Fun, Fitness & Photography
As Autumn begins to wane in most places, I wanted to share two photos of what was left of Autumn in Spokane, Washington, from our visit last weekend. In the featured image above, the last of the leaves abruptly fell overnight after the snow. Before the snow fell, it was a brisk 29 degrees when …
Whatever your feelings about the holiday season, I love the color orange because it seems like such a happy color!
Today seems like a great day to add my Autumn leaves to Cee's Flower of the Day Challenge! What intrigues me about the colors are the pink tones, found in nature no less! This little tree was already decked out for Autumn while the rest of the tree is still green! Still waiting for Autumn …
Continue reading Flowers of the Day are Festive Autumn Leaves
This week's Sunday Stills Photography challenge is all about texture. Textures occur both in nature and in human-made materials, and it all around us. A random photo of a mundane item can yield extraordinary textures you might not have noticed with just the naked eye. In texture photography, it’s all about patterns, colors and depth, …
If you have followed my blog for any length of time, you know I love posting photo challenges on Fridays. I have gotten used to the fact the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has gone the way of the dinosaur, but we photo-bloggers have found continuing inspiration with each others' challenges. Having joined the pink party …
Continue reading Festival of Leaves: An Inspired Start to Autumn
Saturday was the official start of Autumn with the autumnal equinox. According to Internet sources, ...the Autumnal equinox occurs the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above Earth's Equator – from north to south. This happens either on September 22, 23, or 24 every year. When this happens, …
As long as it is autumn, you will see a few more autumn-themed posts from me, and today is no exception. Both images are from my front and back yards. That redwood was planted 28 years ago (from a seedling I received at Cal Expo State Fair). It is the tallest tree in the neighborhood …
A potpourri of books and things
This site focuses mainly on photography, but also discusses just about any topic.
Roaming, at home and abroad
Photographer
The Brain—is wider than the Sky
Drift among the scribbles of writer Janet Gogerty
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16
sights of life from a passerby
Apps for any screen
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
I hope that someone sees this page and decides not to give up...
Where the road leads to new adventures !
Grateful for the present moment
"I am at home among trees." -J.R.R. Tolkien
