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The Flower Hour #42: Raspberry Ripples

Published on August 5, 2026August 4, 2026 by Yinglan2 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #407 – Celebrations

Published on August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

Happy Sunday! Patti is the lovely hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge and the topic for this week is all about the art of celebrations.

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Hello August 2026!

Published on August 1, 2026July 31, 2026 by Yinglan5 Comments

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The Flower Hour #41: Tiny Wonders

Published on July 29, 2026July 28, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #406 – Summer Daze

Published on July 26, 2026July 25, 2026 by Yinglan8 Comments

Happy Sunday! Anne is hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and it is the perfect topic for now as the temperature here for the unforeseeable future will be in the triple-digits and that topic is summer daze.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – 2026 So far…

Published on July 25, 2026July 24, 2026 by Yinglan5 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #405 – Adventure

Published on July 19, 2026July 18, 2026 by Yinglan13 Comments

Happy Sunday! The Lens-Artists team is back after the annual 2-week hiatus and it’s Ann-Christine’s turn to host this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #405. The topic she picked is Adventure.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – I need to vent…

Published on July 18, 2026July 18, 2026 by Yinglan7 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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The Flower Hour #39: Peppermint Stick Zinnia

Published on July 15, 2026July 14, 2026 by Yinglan11 Comments

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Silent Sunday: On this day, years past

Published on July 12, 2026July 11, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

A few of my favorite pictures from the garden in years past.

#WeekendCoffeeShare – A Mix Bag

Published on July 11, 2026July 10, 2026 by Yinglan3 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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The Flower Hour #38: Columbine

Published on July 8, 2026July 7, 2026 by Yinglan5 Comments

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – 4th of July Weekend

Published on July 4, 2026July 3, 2026 by Yinglan6 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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The Flower Hour #37: Summer Flowers

Published on July 1, 2026June 30, 2026 by Yinglan6 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #404 – Subject Begins with the Letter B

Published on June 28, 2026June 28, 2026 by Yinglan8 Comments

Happy Sunday! This week, Beth from Wandering Dawgs leads Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #404 with a fun topic – subject begins with the letter B. I hope you enjoy my gallery of all things B.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – End of June 2026

Published on June 27, 2026June 26, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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The Flower Hour #36: Lilies

Published on June 24, 2026June 23, 2026 by Yinglan6 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #403 – Perspective, Depth, and Scale

Published on June 21, 2026June 20, 2026 by Yinglan10 Comments

Happy Sunday! This week, it’s John’s turn to host Lens-Artists Challenge and for challenge #403, he’s decided to focus on another set of tools for photo composition – Perspective, Depth, and Scale.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare – Garden in Transition

Published on June 20, 2026June 20, 2026 by Yinglan2 Comments

Happy Saturday!

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The Flower Hour #35: Mixed Bag of Flowers

Published on June 17, 2026June 16, 2026 by Yinglan3 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #402 – Wonder Revisited

Published on June 14, 2026June 13, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

Happy Sunday! This week, for Lens-Artists Challenge #402, Sofia is revisiting the topic of Wonder, which was posed by Patti on the first-ever Lens-Artists Challenge back in 2018. I wish I was a participant of that, unfortunately, I was not. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my photos and stories for this week’s challenge.

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The Flower Hour #34: Marigold

Published on June 10, 2026June 9, 2026 by Yinglan4 Comments

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #401 – Focus on the Subject

Published on June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 by YinglanLeave a comment

Happy Sunday! This week, for Lens-Artists Challenge #401, Patti is looking back at Lens-Artists Challenge #121, which focuses on the composition of the photo. I must admit I struggled a little bit with this one but I tried my best and hope you’ll enjoy.

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