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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…
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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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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 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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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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Poetry in Motion
Motion This week’s photo challenge is all about motion. Dog paddlin’ at Doggy Dip Day event where the dogs can go swimming. Paddling with his ball, he got photobombed by another happy dog! The Joy of Running Together is a sculpture located in downtown Spokane, Washington. The work is comprised of 40 life-sized figures, all…
