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Angles of Yellow
From Every Angle The Weekly Photo Challenge focuses on the different angles the same subject can be seen and photographed. During the summer, I keep vase of yellow silk flowers near a window. I love how the subdued morning light captures the yellow. The next three photos are the different angles I photographed. I took the…
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Urban Trails
While visiting near Portland, Oregon this week, I made a point to power walk through the urban trails found in the suburbs pf Portland. My cousins live in Tigard and these trails are wonderful to walk through. The City of Tigard is working on a strategic plan to make “Tigard the most walkable city in…
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Aero and the Kennel
Aero looks up at me with his liquid brown eyes as if to say, “Mom, don’t make me go into that kennel.” This was Aero’s kennel when he was a wee pup. I got it out recently to check it out for size to help out a friend who just got a puppy. I placed…
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A Good Day in La Ventana
Today Was a Good Day The theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge is to share a gallery of what a good day looks like. My gallery shows photos of what a typical day looks like in La Ventana, Baja Sur, Mexico. I have been there twice and already have made plans to visit again in…
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Beneath My Feet: Weekly Photo Challenge
Beneath Your Feet While flying to the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, little did I know when I took these photos from the plane, that the weekly photo challenge’s theme was “Beneath Your Feet.” This particular photo is also submitted for Ed’s Sunday Stills: Black and White Clouds. Take a look at some more of…
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Foggy Sunrise
Foggy is the theme for Jennifer Nichole Wells’ One Word Photo Challenge. The fog rises slowly in Malibu in August, creating an ethereal quality in the air. Off camera were lines of morning surfers eagerly awaiting the waves. In a similar photo taken a couple of years later in December, a foggy winter sunrise brings…
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Peachy Sunset
For Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, the theme is Peach or Apricot. Here is a peachy sunset for your pleasure today! This is a photo of the sunset over the Sacramento River delta looking northwest. After a fun day windsurfing, exhausted sailors enjoy an adult beverage with a spectacular view!
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Inspiration
Inspiration The weekly photo challenge asks us “What inspires you?” What a loaded question! Is it a beautiful sunset? Is it your family? Is it your leisure pastimes? Is it a stunning image you took with your own camera? Is it your passion? Is it the opportunity for education? Yes to all! What inspires you?
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Blue Light Special
Close Up The weekly photo challenge is all about the close-up. Ordinarily, I am a landscape photographer looking for the grand, sweeping view. Taking close-up shots with my Samsung phone was fun and interesting. We still have party lights and festive paper lanterns hanging from our redwoods in our backyard. I hope you enjoy the…
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Rosy Sunset
This un-retouched photo (except for cropping) depicts a sunset with a rosy glow. I took this photo at the Sacramento delta late last summer as a storm front moved through, which gave us a beautiful show! I am posting this photo today for two photo link-ups: Julia’s Red Page: Camera Lucida and Lucile de Godoy’…
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Turquoise Waters and Sky
Turquoise is the theme for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. While the photos themselves are full of turquoise and other hues of blue, the fun they exude is in the eye of the beholder. I love how the kites from the nearby kite boarders are juxtaposed over the area where the windsurfers enter the water. Of…
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Face and Backside of Half-Dome
Half and Half If you have ever been to Yosemite National Park in California, you will see the massive granite dome standing majestically at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley. This iconic glacier-carved monolith is the most iconic and recognizable symbol of Yosemite. For the Weekly Photo Challenge, this week’s theme is half-and-half. Here are…
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Symbols of Leisure
Symbol Human beings love their symbols. Creating symbols is how we deal with the abstract concepts that can’t always be explained in simple terms or words. Leisure is one of those theoretical concepts that defy only one definition. For the weekly photo challenge, here are two symbols of leisure. This first one of me shown…
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Mt. Shasta: Sunday Stills
White is the theme for Ed’s Sunday Stills. The challenge? No clouds! Bummer. Here is a photo of Mt.Shasta as seen from Highway 5 in Northern California, taken in late November.
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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…
Second Wind Leisure Perspectives 