A Photo a Week: The Beauty of…

Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week challenge this week is Beauty. This is a difficult one to choose only a few photos, for the Earth is full of beauty, natural and manmade! So I am going to choose some of my favorite “beauties” from my photo collection. Beauty of a sunset: Rio de Janeiro, from […]

CFFC: Walkways I Have Traveled

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is about the sidewalks, trails and walkways we walk on, usually without thinking much about them. Rio de Janeiro is famous for its wide sidewalks with mosaic designs – common places to walk, jog, and meet – and play with dogs. (Nove. 2016) In July of 2017, we spent […]

WPC: Works of Art

Sue W.’s Weekly Photo Challenge this week is Work of Art. Works of art are everywhere – an artist’s painting, a mural on a wall, a beautiful building, or natural works of art – a sunset, a rainbow, blooming flowers, animals – and animals creating their own works of art! A work of art doesn’t […]

Month of Squares: Eclectic Flamingos?

For Becky’s Month of Squares, In the Pink, I’m going with a recurring theme of flamingos! This setup was for alumni to take their own photos, with props, at my high school reunion. It also is a photographic representation of Your Daily Word Prompt, eclectic.

CFFC & Thursday Doors: Red Doors

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is RED. Since I have several photos of red doors, I am combining this with Norm’s Thursday Doors. Des Plaines, Illinois: I love this house with its red door and matching light above. I met the owner, Bonnie, one day when she was working on her garden. I asked […]

Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge

This new photo challenge is hosted by XingfuMama and it is to post photos of chairs, benches, favorite seats. I saw this colorful bench recently in downtown Highland Park, IL. Next to a swimming pool at Milagros Community, Tucson, Arizona

CFFC: Light and Lime Green

Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge right now is a color series; this week is light green or lime green. Hibiscus buds Young maple leaves – most of the maples around here have a fungus on their leaves called “maple tar spot,” supposedly caused by wet weather so that the leaves never have a chance to dry […]

Photo for the Week: Mountain Country Roads

Bren at Ryan Photography has a weekly challenge “Photo for the Week” and this week the theme is country roads. I decided to focus on country roads in the mountains from our trip out west and on Route 66 in May/June.

CB&WPC: Reflections

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is about reflections. Egrets on the shore of a lake, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania The gleaming new Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Water lilies and lily pads, Chicago Botanic Gardens Trees over a stream, Sabino Canyon, Tucson, Arizona

Blue and the Blues at VVS

I was recently at a reunion at my high school, Verde Valley School, in Sedona, Arizona. This photo was taken off a patio of the girls’ dorm. Posted for Lens Artist Photo Challenge with the theme of blue. I end with one of my favorite blues songs, by B.B. King. It was in high school […]