Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Blue
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Nothing beats the blue found in nature.
Whether it’s the sky meeting the ocean off the coast of Maine…
Or the sky meeting the ocean somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean during a cruise to Bermuda…
during one of those I’ll take a different kind of picture moments…
Inspired by Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #63: Magical
Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.
During two visits to Vermont’s Shelburne Museum this summer, I kept gravitating back to this pond. One of many beautiful spots on the 45 acre campus. I’d walk by and then double back as the light shifted throughout the day. I took photo after photo, each shot just a bit different from the one before.
At one point, as if out of nowhere, a family of ducks glided across…and then…disappeared.
Magical.
A few years ago I felt the pull to another favorite place…the ocean’s edge…late afternoon. In November when the beach was nearly deserted. The sun sinking.
I was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time.
Magical.
Inspired by Lens-Artists Challenge #62: Silhouettes
After a recent long walk up and down the shoreline at the beach, I noticed a row of seagulls perched on the roof of a shelter near the parking lot.
I assumed they were taking a rest from a long day of swooping down on unsuspecting tourists and their dropped chunks of sandwiches, fried dough and chips. Always on the lookout. Always hungry.
They didn’t seem to mind being photographed.
A couple of years ago, another beach goer on the lookout…
…who didn’t know he was being photographed.
Inspired by Becky’s Blue July Squares
One cold November afternoon…
Low tide rocks appeared…
Warmed in the sun…
Under the sky…
…with its many shades of blue.
This post inspired by Frank at Dutch goes the Photo
The prompt: Vista
During a cruise to celebrate our 30th anniversary, my husband and I visited St. George’s, Bermuda. We spent a wonderful day exploring the town and a gorgeous nearby beach.
View from the ship…
And during our walk around town…
Nancy Merrill is hosting a photo challenge. The theme this week – Sunshine
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO (OR MORE) OF SUNSHINE
When the sun is shining, everything feels a bit better.
Warmer.
Creating a bright space for peeking.
Out a doorway.
Or a window.
Through the trees.
Inspiring songs, poems, smiles…and photographs.
A favorite part of living across the street from the ocean for 3 months?
This view out the balcony door on a magnificent sunny day…
A favorite part of taking a walk last Saturday?
Discovering the sunshine…framing the trees.
Behind the main street…down a short hill…next to the river…
In my new hometown.
