how lines and shapes can converge in interesting ways. In these photos, taken on a recent visit to Orcas Island, the lines in nature brought my focus to a point in the distance and … Continue reading

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River Otter at Dawn ~Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Minimal

Another lovely scene with no photographic enhancements. Just what it looked like as I snapped the shot.  

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Downward Climb ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Descent

Into The Palouse June 20, 2014 landing in a Horizon airplane at Pullman-Moscow Airport.

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Autumn Surprises ~ Sunday Stills ~ Fall Folliage

It’s berry ripening time here in the Pacific Northwest. Holly berries are shading from chartreuse to tangerine and the Porcelain berries are showing us why they have that name! Throughout the Willamette valley you will find vast acres of Blueberry … Continue reading

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Bending Light ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Refraction

Refraction occurs when light passes into a transparent material. Instead of reflecting or changing the path of light (as my Sparkle photos of light on water show) refraction bends the light, changes its direction as it passes into another transparent … Continue reading

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Sparkle ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Refraction

As long as I can remember the phenomenon of light refracting in clouds and reflecting on water has fascinated me. Perhaps it is because I was near, or on the water often while growing up. Here are some examples.  

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