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Profoundly Blue ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Depth

This week’s challenge provides an opportunity to spotlight Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, USA. Originally named Mount Mazama, it was the tallest peak in Oregon at 12,000 feet until around 5400 B.C. when the mountain had a massive eruption, … Continue reading

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San Diego Zoo ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Express Yourself

This challenge prompted me to review photos I took when my sisters, niece and I visited the San Diego Zoo in September, 2012. Here are a few snaps of particularly expressive birds and mammals.  

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Hortensia en hiver ~ Sunday Stills ~ Night Shots

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Tranquil Waters ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Serenity

Here are a few of my favorite vistas in nature where earth, water and light create a sense of tranquility and peace. When I am there, the sounds of birds, water and breeze add to the calm I experience.

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Midwinter Chill ~ Sunday Stills ~ Cold as Ice

Wet, cold and dreary is the forecast for the Pacific Northwest (USA) the rest of the week. This photo of water flowing and freezing was taken during an earlier cold snap. All the more reason to be inside with a … Continue reading

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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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Welcome New Year

Outside the birds huddle into their winter shelters and ice begins to form on the surface of my pond. Inside all is warm and aglow. Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!  

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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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Gold Illumination ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Yellow

Yellow is one of three primary colors on the spectrum. Combine it with blue and you have shades of green, do the same with red and the many nuances of orange appear. Though gold doesn’t blend as yellow can, it … Continue reading

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‘Tis the Season ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Twinkle

 Joyeux Noel tout le monde!

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