After 24 hours in transit – a train ride to the airport and 3 plane changes later, I finally arrived in the land of the Rising Sun. I can’t say the flight was at all comfortable and I can’t say I liked the part where I am waiting at airports with inconsistent internet speed but I’m glad to the transit is at least temporarily over.
Continue reading “Japan Day 1” →Do you know what’s funny?
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge – Orange and Gold” →Nooooo… it’s too soon for autumn, despite autumn being one of my favorite seasons (aside from spring), where I am – in northern Utah – summer is still very much alive with 90+ degrees temperatures and no sign of autumn is approaching but who knows, these things can come with a snap of a finger. Not my fingers, Mother Nature’s.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Too Soon for #Autumn” →
Happy Sunday! This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #264, Sofia of the blog, Photographias, invites us to share pictures and stories about primary colors.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #264: Primary Colors” →Despite having some failures in the garden this year like the pest infestation and my inability to grow squash, I feel this garden season has been a wonderful and successful one and as August ends and September rolls around, I have a sinking feeling I’ll have to say goodbye to the 2023 garden very soon. I can’t express gratitude enough for all that it’s given me from food to joy to admiration to other wonderful feelings. Therefore, I will dedicate this post to celebrate the garden. I hope you enjoy this photo gallery.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Let’s #Celebrate the Garden Harvests” →
Happy Sunday! This week, on Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #263, John from Journeys With Johnbo is challenging us with faces.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #263: Faces in a Crowd” →
I agree, seedheads aren’t always the prettiest thing in the world to photograph.
Continue reading “Nature Photo Challenge #25 – Seedheads” →
I’m surprised to say there aren’t much to do in the garden these days.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge: #Yellow in the August 2023 Garden” →
Happy Sunday! Amy from the blog – The World is a Book… – is the lovely hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge and this week’s theme is all about Framing.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #262: Framing Your Photos” →
Last week’s rain has made me a lazy gardener.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Feeling #Lazy yet Triumphant” →
Happy Sunday! Hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Ann-Christine has presented an intriguing theme of Work in Progress. I hope you like my offering.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #261: Work in Progress” →
Happy Sunday! Concluding the month of guest hosts, Janet from the blog – This, That, and the Other Thing – is hosting this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with the theme of Overlooked.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #260: Overlooked” →This week, it’s time to look closer because you will be seeing double on this week’s #SundayStills.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Two of a Kind #Double” →
Happy Sunday! This week, continuing with the month of guest hosts, Dan from the blog, Departing in 5 Mins is challenging us with the topic of Unbound.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #259: Unbound” →This week, it’s time to get #small with #SundayStills.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: #Small, Beautiful, and Powerful” →
Happy Sunday! This week, continuing with the month of guest hosts, Dawn Miller from the blog, The Morning After… is the lovely hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge with the theme Fences.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #258: Fences” →This week, on #SundayStills, it’s the monthly color challenge! For July, it’s Blue.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Monthly Color Challenge – #Blue” →
Happy Sunday! This week, Philosophy through Photography is the guest-host for the Lens-Artist Challenge and the topic chosen is Simplicity.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #257: Simplicity” →
Happy Sunday! Ritva is the lovely guest-hostess for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and the topic she has chosen for week, I feel, is both interesting and challenging, and I hope I will do the theme justice – Inspiration Found in the Kitchen.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #256: Inspiration Found in the Kitchen” →
Happy Sunday! Patti is the host for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge and she is challenging us to tell a story using 1 to 5 photos.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #255: Telling a Story” →This month’s color for #SundayStills is one that is my favorite – Purple.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Monthly Color: #Purple” →This week’s topic for #SundayStills is Roads, paths, and streets.
Continue reading “#SundayStills: Difficult yet Rewarding #Roads” →Happy Sunday! Anne from Slow Shutter Speed is the hostess and I am reflecting on one of my favorite new experience on this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge with photos I haven’t looked at in nearly 5 years. Hope you enjoy.
Continue reading “Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #242: New Experiences” →
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