KOC: The Bizarrely Ordinary

From Kammie’s page: Oddball: (noun) a person or thing that is atypical, bizarre, eccentric, or nonconforming; (adjective) whimsically free-spirited; eccentric; atypical Kammie’s Oddball Challenge is for those photos that are sort of strange, or don’t fit in with anything else. There is no specific topic, so … I have no idea what this is, but […]

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 […]

CFFC: Pastel Colors

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge continues with her color series – this week it is pastel colors. Some flowers are bright, while others have muted colors. Most marigolds are bright, but these are soft yellow and white. Dahlias come in all colors – some are bright, some are light. Artists experiment with all kinds of color […]

Lens-Artists #72 – Waiting

People wait. Transportation vehicles wait. Animals and plants wait. Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #72, 11/16/19: Waiting

CFFC: Blue

The theme of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this month is colors; this week is Blue. Three fire hydrants painted blue, Arlington Heights, IL

October Squares: Nature in Art on Display

Here is my contribution for today for Becky’s October Square with the topic lines & squares. These are photos of artwork that I saw on display (except the last one, which I drew last week). Each one has definitive lines and each also incorporates nature into the artwork. At an art gallery in Poulsbo, WA: […]

CFFC: Rectangles & Squares

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week has the theme rectangles and squares.

CB&WPC: Wheels for Work & Play

Things with one, two or three wheels is the theme of Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week. Wheelbarrows, Poulsbo, Washington Wire bicycle & scooter, Miltenberg, Germany Bikes, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ferris wheel, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

Pull Up a Seat in Poulsbo, Washington

Attending our niece’s wedding recently, we stayed in the town of Poulsbo, WA, with a population over 11,000 and a Norwegian flavor (its heritage is Norwegian, so there are Norwegian flags everywhere). An early settler, an immigrant from Norway, actually had the surname “Paulsbo” but the pen he was writing with was kind of scratchy […]