This is the first monthly color challenge for 2023. Combining the colors white and gray seemed fitting for this time of year.
For some reason, white and gray are colors I associate with winter in the northern hemisphere. But these colors appear in all seasons.
“Working in white makes people look into it. White is ethereal. There’s a purity to it, it makes things look elevated in a way. There’s a whole palette of white…” ~Jonathan Milne
For this combined color photo challenge, use both colors in your images, or use them separately with other colors, or alone.
“A gray day provides the best light.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
Winter’s White (and Gray) Flowers
Enjoy this gallery of white flowers–which one has gray in it?



Days of Gray and White
I knew full well when we decided to move to Northeastern Washington that there were four clearly defined seasons. Yep, that means snow all winter and dark, gray days. Bring it on, I say. Enjoy this gallery of past whites and grays.







“Put variety in white.” ~Charles Webster Hawthorne, American painter, 1872-1930
Sky Views
I must share the white eye of the sky with this October full moon.

On my trip to San Diego in December, I made sure to get the window seat flying over California. I found it quite amazing to see Yosemite Valley from 10,000 feet and covered in winter’s white and gray blanket no less! The iconic peaks of the valley, Half Dome and El Capitan are visible in the lower right of the image

Flying back I wanted to sit on the West side of the plane to try to see the Sacramento Delta, but the impressive cloud deck obscured the view.

Which also means everything under it was a dull gray!

A Light Illuminates the Gray
I’m super excited to announce my collaboration with Poetry Guru and Self-Published Author Colleen Chesebro and her popular Tanka Tuesday Challenge! Last December, she reached out and asked if I could contribute images to the challenge as inspiration for Tanka Tuesday.
Flattered and excited, I had no idea that my first image below would spark such beautiful and incredible poetry.

As each blogger shares their work on their blog, they link back to my About Me page and I have enjoyed reading these all week! When folks wrote poems inspired by this view of my home, I was incredibly touched by their words. Somehow these lovely poems validated everything we worked so hard for in 2019-2020 to be able to move to Washington and enjoy our new home and lifestyle.
This one in particular, moved me to tears, by Tao Talk. This poem is published with her permission.
Dawn’s Blankets
Dawn’s pink and blue crystal blankets
Faux-warm, smiling crystal blankets
Quiet world stirs, begins anew
Our home hearth burnsWind lost, aimless chimney smoke curls
Disperses in lightening sky
Dawn’s pink and blue crystal blankets
Our home hearth burnsYesterday’s blizzard swept away
Awake, awed with morning’s pastel,
Sip hot coffee and give thanks while
Our home hearth burns
Here is Colleen’s lovely tanka:
“blue twilight descends
snow-light fades, shadows flourish
remains of the day
hearthstone warmth invites me home
where your memory lingers”
© Colleen M. Chesebro
And One More…
This image of Hans and I wearing our wedding white evokes the belly laugh theme for Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes coming this week!

Photo Challenges this Week
Each week I am inspired by my fellow bloggers’ photo challenges. I enjoy incorporating these into my Sunday Stills weekly themes.
- Cee’s Flower of the Day
- Hammad’s Weekend Sky
- Johnbo’s CellPic Sunday
- Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes: belly laugh coming Jan 18
Sunday Stills Photo Challenge Reminders
The Sunday Stills weekly-themed photo challenge is easy to join. You have all week to share and link your post.
- Remember to title your blog post a little differently than mine.
- Please create a new post for the theme or link a recent one.
- Entries for this theme can be posted all week.
- Tag your post “Sunday Stills.”
- Don’t forget to create a pingback to this post so that other participants can read your post.
- I also recommend adding your post’s URL to the comments.
This Week’s Featured Bloggers
Sunday Stills is a wonderful community of bloggers and photographers who desire to connect with one another. Below are this week’s links from bloggers who shared their white and gray photos. I add these all week as new links are posted.
- YOUR BLOG’S NAME HERE…
- Always Write
- Beachwalk Reflections: White
- Beachwalk Reflections: Gray
- Between the Lines
- Bushboys World
- Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
- Cee’s Photo Challenges
- Change is Hard
- NEW! Colleen M Chesebro
- Dandelion Fuzz
- Deb’s World Image shared in comments and on Instagram
- Denyse Whelan Blogs
- Easin’ Along Image shared in comments
- Equipoise Life
- Explore Newness
- NEW! Flights of the Soul
- Geriatrix Fotogallery
- Graham’s Island
- Hugh’s Views and News
- Lady Lee Manila
- LifeLessons
- Light Write Life New Year’s Plunge
- Light Words
- Loving Life
- NEW! Middleton Road
- Musin’ With Susan More Plunging
- Natalie the Explorer
- Now At Home
- Philosophy through Photography
- Quaint Revival
- This is Another Story
- Tofino Photography
- Travels and Trifles
- Travel With Me
- Woolly Muses
- Working On Exploring
I can’t wait to see how you interpret the colors of gray and white this week! Join me next week as we explore…Silence!

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My favorites are the moon, and the Yosemite from 10,000 feet and of course your wedding white!
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Thank you, Dawn! I was so happy to get such a clear shot of Yosemite from the window seat–I’m not sure when I’ve seen so much snow in the Sierras!
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I love the snowy photos, Terri, such a lovely change from the wet and windy weather we’re having. The two poems are beautiful too. And what an amazing Yosemite view!
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Thank you, Cathy! The UK weather is similar to Sacramento’s in some respects during the winter–more rain than snow.
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Beautiful gallery, Terri! My favorite photo is “Snowy Beauty”. That would make a great Christmas card image!
Quick question… I was looking for your post that provides instructions on compressing your WordPress photos, but I couldn’t find it. Could you please reply with a link to that post? Thanks.
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Thanks, John, I have received multiple compliments on that image. I guess it was compelling as Marsha likes to say 😉 Here is the link (I shared the tidbits in last week’s “Taking the Plunge”) https://secondwindleisure.com/2023/01/08/sunday-stills-taking-the-plunge/
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I don’t have the same view of an image in my Media section. When I click on editing, I have only the options to rotate and crop. I’ll ask WordPress help staff tomorrow. Thanks for the link!
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I was told that you have to be in the classic view of your media files to see that option–something I didn’t know at the time but amended my post. Although I use the block editor, I still use the classic admin page and media file view. I didn’t know there was a difference 😉
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I’ll have to figure out how to get to the classic media page. I’m sure WP help will let me know how.
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Good luck, John! It has really been an easy process to click on an image and change the ratio when I get the urge 🙂
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Found the magic switch! It works. Thanks.
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Hooray!! Sorry if now your Sunday will spent cropping 😉
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Nope… I did 2 pages worth, but now I am watching the Vikings/Giants game. 🥹
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Awesome!
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beautiful shots Terri and I loved Yosemite! Here’s a shot from a different perspective https://tofinophotography.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/57422/
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Thank you, Wayne! I love Yosemite, so seeing its snowy splendor from the air is quite fascinating! I read your post–thanks for linking!
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Beautiful photos, it is fun to see how gray and white are so prominent up North. It’s a treat to have the sun out to make the white look whiter and the grays change to a subtle blue. I do love the vivid blue skies that accentuate the grays and whites. That Trailing African Daisy is stunning, I’ve never seen one of those. I adore the wedding photo – your smile says it all. Your homestead photo sparked such beautiful words in those poems, so sweet!
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Thanks so much , Shelley! The thick blanket of snow really brightens up a cloudy day, something the gray fog of Sacramento couldn’t do. Those florals are all from my life in Sacramento–my neighbors had a wonderful variety of them to gawk at on my dog walks.
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You’re right…the snow gives us something to brighten up the gray days. We’re actually having a sunny day today – the white snow is EXTRA bright warming us up to 33 degrees! Heat wave.
I’d be gawking at those flowers too. They are beautiful.
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We had misty sunlight yesterday and the temps rose to 45 degrees! Miraculous for this time of year! Enjoy your sun, Shelley, we’re back to rainy gray day! At least the snow is melting a little.
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I hope you have a great week and more sun to enjoy!
We’re expecting a week of rain, snow, and more snow… I definitely soaked up as moments as possible in the sun yesterday. The snow melted some, but then froze again so it’s going to be an interesting week for our driveway 🙄
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Sounds like our life these days…rain, warmer temps, freezing overnight, ice skate rink in driveway–repeat! Enjoy and walk carefully!
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YES!! That’s exactly what’s happening in our yard/driveway! Same to you!! 😁
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Lovely gallery
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Thank you!
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I love the happy picture of you and Hans, and the image of you shoveling snow. I’m cold!
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Hahaha, thanks Jacqui! You will never see me shoveling snow in my wedding dress 😉
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What a stunning post and I LOVE white and gray! These colors figure prominently in my home’s interior. I love these blog collaborations. They remind me of why we started blogging—to connect and share our lives. I think I will start joining in this challenge. 🤍💙
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Thank you, Colleen, I love that gray is such a popular neutral for home decor. I am so happy to be part of this new collaboration with you. I already have a February photo for you–I’ll get it to you this week. I would love to see you hop into a Sunday Stills challenge when you can.
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Absolutely. I’m working on the gray and white now (late) but will jump in because I can show off Chloe. LOL!
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Wonderful, Colleen! Looking forward to it 🙂
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Love the moon and Yosemite views, and all those snowy photos – from a safe distance of course! We still have snow here, albeit atop Mauna Kea and not at the doorstep. Have a great week. Here’s mine for this one: https://grahamsisland.com/2023/01/15/turbines-and-clouds/
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There are some days when a snowy view far away would be better, Graham, especially when I have to walk in it. Thank you, I was so happy to see all that snow settled on top of Yosemite on that flight.
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Terri, very pleased you’ve included my poem in your post. Your photograph inspired it. Your flower photos (and the rest) are wonderful.
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Many thanks, I’m glad you visited the post today!
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You’re very welcome.
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That moon shot! And the one of your house is lovely with the light. I’ve just been down the rabbit hole of poetry and may try to work that into my post.
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Poetry is a rabbit hole–I enjoy reading the various forms, but not writing it. I had taken a photography class a few years ago and we had a full moon, and the photographer who taught the class was gracious to show me the setting for capturing the moon with my then new camera! Many thanks!
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Oh my goodness… this was so fun. Thanks, Terri. Just what I needed! Here’s my link:
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thank you, Colleen, I am so happy you could join your fellow bloggers this week!
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It was so fun… I couldn’t resist adding poetry, but thanks so much, Terri. It was like a palate cleanse or mind cleanse. Thank you. 🙏🏻
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I have several bloggers who add their stories, poetry and music to the challenge! I love this and so happy you hopped in and that you enjoyed it! My work here is done, LOL!
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LOL! Right? That’s how I feel with my poetry challenge. It’s just fun to share together. 🥰
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Amazing photos, as always, Terri. Here are some back from me: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2023/01/15/mostly-white-and-gray-for-sunday-stills/
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Thank you, Judy! Always great to see your galleries for Sunday Stills, too!
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Beautiful images but that view of California from the plane is just awesome!
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Thanks, Dawn! I’m so glad I sat where I did and was able to capture the valley. The snow and shadows really set off the rugged terrain so nicely.
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Terri, Beautiful gray and white photo collection. The flowers, moon and mountain shots are fantastic. However, to me, Kim’s photo at your wedding is the best as it captured happy emotion and movement. Here’s my contribution:
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Thank you, Natalie! I had a lot more I could share but I like to keep the photos to a little bit of a minimum. In trying to find a white-based image for Marsha’s challenge a few days early, I remembered those wedding photos. So glad you liked it, Kim is a wonderful photographer!
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Hi Terri, thanks for linking my post this week – I wouldn’t have thought about it but of course my white flower in its multiple variations was a fine fit! I just re-did several rooms in my home last year including my laundry room and office and yep, u guessed it, gray and white with a bit of beige to tie in with the rest of the house. I am very happy with the results. Loved the way you actually caught half-dome from the sky – amazing!! And what fun to have your new home be the subject for the poets – a lovely compliment.
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Although I didn’t have the right elements in time for LA, I was happy yours worked out. I’m sure your home is very restful and beachy, I dare say, Tina! I had no idea that collaborating for the Tanka Challenge would be so uplifting for me! Something unexpected for sure.
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Loved this post, Terri. What a lot of beautiful photos and the tankas were wonderful. Oddly enough, I have an unusual photo of Yosemite in my post today too, although not from the same vantage point.
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Thank you, Janet! I’ll be sure to go check out your post! Wayne from Tofino Photography has a couple of amazing images of Yosemite in the snow. The NP is an unending source of inspiration. BTW, a little bird told me you worked with her to adjust her steps and walking pattern. I’m sure its made a big difference!
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I hope it does help. The falling needs to stop!!
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A lesson we can all learn as we age!
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Hi, Terri – I’m looking out our front window and #grey is a very timely colour challenge. Your photos featuring grey and white are beautiful – especially the one of the puzzle-piece shaped snow — stunning!
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Thank you, Donna! That was a snowy boot track from early 2021! You never know what makes a compelling shot!
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Lovely to see your images…and read your words. I once flew from Las Vegas to San Francisco (part of trip that is in my post) and marvelled at the snow on the mountains. Coming from Australia, very little snowy areas other than in winter/early spring. Now I know where Apple gets the names for all their systems…that’s why they are familiar to this apple user….We are going to have an around 30deg C few days here in our part of Australia (the east coast) and I am grateful no higher…summers here can be over the old fashioned century in F ….https://www.denysewhelan.com.au/denyse-blogs/trip-to-hawaii-white-grey-memories-sundaystills-6-2023/
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Thank you, Denyse! That part of the West ha some beautiful mountains and scenes. 30 C is quite warm, 100 is just plain hot!
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I love that photo of the snow on the spruce (?) branch. It looks like cotton candy and I just want to eat it! Lol. And what a great photo for Colleen’s challenge. It’s more blue than gray and white, but I love that winter blue. And the poems are exquisite. No wonder you were moved. Great post, Terri.
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Thank you Diana! I think my phone filter added a hint of blue in that scene. Today the fog is so dense it’s white 😦 I’m awful proud of that “snowy beauty” shot–I should have that framed, LOL! Goes with my house decor.
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I’m a fan of fog, Terri. We get a lot of it.
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You might be the only one I know who likes fog, Diana! 😉
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Ha ha ha. It’s so mystical and spooky. I like it when it burns off too.
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Hi Terri, it’s so hot here at the moment that your snow shots were a perfect way to cool down! That moon shot is fabulous and the colour grey is perfect for you at this time of year.
I did have some ideas for a post – our grey ghost gum trees, the grey skies of a storm, and a few others but grey just doesn’t suit my summer feelings at the moment! So I am sharing my grey pinecone shot on Instagram, from my early morning walk in the forest before the day got too hot and I retreat to the hammock under the trees.
Thanks for the cool grey tones in your photos and well done on having your photos used in other blog challenges! I love the one of you laughing 🙂
Hopefully this link works
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Thank you, Debbie! I’m glad my snow could virtually cool you off for a bit 🙂 I got to peek at your IG post–the white-washed pinecone is perfect. Our wedding day was memorable–my hubby and I were just talking about it a few minutes ago (now we’re getting ready for my daughter’s wedding in April)!
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Lovely gallery Terri. I like the Yosemite Valley from 10,000 feet view and our Moon. Just a few from me this month Terri 🙂
PS I have been on the ewsize mission since last week and have done a few every day but the “counter” on the media files doesn’t get any smaller….yet, which is disappointing but I am pushing on. Also deleting ones that I think are no longer needed. One day it will be posts as well 🙂
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Thank you, Brian! I was giddy with excitement to see all that snow in the Sierra. I doubt I have flown much that time of year.
I’m glad you’ve been on a mission to downsize images. I do a few a day, but I also need to look for some posts that might need deleting before I delete a few outlier images. I know because the images are that bad, LOL!
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What a wonderful omen and sign that you are laughing so hard on your wedding day!! I have been telling my students when I sub to name the colors they see in a particular photograph. Especially photographs of water and snow. They always begin by saying blue for photos of water and white, of course, for snow. But then they look again. There’s green, there’s gray, pink. Your photographs always make viewers look again. There is always more. Like the droplets in the Snowy Beauty photo. And the soft gray shading on the Almond Blossom.
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Hi Leslie, thank you so much for your lovely comment! Both Hans and I laughed a lot during our wedding–our pastor was quite the funny guy! Thank for saying that my images make people look again–high praise indeed. Hope you are doing well!
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Hi Terri, what a great compliment to provide those images to Colleen – and what an inspiration they are! I’m amazed at your beautiful grey images. Toni x
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Thank you, Toni! It is a collaboration that goes both ways in inspiration!
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Great set of photos, Terri. I especially liked the Snowy Beauty, but the one of Yosemite Valley out of the plane’s window is nice too… it was fun to pick out the iconic peaks.
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Thank you, Janis! Snowy Beauty is a good one and I’ve featured it a couple of other times. I bet you could easily pick out the Yosemite icons. There have been times when the conditions were just right when I have flown over and could make out Lembert Dome in Tuolumne Meadows!
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Just finished my post. I’ve enjoyed a wonderful afternoon visiting your post and most of the links. Your grays are stunning. Yosemite Valley looks awesome from the air. You have such variety this week from fog to flowers. How did you get that pretty snow design? And was that really FAKE falling? It wouldn’t have been if I’d been trying it! I love the belly laugh of you and Hans. So cute!
Lots of snow here today. It hasn’t started here yet. We’re not going anywhere. Here’s mine. http://alwayswrite.blog/2023/01/15/looking-back-at-prescott-in-grays-and-whites/
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Fog to flowers, thanks, Marsha! That snow design was from a boot print–just enough snow to leave it on the asphalt. Compelling right? LOL. Yes, I can fake fall in my snow shoes. I’ve never fallen yet, but I can’t count how many times I fell trying to downhill ski or cross-country ski going down a hill.
So you have snow coming? BTW, I talked to Carey today; he says hello! 🙂
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A boot. I could not figure that out! It was compelling. So cool! The few times I tried skiing, I could count the number of times because I wore new jeans. There were blue marks all the way down the mountain.
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Hahaha, well that must have been exciting! LOLL!
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I was young, everything about Oregon was exciting, but I was super cold!
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Hi Terri – that October moon sure is a great photo
And I like your photos of snow and the theme of gray and white does feel like January to me !
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Hi Yvette! Where ya been? Nice to hear from you! Gray and white are all I see this month it seems, LOL. Many thanks! I need to get over to your blog!
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Hi – I took some time off from blogging – I don’t always plan it but it seems my “MO” over the years included pauses and breaks and I sometimes feel guilty being away but know how crucial it is to do what we know we need to do! Anyhow – I planned on coming back in February but then had some time last week and decided to post
So I might not be back fully yet – hmmmm
Okay – enough rambling
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Breaks are necessary! Blogging is a marathon, not a sprint, to use a worn out cliche 😉
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Yes! Love that cliche and applies to so many things
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Oh and your airplane photo and words “Sacramento delta” reminded me the little history fact I just read/:
“Delta Air Lines is named for the Mississippi Delta, the area it originally serviced in 1928.”
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How cool, Yvette! I didn’t know that, who knows where these airlines get their names. Southwest used to be PSA. They likely changed since they fly just about everywhere, even Hawaii.
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Oh that is so interesting and I feel bad for southwest with recent challenges during the holidays
When my friend got married in 2013 – her reception was at a country club in Denver and someone pointed to a table and said a bunch of southwest execs were members there and were having dinner –
So funny how we remember the strangest things
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Yosemite Valley from 10,000 feet is breath-taking!
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Many thanks, Donna! I also enjoy it at 1 foot 😉
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🙂 Someday, maybe I’ll make it there, it’s on the bucket list!
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Totally worth it!
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Love these Terri. I love the african daisies and of course the snow photos..love the fake falling, and the snow on the tree branch. Congratulations on being a contributor! How exciting.
https://troyerslovinglife.blogspot.com/2023/01/taking-in-life-around_15.html
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Thanks so much, Kirstin! I loved finding new photos and some oldies to share for the combined color challenge. I’ll be busy looking for monthly inspiration for Tanka Tuesday as well 🙂
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Think my first comment went thru but maybe not! Good to see a post that nails the colours!
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Thank you, Bernie!
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gosh darn it — I was trying to leave a comment on Kristin’s and it never lets me. Not at all sure how it ended up here!!!
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WordPress has its own challenges, maybe you inadvertently replied to me.
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It would seem I did. On your site I was trying to find your comment on my tanka – still working on that🙄
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I love all the wintry photos, Terri. But the one that shines out for me is the one of the moon.
I’m glad you’re now experiencing four seasons where you live. I’d really miss not living four seasons every year, even though sometimes some of them merge into each other.
You did good getting a window seat on the flight. It’s great seeing Yosemite Valley from so high up knowing that I have driven through it. It looks so small from your seat, but what a wonderful and huge place it is to visit.
I’ll be joining in with Wordless Wednesday this week.
Have a great week.
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Thank you, Hugh! I was so happy to learn how to manage my camera settings to capture those moon shots!
Since the pandemic, we hadn’t traveled by air much, and rarely during winter, so seeing Yosemite at 10k feet was amazing. See you Wednesday!
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I wish we had some lovely white snow instead of the rain creating mud rivers around here! Beautiful pics and I love the poems. What an early morning treat to read.
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Thank you so much, Cheryl! The snowy blanket sure keeps things bright although rain, clouds and fog rule the season at this point. The poems were really an unexpected layer of fun!
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Wow!
The moon, Yosemite at 10,000 ft, and beautiful flowers. Loved this post. My contribution is an image of Edisto Beach surf from our November trip. I thought the white surf and grey sand/sky qualified for Sunday Stills (although not yet winter). Your White Christmas picture was nice as well. Snow is so quiet, and you can feel the quiet in the picture. Have a great week. Joe
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Thanks so much, Joe. Snow definitely muffles the ambient outside sounds, but so does the thick fog I remember in Sacramento. I will stick with the snow for now. Your image is lovely–perfect for white and gray color challenge!
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I love your white flower photos and that view of Yosemite is amazing! I’ve decided to go just for grey as it doesn’t seem that long ago that we ‘did’ white 😉 https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-how-many-shades-of-grey/
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Thank you, Sarah! Yosemite seems to be iconic from ground zero or from 10K feet above. I think there was a recent white challenge in the blogosphere–been a year for this one. I always look forward to your galleries!
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Beautiful set of grey and white, Terri!
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Thank you, Amy!
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Hi Terri, Your flowers are gorgeous as are your winter snow shots. I was most thrilled to see your airplane shot of Yosemite! Very exciting and Half Dome is so visible! 🙂
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Thank you, Jane! Isn’t that crazy that cell phones can capture the details of Yosemite Valley from 10K feet?
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Awesome! I love plane photos and that one is a doozy!
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Beautiful flowers Terri. Grey skies to me are depressing. I thrive in sunlight. So this quote: “A gray day provides the best light.” ~Leonardo da Vinci, I find difficult to agree with. 🙂 x
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Haha, Debby you have a great point! I took this quote to mean that gray is a great backdrop for photography. I am DONE with gray already this winter. With my SAD, I gotta have sun!! Thank you my friend!
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Lol. I know all about SAD! Hugs xx
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This was an amazing gallery. This deer was very photogenic. I found your blog and let’s follow each other. Anita
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Thank you, Anita!
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Colour hues about
Blues mingle beautifully
Golden hour glows
Settling in winters eve
Nestled in labour of love
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I really like this Bernie. I left another comment.
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I tried to leave a comment on the About Me section but it’s closed so I added it here. Hope you enjoy it.
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Hi Bernie, if you are wanting to add to Tanka Tuesday, you create a new post and link to my about me page and to Colleen’s post. I had to disable comments to my About me page because of the incredible amount of spam.
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I have a couple of great grey and white photos in Instagram but heck if I can figure out how to link it 🤔
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You would have to create a post, then embed the Instagram block into the post. Or you can share the Instagram link that was created when you shared the images in my posts comment section. Or…you can add those images to your WordPress media file then add the image link in the comments on my post. So many ways to confuse you 😉
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What a great combination of grays and whites to inspire us with. 😀 😀
Here is my grays for the week. Enjoy.
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Thank you Cee! Loved the grays you chose for yours!
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Lovely post as always, Terri. Your images are beautiful. You certainly found lots of gorgeous grays and whites in your new hometown. And how wonderful for your home to be used to inspire poetry! I finally found my gray and white in the gulls! https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2023/01/17/gulls-in-gray-and-white-at-coulon-park/
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Thanks Susanne! Sharing the image of my snowy home and property for the Tanka Challenge was fun but so unexpected for the amazing poetry it inspired.
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I like your collection of photos in this post Terri – from Summer to Winter, lots of white. As for gray, yes, our sky seems to b perpetually gray and last week one of the meteorologist gave this factoid: January 10th in Michigan is the grayest day of the year; August 10th is the sunniest. I tucked that last date away to see if it turns out that way. I can’t imagine how they could pinpoint months ahead what day will be gray and/or sunny?
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Thank you, Linda! Yes too much white and gray for the liking but ya make lemonade, right? That is a cool factoid about the grayest and sunniest days. Not too much different than Spokane!
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Well let’s hope our sunniest days are not far behind us Terri!
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great post, Terri 🙂
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Many thanks, LL!
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The third photo in your snow collection almost looks like a jigsaw puzzle.
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Thanks, Julie! It was a snowy boot print 😀
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https://equipoiselife.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/a-whole-bunch-of-white-grey-for-wordlesswednesday/
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I may be late to the party (shame on me), but of course, I have a beach walk about white. https://beachwalkreflections.wordpress.com/2022/12/04/161-white/ … but the one about gray is coming soon … or is it grey?
I like you images and thoughts about the color. The pic of Yosemite Valley from high above is stunning … and cheers to the last picture that caused a smile.
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You are not late, Frank, the Sunday Stills party last all week, LOL! Gray or grey are both correct depending upon where you live. I’m always amazed to be ablet to capture Yosemite from the plane–the timing was perfect, late afternoon shadows and all that snow made the peaks pop! Great to see your link!
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Thanks Terri. Always a pleasure to link up when I can. Good news!!! I was able to finalize my Gray beach walk essay, so it will post to this on Saturday (actually late Friday your time.)
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Sounds good, Frank! Look forward to it!
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Cool shot, Bernie!
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Thanks. I love that little old grainary — I take a fair amount of pictures of it! Thanks for stopping by here. Bernie
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This is from my daily photo blog. Fits the theme perfectly.
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Love the moon and the Yosemite Valley clicks.
Enjoyed reading.
Thank you Terri.
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Thank you so much!
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You are welcome Terri.
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My contribution
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Hi Terri, thanks for reminding me to link up here. This is the perfect topic for my series of photos of our NEW fresh coat of snow! Here’s my link: https://explorenewness.com/2023/01/16/photos-of-our-new-fresh-coat-of-snow/
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Definitely goes with my color challenge!
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