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Wordless Wednesday: Gonna Fly Now

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For Wordless Wednesday, let your images tell the story.

red sandpipers cement wall
Bird-Adorned walls at Gilbert Water Ranch
blue bird cement wall
Flying Home

Sharing for Natalie’s Public Art Challenge

graphic

Saying goodbye to sunny Arizona with the help of Becky B’s Geometric January. Homeward bound!

desert sunrise

“Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” ― Frida Kahlo

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Bitmoji Birding

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37 responses to “Wordless Wednesday: Gonna Fly Now”

  1. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
    D. Wallace Peach

    Safe travels home, Terri. Your photos are wonderful, especially the one of sunny Arizona. 🙂

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Diana! We’re in snowy Idaho as I type this!

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      1. D. Wallace Peach Avatar
        D. Wallace Peach

        Snow expected here tomorrow! I can’t wait!

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  2. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    The bird art is beautiful and colorful. Safe travels, Terri.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Many thanks, Eugi, we’re looking forward to getting home.

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      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        You’re welcome, Terri.

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  3. Toni Pike Avatar
    Toni Pike

    Incredible images, Terri

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Toni!

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  4. Linda Schaub Avatar
    Linda Schaub

    I like the photos of the bird art Terri – they go perfectly with beginning your trip home and with Frida Kahlo’s quote. Have a safe trip home!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thanks, Linda! I’m glad it all worked!

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      1. Linda Schaub Avatar
        Linda Schaub

        Yes, you pulled it together perfectly Terri!

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  5. Bay Photos By Donna Avatar
    Bay Photos By Donna

    Great bird art!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Donna! I grabbed a few more at the fountain lake today…cold, bluster weather in Scottsdale!

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  6. Bernie Avatar
    Bernie

    Love the Arizona picture…looks so serene. Did you add that little black bird to your signature on that second one or is it a sculpture that coincided with your signature?

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Bernie! Yes that’s my watermark 😁

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  7. Natalie Avatar
    Natalie

    Hi Terri, Very nice bird art on the walls and the bird mural in your top photo. Thank you for your public art contribution. Safe travels!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Natalie! I was pleased to find them and make them work for several challenges 😀

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  8. kzmcb Avatar
    kzmcb

    Beautiful artwork of birds. The ones on the ranch wall look like curlews, but I don’t think you have them there, so just similar. If your last photo is home, it’s very peaceful.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Karen! I’m not sure what they are, a waterfowl of some sort, look like sandpipers. Not home yet, we drive out in the a.m. This was the sunrise this morning in Scottsdale, Arizona. Then it rained all day!

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  9. Retirement Reflections Avatar
    Retirement Reflections

    Great caputres again, Terri. That opening shot is especially captivating!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Donna! I snapped that in Spokane last year. Someone is a talented artist!

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  10. restlessjo Avatar
    restlessjo

    Safe travels, hon! No place like home.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Jo! Nothing is more true than that!

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  11. BeckyB Avatar
    BeckyB

    these are stunning

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Becky. Alas my final entry to your wonderful squares challenge this month. On the road tomorrow for 3 days!

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      1. BeckyB Avatar
        BeckyB

        hope the journey is okay

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  12. Anne Sandler Avatar
    Anne Sandler

    Have a safe journey home!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Anne!

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  13. Graham Avatar
    Graham

    Nice artwork Terri. I had to look up the water ranch! Did you see lots of birds there?

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Graham, I had to capture the great geometry of the walls. I love walking through the preserve. This place is where I spotted the bald eagle with the solar tag on its back last time we visited. I spied the Vermillion flycatcher there a few days ago.

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  14. dawnkinster Avatar
    dawnkinster

    I like all the birds on the cement work and walls!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thanks, Dawn, I may not have captured them ordinarily, but Becky’s geometry challenge made me do it!

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      1. BeckyB Avatar
        BeckyB

        love that!

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  15. Jacqui Murray Avatar
    Jacqui Murray

    I love the “sunny Arizona’ pic.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Jacqui! Glad I caught that shot, it rained this morning…liquid sunshine!

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  16. Anne Sandler Avatar
    Anne Sandler

    Lovely and artistic birds Terri, and an amazing good-bye image. Is there snow waiting for you?

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Anne! It rained in Scottsdale this morning. Snow is expected at home Friday. But nothing until mid week. We have a three day drive that begins tomorrow, so I’m grateful for calm weather!

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