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Greatness and Sacrifice ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Monument

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

It was 1960, I was eleven years old and had traversed 3,000 miles across the USA with my family in a station wagon hauling a travel trailer.  We started in the middle of Washington state, and landed in Boston.  During … Continue reading →

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The Less Beaten Path ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Street Life

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

  cinnamon cedar scent mixes with cool salt sea mist together we welcome our shared solitude

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Here to There ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Perspective

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

I took this photo with my camera resting on top of the old weathered timber that extended across Crescent Creek.  This angle extends the length, making it look a long way to the other side.  Since I took this shot … Continue reading →

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Josie + Snow = Fun ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Threes

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Yesterday a few flakes whirled through the air.  TV and radio weather newscasts warned us to prepare for several days of heavy snow ~ soon. By the time Creighton returned from gathering supplies, all the school districts in the greater … Continue reading →

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Mossy Sisal ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Object

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Hunting mushrooms on Orcas Island, I came upon this pile of rope returning to earth.

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I Spy ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Window

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

Windows, like eyes, see in and out, offer changing views, weather news, a glimpse into and beyond right here and now, always inviting me to linger. What my windows look like from the inside is as important to me as … Continue reading →

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Got The Big One!! ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Joy

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Lindy Le Coq

In July 2011, my grandnephew Justin was 7 years old.  He’d spent a whole week with his grandpa and grandma at their fishing campsite near Crescent Lake. This photo was taken just after Justin landed a prize Mackinaw Trout out … Continue reading →

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Pinnacles ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Grand

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

Crater Lake National Park is almost in my back yard; a mere 250 miles South.  Last summer my sister took me around the entire perimeter and then down to the canyon floor to see the pinnacles.  Maybe not Grand, as … Continue reading →

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Splash! Weekly Photo Challenge (Show Me Fresh!)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Lindy Le Coq

On mid July afternoons the temperature rises into the nineties at Crescent Creek in the high desert wilds of Willamette Pass, Oregon.  To refresh ourselves, my sister and I would sit on this log then soak & float in the … Continue reading →

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