Wind and Water: Muses from Leisure

boats-in-San-Diego-marina — View from Shelter Island in San Diego looking toward downtown

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.

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28 responses to “Wind and Water: Muses from Leisure”

Thrift Story Candy | litadoolan

Jun 29, 2015 at 10:45 am

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Richard Schulte

Jun 28, 2015 at 12:00 am

Great photos!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 28, 2015 at 7:57 am
  
  Thank you, Richard!
  
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Raisa

Jun 27, 2015 at 7:14 pm

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. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 28, 2015 at 7:57 am
  
  Thank you, I’m happy you liked them.
  
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Muse | tnkerr-Writing Prompts and Practice

Jun 27, 2015 at 8:09 am

[…] in the Sun The Wandering Poet DP Prompt ~ Muse My Muse: Laguna Beach’s Lifeguard Tower Perspectives On…. Wind and Water: Muses from Leisure Lost in Translation A fuoco freshpaula Weird is Beautiful angle and views Muse Siemens […]

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Tessa

Jun 26, 2015 at 9:37 pm

Your photos are great. My muse is blogging by the ocean or in the woods, but I don’t have a laptop. 🙂

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 10:20 pm
  
  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 🙂
  
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  1. Tessa
    
    Jun 26, 2015 at 11:16 pm
    
    My smart phone is getting stupider. It is 3 years old and WordPress no longer even comes up. I hate typing on them too.
    
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  2. Terri Webster Schrandt
    
    Jun 27, 2015 at 7:29 am
    
    Yikes!
    
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  3. Tessa
    
    Jun 27, 2015 at 11:01 pm
    
    Oh did I mention I am stupider than the stupid iPhone 4 I have.
    
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brittabottle

Jun 26, 2015 at 7:59 pm

Ah such beautiful and inspiring photos, Terri. It’s so lovely to see your passion come out in your photography. I especially love the sunset photo. 🙂

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 8:34 pm
  
  Thank you for those kind words, Britta!
  
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desleyjane

Jun 26, 2015 at 7:31 pm

That first shot is glorious! Lovely post Terri – there is just something about water, isn’t there?

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Michele

Jun 26, 2015 at 6:51 pm

Water always inspires me. I love that photo of the boats near San Diego, gorgeous! It looks like a watercolor painting.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 7:34 pm
  
  Thanks Michele! I took it with my samsung phone then just a teeny bit of PicMonkey edits 🙂
  
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purpleslobinrecovery

Jun 26, 2015 at 6:37 pm

All your pix are very calming. I don’t like to be in nature actually, but I enjoy looking at it in pix!
(I’m so weird.)
Terri, thanks for being so faithful to like my blog. I appreciate it.
Melinda

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 7:06 pm
  
  Back at cha, Melinda! thanks for stopping by and for the lovely comment 🙂
  
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  1. purpleslobinrecovery
    
    Jun 26, 2015 at 9:27 pm
    
    Oh so very welcome!
    
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LifestyleswithLia

Jun 26, 2015 at 11:55 am

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. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 1:09 pm
  
  Lia, that would be lovely to read your view on acts of kindness! Or food 🙂 Glad you have sunshine, We have waaayyy too much today. Enjoy your day!!
  
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  1. LifestyleswithLia
    
    Jun 27, 2015 at 1:51 pm
    
    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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jimholroyd365

Jun 26, 2015 at 11:42 am

Love the shot of “Windsurfers at Sherman Island” looks a lot of fun.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 1:13 pm
  
  Thank you! It is fun…it was VERY windy, so too rich for my blood, LOL!
  
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cindy knoke

Jun 26, 2015 at 11:01 am

Gorgeous shots~

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 1:10 pm
  
  Thank you, Cindy!
  
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Retirementallychallenged.com

Jun 26, 2015 at 10:40 am

I just love that view towards downtown. Funny, it must have been taken just a few yards from where my gravitar was photographed. Water and mountains, I love them both too. Wind, not so much. 🙂

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Jun 26, 2015 at 10:45 am
  
  It’s really close to the Point Loma Seafood shop.
  
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I’m a former university adjunct Professor and retired recreation & parks practitioner living in North-Eastern Washington State near the Idaho border. Second Wind Leisure Perspectives is my blog about living a leisure lifestyle, including photography, friends, fitness, and fun.