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Layers of Autumn
Time for the Autumn Equinox!
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Cabin Doors of Lake Tahoe
What is a blogger to do when there is no Weekly Photo Challenge scheduled this week? Why, post for Thursday Doors, of course! Back in July (seems so long ago now), we stayed with friends in their cabin near the west shore of Lake Tahoe. It was another endlessly hot weekend in the Sacramento Valley,…
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What Does Waiting Look Like to You?
Each week, I eagerly await the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge that asks bloggers to share appropriate images based on that week’s theme. (As of 2018, this prompt is defunct). As I anticipate my last weekend at the Sacramento River delta, I keenly recall animated conversations during the late winter and early spring of how we…
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The Structured Life of a #Dragonfly
As bloggers, I believe most of us are quite structured in our daily approach to writing; at least we try to be. The weekly photo challenge asks us to share images that show Structure of something typically overlooked. This past summer, as I enjoyed a day on the beach where we windsurf, I had the chance…
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Cosmic Corners
In our little corner of the galaxy here on Planet Earth, lucky folks on the North American continent got to see perhaps a once-in-a- lifetime experience, a total solar eclipse. The eclipse painted sublime, crescent-shaped pools of light filtered through the trees onto a nearby windsurf sail in the above featured image. I regret somewhat…
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I Stare at Naked Ladies… and Other Flowers!
Nothing is more distracting on my walks with the dogs than the lovely flowers I see all around me. Even in my somewhat mundane neighborhood, many folks plant some wonderful flowers. Intent on walking a large number of steps, I have to STOP for several photo ops. The Weekly photo challenge theme is Ooh, Shiny! “Diversions,…
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And Fire, Our Spirit
Four elements captured in a Baja sunrise. “Earth, water, fire, and wind. Where there is energy there is life.” ― Suzy Kassem Submitted for the Weekly Photo Challenge Elemental.
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Photographing the Textures of Our Lives
A late spring storm paints beautiful textures in the sky, the water and the land. “A subtle amount of texture attracts the eye.” Clyde Aspevig As the weekly photo challenge suggests, Textures in photography feed our tactile perceptions. A delta sunset captures textures in the sky and water. The textures of this splint on my…
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Triple Satisfaction
Nothing satisfies a hobby photographer more than capturing great close-ups of birds feeding. Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life. Linus Pauling, Scientist “Satisfaction is not always the fulfillment of what you want; it is the realization of how blessed you are for what you have.” Unknown
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Kindness Rocks Project Spreads Messages of Hope
Remember those old 70s collages made of random materials? Back then, art classes in junior high and high school were rife with making collages, (remember decoupage?), painting rocks and wood, macrame, yarn art, spirographs, hooking rugs, and other artsy stuff! I just loved creating those craft projects! Fast-forward to 2017 and painting on 3-D materials…
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How a Bridge Connects Us
“Think about the things, places, or people that connect us.” I like this idea as it relates to the theme of Bridge. I share several angles of the Guy West Bridge that spans the American River from the Sacramento State Campus to the community of University Village/ Campus Commons. This bridge is also right off…
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How the Delta Changed My Life
I find this photo challenge interesting in that the word “delta” is used to signify change or transition. Delta is a five-letter word that has been a huge part of my vocabulary since I met my hubby over 8 years ago. Much of my leisure time involves the Sacramento River Delta in Northern California where…
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A Somewhat Transient Migration
Perhaps the famed migration of the Swallows from their winter home in Argentina to San Juan Capistrano isn’t as fleeting as the theme Transient suggests, but try taking photos of them near their nests and transience takes on a whole new meaning. The nesting swallows flit back and forth so quickly that trying to capture…
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How To Effectively Use Out-of-Focus Images
If you love taking photos, you know the frustrations of spending time photographing what you expect to be fabulous images, only to find many of them are out of Focus. It happens to the best photographers. Rather than throw your hands up in despair and hitting the delete button, save some of your out-of-focus images…
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There is Order in Our Leisure Spaces
Putting some Order in our leisure spaces is challenging. Human beings need order and structure to cope with the complexities of life. We may try to act like we don’t care about order, but if someone didn’t organize the watercraft on the dock, gaining access to them could be chaotic and unsafe. “Chaos often breeds…
