Going Out in a Blaze of Sunsets

It’s the last day of Becky’s January Square with the topic of ____light, and I am ending my participation with refracted light, such as the light that makes sunsets so colorful! South Dakota Tanzania Illinois (Mississippi River) Illinois – Arlington Heights Mont St.-Michel, France Egypt (on the Nile) On the Caribbean Sea

January Square 27: Neon Lights

I took this photo at O’Hare Airport a few years ago on my way somewhere. These neon lights stretched overhead above the moving sidewalks. Neon lights in Cairo at night Day 27 of Becky’s January Month of Squares with the theme _____light.

January Square 25: More Christmas Lights

For today’s #JanuarySquare Day 25, here are more Christmas light squares, all taken in Arlington Heights in December.

Bird in Flight: Where Will It Alight?

Bird in flight – Where will it alight? Right there! A stork in flight is about to alight and join its companions in an acacia tree. This bird is well camouflaged: Aha! I spy another bird that has just alighted below its companion! OK, I know this is stretching the topic of ____light, but I […]

January Square 22: Light in Flight

Becky’s January Square has the topic _____light. A Canadian Coast Guard rescue helicopter in flight during daylight approached our Alaska Cruise ship, where a man had to be airlifted after a heart attack on board. Over the ocean on our way home from Israel: looking out from the plane in flight at the sunlight on […]

January Square 21: Elegant Overhead Lights

For Becky’s#JanuarySquare Challenge Day 21, I am grouping three elegant overhead lights (all squares) that I have seen during my travels in 2019. Aswan, Egypt: Old Cataract Hotel Vienna, Austria: Schoenbrunn Palace Budapest, Hungary: Matthias Church

January Square and One Word Sunday: Cacti & Petroglyphs in Saguaro National Park

We visited Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona late in the afternoon, where I got some great backlit shots of saguaro, such as this one: I am fascinated with saguaros, which are the trees of life in the Sonoran Desert, because of the interesting shapes that sprout as “arms” from their main trunk. Saguaros grow […]

January Square: Vancouver Twilight

I captured these awesome colors of Vancouver at twilight in late August 2016 before our cruise to Alaska. Here’s the square: These are rectangular so they show a bit more of the sky and dark landscape. These colors remind me of a painting, using a palette of several blended hues. But much as I love […]

January Square: Streetlight

I took this photo of a streetlight in downtown Des Plaines, IL, near the library. Posted for Becky’s #JanuarySquare challenge with the subject _____light.

January Square: Headlights in the Snow

We are having a major snowfall (the first one this year!) so I thought I would post these headlights photos for today’s #JanuarySquare. This is my car about five hours ago!