To wrap up the month of May at Sunday Stills, let’s share our favorite vacation spots. As more of the world gets vaccinated against Covid-19, masks are coming off and the world is opening up! Hallelujah! “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Favorite #Vacation Spot
Sunday Stills: #Rain, Rain…Another Day
March 1st was the first day of Meteorological spring in the northern hemisphere, and here in Spokane, the temps were in the balmy mid-50s (Fahrenheit) all week. Not much rain, but I do have some rainy-day pics from my archives to share for the theme today. An abstract view of a downpour in our backyard … Continue reading Sunday Stills: #Rain, Rain…Another Day
Sunday Stills: Your Favorite #Landscape
We all love landscape photography. When you first began snapping photos, perhaps you naturally gravitated toward landscapes (or waterscapes—same thing), due to their ease of accessibility. Who doesn’t stand in awe of a wonderful vista and wish they had their phone or camera handy? This is an easy challenge this week as you share your … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Your Favorite #Landscape
Sunday Stills: Life in a #Waterworld
Memorial Day in the US is the traditional start to summer, which brings throngs of people to lakes, rivers and oceans. Perhaps, but not in 2020… ...as the threats of exposure and illness from the coronavirus keep people home and away from their favorite leisure spaces. Even as most US states have opened up for … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Life in a #Waterworld
Sunday Stills: Your #Favorite Photo
With the holidays upon us, I thought I would make it easy for all of us at Sunday Stills this week to share a few of our favorite photos or some oldie-but-goodies. If you have a new favorite to share, well, go right ahead! I went to Instagram and looked at past posts from 2019 … Continue reading Sunday Stills: Your #Favorite Photo
Blue July #Squares: Surf’s Up in Hilo
I caught these young surfers shredding waves on Hilo Bay last January. Three boys and one girl surf and boogie board on a warm winter’s day. It was a school holiday; the temps were warm and who wouldn’t surf if they could? Even more amazing was how they managed to dodge the large lava rock … Continue reading Blue July #Squares: Surf’s Up in Hilo
Sunday Stills: A #Tropical Garden Vacation
Spring is here, but if you live in a tropical locale, warm temps and flowers are everywhere. This week's Sunday Stills Photo Challenge theme is "tropical." Show us your tropical images!
Sunday Stills: A Spiky #Spring Has Sprung
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, spring officially sprung on March 20…also known as the vernal equinox. Show and tell us what puts the spring in your step for the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge!
Sunday Stills: Show Us Something #Green
Tis the season for showing us something green, if you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Even if you don’t, the color green is all around us. If you want to get creative, you can use and interpret green idioms as in “green with envy,” or “going green” (environmental). Show us your version of green!
Sunday Stills: #Bucket-List Images
What is a bucket-list image you ask? We all know a "bucket list" is the list of things you want to do, see, experience before you die. A bucket-list image is that person, place or thing you want to photograph before you kick that bucket! It has always been my dream to take my photography … Continue reading Sunday Stills: #Bucket-List Images
Squares in September: Pink #Plumeria
I am excited to contribute to Becky's photo challenge Squares in September, In the Pink! While in San Diego for my 40th high school reunion last week, we stayed at my daughter's house. All around her neighborhood are yards and gardens lush with plumeria, my other favorite flower! I love how this cluster peeked at me … Continue reading Squares in September: Pink #Plumeria
Twisted Twitter
Curved and straight lines appear in nature and in items made by humans. In the WordPress weekly photo challenge, those curved or Twisted lines are the theme for this week. In Hawaii last January, we encountered so many colorful birds! These two Saffron Finches were happily enjoying the sunshine. The one on the right really contorted … Continue reading Twisted Twitter
The Nature of #Liquid
The weekly photo challenge offers a seemingly common theme Liquid. What we as photographers do with it remains to be seen. My favorite leisure spaces are all about water, but today I wanted to give you a new way of looking at this most important element of life. While on a blogging break I posted … Continue reading The Nature of #Liquid
My New Favorite Place
Surprise! No, your eyes do not deceive you, and yes, I am publishing a post a few weeks early! It is spring break for me and while I am still busy creating lectures and grading papers for this new class, I actually have some down time. Plus, I couldn’t resist posting for this week’s photo … Continue reading My New Favorite Place
False Alarms and the Silence of Leisure Spaces
In early January, my husband and I spent a glorious week in Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Silence of Leisure Spaces We spent several days exploring the nearby beaches and waterfalls just enjoying the sounds of nature. We sat and ate our lunch in silence and simply enjoyed the show the surfers … Continue reading False Alarms and the Silence of Leisure Spaces
Second Wind Leisure Perspectives 