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Weekend Coffee Share: My Happy Places
Happy Place If we were having coffee today, I would tell you that I was so busy over the past few days that I had to combine my two favorite blogging events into one post! Each Sunday, I participate in the Weekend Coffee Share hosted by Diana at Part-time Monster! All are welcome to join!…
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Boundaries of Leisure Provide Joy
Boundaries Fences around swimming pools provide security from the outside world, and ensure safety both inside and outside the fence. For dogs who get to swim once a year in a public swimming pool, the boundaries of a fence exist to provide a joy that knows no bounds! The lines are painted onto the bottom…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
Change is the theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge. Marriage makes you vulnerable and strong. It brings out the best and worst of you, and then it CHANGES YOU in ways you could never have expected…for the better. -Maggie Reyes What better way to depict change than to share a photo of my husband and I…
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Gridlines Frame Life’s Perspectives
Grid Grid-lines frame unique perspectives from our lives: A view from an apartment window overlooking the swimming pool. Looking up into the newly framed bedroom addition excited about the promise of a new living space. A look at the pavilion of the 1974 Spokane Word’s Fair shows the pride of a newly showcased structure. A nostalgic view…
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End of Summer Monochrome
The theme of the weekly photo challenge is monochromatic. This is a photo of my Chinese Maple with morning September sunshine bringing out the various greens of the leaves. Here is a photo of the same Chinese Maple in all of its Autumnal glory (from last November).
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Leisure Connects Us
Participating in leisure connects us like nothing else. “To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. – Arnold J. Toynbee A man looks wistfully toward the beach as kite-boarders get ready to launch their kites. Behind him are stand-up paddle boards waiting for customers to come out and play. Perhaps he…
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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…
