Hunt for Joy & Thursday Doors: Colorful Doors

Cee’s Wednesday challenge, On the Hunt for Joy this week has the topic of “paint your front door.” Not literally, of course! She’s calling for photos of brightly colored doors or any interesting doors. And Thursday is Norm’s weekly door challenge. Here is a collage of colorful doors from my archives:

Lens-Artists #89: A River Runs Through It

Amy at Lens-Artists has as her theme for this week’s challenge: river. Starting out close to home, here is the Des Plaines River during a November walk on the Des Plaines River Trail. This is a very pretty stretch of the slow-moving river, but it is responsible for many floods in the cities along its […]

Friday Fun: In the Distance

Here are some 2019 travel photos for Aroused’s Friday Fun: Distance. Caesarea & Jerusalem, Israel: Rhine castles in Germany: I kept thinking of this song while doing this post. I think the lyrics are fitting for these days of fear and crisis.

CFFC: Upward

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is about pointing your camera upward!

CFFC: Roofs of Europe

The roofs in Europe are varied and interesting. So for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week with the topic of roofs, here are some European roofs. Mont St.-Michel, France Roofs with gulls Roof with window Amsterdam, Holland – These are my favorites due to their variety in architectural style. 2 views of the roofs of […]

CFFC: Vanishing Lines

These are some examples of vanishing and leading lines for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. Last night in downtown Mt. Prospect Barn lines at Wild Bill Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch in Nebraska On the road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Rest stop at Rocky Mountain National Park Roller Coaster Road near Harper’s Ferry, Iowa Crop […]

CB&WPC: Bikes

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week has the topic bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles and unicycles. BICYCLES: What better place to find bicycles than Amsterdam?! Here are just a few photos of bikes in Amsterdam. bicycle parking lot! looking down from our Airbnb apartment Mother and son riding home together in Regensburg, GermanyAlso in Regensburg […]

2020 Photo Challenge #6: Patterns

2020 Photo Challenge is about working on techniques to improve one’s photography. This month’s theme is patterns. Here are some of the host’s suggestions: February: Being Creative with Patterns look for various types of patterns – squares, circles, triangles and so on. Shoot from a different perspective. Look up, look down or shoot from a […]

Hunt for Joy Challenge: Up On the Roof

Cee’s weekly challenge On the Hunt for Joy, is in week 5. This week the topic is Count Chimneys, which includes photos of chimneys, weather vanes, spires and satellite dishes. How is this topic about hunting for joy? She explains: Tip from Ingrid Fetell Lee: Count Chimneys: As you’re walking around, keep a tally of […]

On the Hunt for Joy Challenge: Jump for Joy

Cee’s new photo challenge that she puts out every Wednesday is On the Hunt for Joy. This week the topic is Jump for Joy. Cee says that for this topic, Here are a few ideas to get you going. Anyone jumping, hopping or skipping trampoline exercising for fun animals who jump or hop throwing things […]