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Sunday Stills: #Light the Night
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.” Ann Frank Depending on where you live geographically, the holidays invoke a variety of emotions and feelings. Some of us enjoy a white Christmas or festive winter holiday while others are celebrating the holidays in the warmth of full summer. Not only…
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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: #Metallic Taste
This is our last color challenge for 2021 and we’re going out with a bang—metallic! Just in time for holiday decorating. Nothing says festive like silver bells, gold stars, and coppery tree ornaments. If you decorate a Christmas tree, I imagine you’ll find a few metallic objects readily available to photograph. As for “metallic taste”…
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Sunday Stills: Christmas #Song Lyric Photo Challenge
Welcome to the holiday version of the Sunday Stills Song Lyric Photo Challenge! The idea of this challenge is to match images related to your favorite song lyrics. If this is unclear, it might be best to think of your favorite song(s) and highlight some lyrics with your new or existing photos that help tell…
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Sunday Stills: Getting #Cozy
In our rushed world, now filled with fears of viruses, etc, many of us have forgotten what it’s like to be cozy. The last two years have hopefully taught us that being safe in our own homes and neighborhoods provides contentment and that feeling of coziness if we can’t be close to our loved ones.…
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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Drinking in the Ruby #Wine
Welcome to the November monthly color challenge! This month’s color is “ruby wine.” Think rich burgundies, deep red fall leaves and loads of florals, food, maroon automobiles, animals… well the list is endless. This image shows the color that heads toward the brownish-red part of the spectrum but any color that is close will do!…
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Sunday Stills: #Leaves have Fallen from the #Trees
Welp, it’s happened. Fall fell, at least here in Eastern Washington. Despite a lengthy Autumn due to warmer than normal temps in September and October, we experienced weeks of unprecedented Autumn color. Now comes November with the first frost and the leaves have danced to the ground into piles of color. Thankfully, no leaves in…
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Sunday Stills: Fur-tastic Paws and Birds of a Feather
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge is all about fur and feathers. Or how about plumage and paws? Although I draw inspiration from a variety of sources, this week, I’m extra-inspired by Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Feet or Paws and Marsha’s WQWWC: Cold. Images of my fur-babies will demonstrate this week’s theme, while my feathered…
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Sunday Stills: #Eerie Sights and Sounds
Now that my children are grown and gone, I really don’t celebrate the day much except for a few mild decorations, which I shared last week. Since Sunday Stills landed on Halloween today, I was inspired for this week’s theme, “Eerie,” by the Google Chrome theme “Eerie Autumn” which cycles wallpaper images to my desktop.…
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Sunday Stills: Indoor/Outdoor #Décor
This might seem like a strange theme this week, but between Halloween and Autumn (or Spring) decorations, I thought it would be fun to see what everyone else sees. I like to surround myself with the colors and signs of the season. As the holidays approach, seems like indoor and outdoor décor is all around…
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Sunday Stills: The #Pink Side of October
I know, I know, another color challenge, well, kinda… I enjoyed all of your fabulous oranges last week for the monthly color challenge. But Elle Woods would argue… “Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed.” Elle Woods, Legally Blonde These “pretty in pink” adorable twins enjoyed riding the harvest train and frolicking…
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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: Burnt or Blood #Orange
Beware! This post has something for everyone today, including cute dogs, pumpkins, and lots of orange! I don’t know what it is about October that it seems to represent the various shades of orange. Perhaps it’s the variety of the fall leaves, pumpkins and Halloween jack o’ lanterns. Hence our color challenge this month, focusing…
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Sunday Stills: #Sports and #Hobbies
Hello October! As spring ramps up in the Southern Hemisphere, I’m sure many folks can’t wait to get back to their favorite outdoor activities and hobbies. Here in the cold north, most of our outdoor sports and pastimes are ending or adjusting as the changing weather and cooler temps of Autumn close in. A hobby…
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Sunday Stills: #Signs of …Autumn? Spring?
This week, as the Autumnal and Vernal equinoxes we experienced on Sept 22 have brought the planet to equal days and nights for a moment, I’m sure we are seeing weather and temperatures play out as such! In either hemisphere signs of the seasons are already playing out depending upon where you live. Fall Has…
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Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: All that is #Gold
September’s Sunday Stills color challenge is harvest gold. “All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” JRR Tolkein, The Fellowship of the Ring As I enjoy an Eastern Washington Autumn with all the golden colors so…
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Sunday Stills: Going #Back … ?
I’m back…as this week’s title might suggest. I can’t thank Natalie enough for hosting Sunday Stills in my absence and with her amazing themes, no less! Thank you to all my fellow bloggers who continued to participate in Sunday Stills and support Natalie while I was on my three-week break. That is if you can…
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