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View from Shelter Island in San Diego looking toward downtown

Muse
What inspires you? What gets your blood pumping? Is it great food, good company or a task well-done? If you are a photographer or writer, amateur or pro, what is your muse for a beautiful photo or an insightful blog post or story?

The Weekly Photo Challenge asks us this question.

If you follow my blog, you know that wind and water are my twin muses. As an avid board sport enthusiast, wind and water attract me like a moth to flame, or a duck to water (wink). I also can’t get enough of pine covered mountains.

There is nothing like the inspiration of leisure to be the muse for many people. I hope you enjoy this collection of some of my favorite leisure spaces.

Windsurfers at Sherman Island, Sacramento delta
Kids enjoying water sports at the Aquatic Center
Unicorn Peak stands watch over the meadows
No wind? No problem. Get out your SUP and enjoy!
We love water, but we need to be safe.
Sun sets on stand-up paddlers on the delta
Dana Fork of the Tuolumne River runs near the campground (Yosemite National Park)
New sailors try their hand at windsurfing and sailing at Sac State Aquatic Center

Published by Terri Webster Schrandt

Mostly retired, I am a part-time reporter/photographer for a local monthly newspaper. I'm former university adjunct faculty, self-published author, and retired recreation and parks practitioner living in Eastern Washington State near the Idaho border. Second Wind Leisure Perspectives is my blog about living a leisure lifestyle that includes fitness, photography, and fun.

28 thoughts on “Wind and Water: Muses from Leisure”

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  3. Beautiful pictures! Makes me miss the ocean. I lived in the desert for a few years, and I’ve moved to a mountainous area now. I long for the day I can visit the coast again.

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    1. If you have a smart phone, you can install dropbox on both your phone and computer. I used to just email images to myself from my phone. It’s getting much easier to create and add your own photos đŸ™‚

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  10. Terri, how special and fitting to write that water and wind are your muses….Indeed, these parts of nature are your lifeblood and it shows in your writing and in your inspiration for it!
    Hmm, my muse? I think kindness…whenever I see an act of kindness around me, it makes me want to write about it…Oh, and also good food!
    Have a lovely rest of your Friday — it’s sunny and gorgeous here in NYC…Finally!!

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      1. Thanks Terri!
        Today we have rain and only 70 degrees here…Please send some of that sunshine here and I’ll send the rain out there!
        Have a super weekend and I’ll write something soon…It’s churning in my brain!

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