Donna Endacott

Snow Buddies — socially distanced

Outdoor dining at Winnemucca Lake, Round Top Mountain ahead

February 28, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Cell shots, Nature, Play, Seasons | Tags: escapes, mountains, quiet, snowshoeing, The Last Photo, winter | Leave a comment

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Bark and Bark Again

For every bark, there is a season.

“a season for every activity under the heavens: … a time to uproot …

… a time to tear down …

… a time to scatter …

… a time to embrace … and a time for peace.”

CFFC – Bark

February 26, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, DSLR Shots, Nature, Seasons, The Book | Tags: bark, bits n pieces, CFFC, Eccl. 3:1-8, lifecycles, meditations | 8 Comments

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In my world, the Sun Played Hide and Seek

… on the moss tops of the rocks outside my window today, teasing me to catch the light as it danced into and reflected from the moss. I never quite tagged it.

“Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of man.”

Lens Artists Challenge #135: A Glimpse Into Your World

February 20, 2021 | Categories: Landscapes, Nature, Play, The Book | Tags: #aftertherain, Gnosis, light, Psalm 66:5, rocks | 9 Comments

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From here to there …

… now is the bridge. “The future’s not ours to see … “

Challenge Your Camera #7 — Bridges

February 18, 2021 | Categories: Challenges, Places | Tags: #challengeyourcamera, bridges, Marshall Gold Discovery Park, meditations, streets | 6 Comments

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Nature deSaturated

Or color splashes in black and white

February 14, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, Nature, People | Tags: #challengeyourcamera, colors, edited, hiking, solitude, winter | 5 Comments

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Urban Direction

Signs of life whichever way you please

Which Way Photo Challenge

February 13, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Challenges, Cityscapes, People | Tags: Grass Valley, signs, streets | 2 Comments

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Yellow … or Blue

The wheel of history at Marshall Gold Discovery Park, Coloma, California

Life in Colour — Yellow

February 10, 2021 | Categories: Challenges, Work | Tags: bits n pieces, colour21, history, machines, Marshall Gold Discovery Park, texture | 7 Comments

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Hidden Falls finalie

The final view on a hike in Hidden Falls Regional Park.

The Last on the iPhone — January 2021

January 31, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, Landscapes, Nature | Tags: bridges, hiking, river, The Last Photo | Leave a comment

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Gold in Them Thar Rocks

Boulders tumbled up along Lake Tahoe’s shore

Becky’s Squares Challenge

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge — Piled up

January 27, 2021 | Categories: Challenges, Landscapes, Places | Tags: CFFC, Lake Tahoe, SquareUp, texture | 6 Comments

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Heavy Metal

Vibrant valves of old

Abandoned industry

Challenge Your Camera #3 Industrial

January 22, 2021 | Categories: Art, Challenges, Cityscapes | Tags: #challengeyourcamera, abstracts, black and white, buildings, colors, solarized | 5 Comments

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Look Up — Climb Up

“the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.”

Becky’s Squares Challenge — Uplifting

January 19, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, Nature, The Book | Tags: bits n pieces, James 3:17, SquareUp, trees, wisdom | 10 Comments

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The Gull’s Gall — Rock Peace

“Peacemakers who sow in peace shall reap a harvest of righteousness.”

January 17, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Nature, The Book | Tags: birds, consequences, James 3:18, musings, reaping, wisdom | 2 Comments

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I ____ Speech — Consequential Words

I hate speech? … I hate-speech?

“The tongue also is a fire … it corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.”

January 14, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, The Book | Tags: boundaries, consequences, fire, James 3:6, politics, speechmaking, thoughts, true | 4 Comments

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Icy Echo

Serenity on ice … socially distanced … frozen and docked … and the skaters still skate.

Bushboy’s Last Photo of December 2020

January 1, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, Landscapes, Play, Seasons | Tags: blue, boats, Echo Lake, mountains, recreation, snow, still life, winter | 16 Comments

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Flower of a Different Sort

After the bloom … before deep winter … red-gold leaves on December’s flowering pear tree. “For every thing, there is a season ….”

December 27, 2020 | Categories: 1000 words, Challenges, Nature, Photography, Seasons, The Book | Tags: beautiful, colors, December, Eccl. 3:1, flowering pear, FOTD, gold, leaves | 4 Comments

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Fenced Up and Over

Guardrail fencing zigzags up the walkway ramp over Highway 50

Caught in the chain links

December 26, 2020 | Categories: Challenges, Cityscapes, Photography | Tags: abstracts, black and white, CBWC, edited, El Dorado County, fences, lines | 15 Comments

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Save the Endangered Tree Fog

… “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

December 23, 2020 | Categories: Landscapes, Nature, Photography, Seasons, The Book | Tags: black and white, fog, James 4:14, peace, quiet, trees | 2 Comments

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Ghosts of Christmas First

For unto us a child is born … the government will be on his shoulders. And he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.