Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge – Water

Here are my entries to Cee’s latest B&W Photo Challenge – Water.

SO MANY attempts to achieve this shot!

Splashing water in a fountain

Splashing water in a fountain

Long exposure of a small waterfall at Silver Falls

The Stuff of Life

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Highlights of 2017

This year has been tough for me. The highlights have all revolved around connections. It’s nice to go back and re-visit those.

Time spent with the pups.

Getting out of my safe space.

And furthering progress.

Eugene Marathon with sis and niece.

Utah NP trip

Impromptu giant road trip to visit kids

Continuation of road trip through Colorado’s freak May snowstorm

Our new rescue kitty

Hiking

And more hiking

Showing off Oregon

Hiking in Shenandoah

Charlottesville with Smartypants

My wandering companion in CO

First (only) polo match

More showing off Oregon

Eclipse day

Trips to see my kids

Lots of photography

Being grateful

Walter’s Wiggles

Our May trip to the Utah National Parks was filled with upward motion. This is a photo of the switchback “Walter’s Wiggles” on the way up to Angels Landing in Zion. Those little spots of color between the trees are people near the top of the switchback.

Props to these random strangers for posing for my photo. 🙂

I think I exceeded 20,000 steps on each day of this trip!

Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge

Here are my choices for Cee’s latest challenge – Fences and Gates.

Wrought iron gate, The Alamo, San Antonio, TX

Fence and Aspens, Pike’s Peak, CO

Forest Gate, Shore Acres State Park, Charleston, OR

North Jetty gate, Newport, OR

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Anything with “O” in it.

I haven’t played along with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge in a while. This week’s challenge looks pretty easy – anything with “O” in it. (Next week’s will take some more thought and planning.) Here are my choices:

Yellowstone bison

A boat named Pablo

The Pacific Ocean… and clouds

Love

Monticello

Shadow

Serene

Now she walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams
Seeking grace in every step she takes
Her sight has turned inside herself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake.

(Technically, a beaver pond, but you get the picture. Lyrics from my soul song, Colorado Rocky Mountain High, by John Denver.)

Waiting

While in San Antonio last spring, I noticed this dapper older man waiting on a bench. He caught my eye, and I snapped a picture. Look at the shine on those shoes!

This is my contribution to the Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge entitled Waiting.

Lifting Off

Hot air balloons lift off from Timber Linn Park during Albany, Oregon’s 2017 Art and Air Festival.

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Things Made With Wood

Here are my submissions to Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge:

Scrabble tiles

Birdhouse

Trail to the beach, Cape Flattery

Cascadia wooden bridge

Old barn in the fog

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Shadows

Are we here?

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo prompt: shadow