Looking Up

Fly-By - U.S. Navy Blue Angels

Looking up one mostly sees clouds, birds, aircraft, treetops. And two cafe art creations This post was inspired by From underneath of the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Red Blossom

Red Blossom

Our little indoor plant just keeps opening fresh blossoms. I have photographed them before and shared. Here is a fresh close-up. Just in time for the challenge Close Up. Red Blossom

Bridge

Bridge

Bridge A small contribution to Becky’s square image challenge, specifically the “Geometry of Bridges”. Normally I shy away from square images. They don’t fit well into the themes of my sites. My posts start with a “featured image” nearly full screen width. The viewer can’t see all of a square image and has to scroll…… Continue reading Bridge

Sunrise

Sunrise in the Rockies

“Sunrise in the Rockies” For this week, the topic presented by The Cosmic Photo Challenge is “Morning Light”. Well, that is not easy for me to do. Getting up early is a challenge and getting somewhere scenic even more so. I allowed myself to do some dreaming and thought back to some early mornings in…… Continue reading Sunrise

Sunset

Sunset

Sunset at a park For today Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge is “sunrise/sunset”. Now I have a good number of photos showing sunsets and somewhat fewer of sunrises. My challenge was to find a photo or two that I have not already shared. Turns out I have a few of those. Here are two of them.…… Continue reading Sunset

Numbers Game

Ludwig Keck 2009

One fun challenge is the Numbers Game by Judy Dykstra-Brown – you search your archive for a given number, for this week it is “146”. Here are some of my photos that have that number somewhere.

The Numbers Game

Portrait - Canada Goose

A fun challenge – Search the photo archive for “127” What does a text search for “127” in my photo archive come up with? Now I have two archives, a local one on my laptop, and a more complete one on an external drive. I decided to join Judy’s challenge and see what comes up…… Continue reading The Numbers Game

Winter Bloom

It is wintery cold outside. The low last night was below 14F (-10 C). Nothing is blooming around the house. The daffodils haven’t made their appearance. Although back in 2017 this is how far they had come up: Back then, just a few days earlier things looked like this: However, today inside, the Christmas cactus…… Continue reading Winter Bloom