Happy Sunday! This week, with the first new Lens-Artists Photo Challenge of 2025, Anne is challenging us to show resilience.

In my opinion, nothing says more about resilience than architecture that stands the test of time. This is Himeji Castle, built in the year 1333. It went through a series of expansion and renovation over 300 years. It’s one of the oldest castles in Japan to-date, so it’s really saying something about resilience.

In the cruel world of prey and predator, any wildlife must develop a sense of resiliency to survive. This photo was from my 2017 visit to Yellowstone. Early one morning, after several inches of snow had been dropped from the previous night, I found a group of deer lounging near the hot spring, trying to stay warm while looking for sustenance.

I admire wildflowers that grows in the desert where there’s hardly any water and nutrition in the soil. It really shows the plant’s resiliency and adaptability to the harsh environment.

My final picture is that of this petrified tree. This tree has been on this land for millions of years that its trunk had been fossilized. Think of all the things this tree might had seen – dinosaurs roaming the Earth, natural disasters, and changing landscapes – and yet, it still lives. So it really shows the resiliency of this tree.