Sunday Stills: #Vivid Memories Spark Gratitude

Raise your virtual hand if you remember the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge? If you’ve been blogging long enough, you would remember these inspiring photo challenges. I honed my photography skills because of blogging and for this, I am very grateful. This challenge single-handedly brought big numbers of visitors and followers to my blog and I … Continue reading Sunday Stills: #Vivid Memories Spark Gratitude

Sunday Stills: Through a #Glass Darkly?

To see through a glass darkly suggests we see things obscurely or imperfectly, a distorted reality if you will. Drinking this lovely glass of dark red wine may distort your reality a bit. A glass of red wine “Glass half empty, glass half full. Well, either way you won't be going thirsty, count your blessings … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Through a #Glass Darkly?

Sunday Stills Monthly Color Challenge: #Lava and Memories of a Little Brown Dog

Lava is the color challenge this month. What is black, brown, and orange all over? Why, your photos, of course. As much as I love orange tones during Autumn, I thought we could mix orange with dark brown and black found in lava—whether rocks, flowing lava, or glowing coals within a fire. Or anything else!

Sunday Stills: Maxed Out Garden #Macros and #Close-Ups

It has been a while since we used macro and close-up photography for the Sunday Stills theme! Staying close to home this weekend before my trip to Portland, Oregon, I captured most of these in my own yard in Nine Mile Falls or in the garden of my former home in Sacramento. Your macros and … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Maxed Out Garden #Macros and #Close-Ups

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. … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Getting #Cozy