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Wind and Water: Muses from Leisure
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…
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15 Summer Cycling Safety Tips
Summer is upon us and outdoor leisure activities abound! What is better than a bike ride on a beautiful summer day? Despite the heat and humidity, we still want to ride for fitness and leisure. Don’t let this stop you, but take some time to read through these summer cycling safety tips that will take…
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Cylindrical Rainbows
My creative and talented best friend painted each of these rocks and cement cylinders and displayed them in her front yard in Southern California. Neighbors and people from all over would stop and admire her artwork. This is a close-up to demonstrate the artwork involved so it does not show the magnitude and how many…
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Swimming Lessons: Helpful Hints for Parents
Summer is here and this is the time for families to register their children for swimming lessons. After 20+ years spent as an aquatics director and swim lesson instructor-trainer, let me share some ideas and tips to assist you with this important learning activity. Regardless of your child’s swimming ability, you can play a critical…
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Got Wind? One Word Photo Challenge
For this week’s One Word Photo Challenge, the theme is WIND! No self-respecting windsurfer would be without a plethora of photos of the sport! I am going to dial it back and give you this one shot… in a collage. I went out earlier when the wind was blowing about 30 mph. First time on…
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Vivid Aero: Life Jackets for All
Vivid One more photo for the weekly photo challenge: vivid. This one captures Aero in his hated doggie life jacket shaking off the water and hopefully, the offending PFD (personal flotation device). Life jackets are popular for dogs, too, but be sure to place life jackets on yourself and your children when in and around…
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Vivid Watercraft
Summer Day Camp in full swing as kids enjoy kayaking and paddle-boating while learning important water skills at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. I couldn’t resist and added a second entry to the Weekly Photo Challenge! Vivid
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Vivid Memories
There is nothing like a brand new windsurf sail (on the right) to help create vivid memories between two best friends. Vivid
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Circles of Friends
While at our retreat in Lake Tahoe, I captured this photo of the paddle-boat Tahoe Queen on one of its daily tours and I am submitting it for Ed’s Sunday Stills weekly photography feature. Since “circles” is the theme, you will see the circle of the paddle wheel as well as the circular wood structures…
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In the Way
The Weekly Photo Challenge theme this week is “On the Way.” On the Sacramento River at Sherman Island in the Sacramento Delta, this huge ship travels through the deep water channel. Ships frequently travel down the river from the Port of Sacramento on their way to the San Francisco Bay area. In this case, the…
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Sunday Stills: Lifeguard On Duty
For Ed’s Sunday Stills Challenge, the letter L is the theme this week. Since May is (still) National Water Safety Month, I thought I would post a photo of a LIFEGUARD. Education about water safety should be available all year round. If you want to read more about water safety, click here and here. Please feel…
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Weekend Coffee Share: The Phoenix Shall Fly
“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask, ‘What if I fall?’ Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” –Erin Hanson If you are like me, you may have spent part of your weekend at a graduation ceremony. If we were having coffee I would have handed…
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Sunday Stills: Goslings
For Ed’s Sunday Stills Challenge, here is my photo for the theme “babies.” I hope you enjoy these fuzzy babies as much as I did when we saw these up in Post Falls, Idaho, during mother’s day weekend. The parents were very attentive to their brood! Honk, honk! What is you favorite baby creature?
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Water Envelops Us
Enveloped Water, in its three forms, ice, liquid and vapor, envelops us and our surroundings. These two photos show how water in liquid form envelops its users, either on purpose, like the little girl under the swimming pool mushroom…. or … …the big girl (me), gracefully (ha!) falling off my paddle-board. The next photo shows…
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How To Get 500+ Followers: 3 Reasons to Use Images on Your Blog
In an earlier post, I shared some blogging tips for running a successful blog in celebration of reaching 500 followers. In this post, I would like to discuss the use of images on your blog and in your blog posts. Tip 1: Use photos and images on your blog page or website. When I visit other blogs,…
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