Author: Yinglan
Hi, I'm Yinglan, I'm a hobby storyteller, gardener, and a photographer. I'm a finance person by trade and a plant and nature lover in my off-hours. I love taking pictures of the wonderful landscapes around me and of the things in my garden. Welcome to my world!
Six Sentence Story: Craft
Hello February 2024!
I cannot believe I’m writing this but I feel optimistic and good about February.
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#SundayStills: There’s Always Something to #Do
Share Your World – Week of January 29, 2024
Saturday Mix #StoryStarter – Not My Day
Sunday Poser #169 – AI in Blogging
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #284: Day and Night
Happy Sunday! Sophia of Photographias is hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. In her post, she showed photos that illustrated the cycle of day and night. I’m not an avid night photographer because of my astigmatism, which renders me partially blind in the night hours, but I do hope to show a similar progression of the photos I took on my road trip.
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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Mentally Exhausted
Good morning! Welcome, please help yourself to a cup of hot or cold beverage and join me for a quick chat.
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#Bloganuary 2024 Prompt Day 22-25
WQ#157: Inspired by Podcasts
As much as I would love to admit I read a lot of books, I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve been slacking on my reading.
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Friday Fictioneers: Once a countrygirl…
Six Sentence Story: Access
Their love story is like a Disney movie without a happy ending.
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#Bloganuary 2024 Prompt Day 18-21
What do you see # 222 – Black Magic
Share Your World – Week of January 22, 2024
Sunday Poser #168 – Reducing Carbon Footprint
#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge – Aquamarine Waters
The color aquamarine reminds me of the color of water but at the same time, aquamarine isn’t the color of water, it’s a blue with a bit of green mixed into it.
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #283: Illustration of a Poem
Happy Sunday! Ann-Christine from Leya is the lovely hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and she has, indeed, chosen an easy yet difficult topic (for me, at least) and that is to illustrate in photos a favorite quote or a poem.
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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Another week in January
Good morning! Welcome, please help yourself to a cup of hot or cold beverage and join me for a quick chat.
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#Bloganuary 2024 Prompt Day 14-17
Friday Fictioneers: Melt Away
Six Sentence Story: Kick
“I’m open, I’m open!” Stevie shouted near the goal post, waving his arms, trying to get his teammates’ attention but it was as if he was invisible, “Hello!”.
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