Nature

Squared Trees in California — #2

Inland Northern trail near Mt. Shasta, laboring up the dusty trail, hot and sweaty. But look up, where “… over everything the glory will be a canopy.”

Becky’s Squares – July #TreeSquared

July 17, 2021 | Categories: Cell shots, Challenges, Nature, The Book | Tags: hiking, Isaiah, Mt. Shasta, SquareUp, summer | 13 Comments

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Squared Trees in California

Coastal mossy madrona along the Dipsea Trail. ” … how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?” Or a blanket of moss from leaves?

Becky’s Squares July — #TreeSquared

July 5, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Cell shots, Challenges, Nature, The Book | Tags: Ezekiel, fog, hiking, quiet, SquareUp, trails | 16 Comments

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Found Fenced Flowers — A to Z

Azalea or rhododendron? “Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come …”

Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Six Word Saturday

June 26, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Challenges, Cityscapes, DSLR Shots, Nature, The Book | Tags: #6WS, #SixWordSaturday, beautiful, fences, FOTD, solarized, Song of Songs | 10 Comments

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Texture in the Way of Life

Texture on the hiking trail

Texture of light and brick in Sacramento

CFFC — Texture

Which Way Photo Challenge

And what about the elastic texture of time? It flies smoothly when having fun, yet drags roughly when dutifully dogging work.

I’ve not had time to capture or create an image to express this taffy-pull challenge of returning to work, that necessary reality tugging time from photography. And, therein lies the rub of my existential Which Way Photo Challenge: take time to make a living or make time to take a photo.

All hail the end of the COVID-battical!

April 18, 2021 | Categories: 1000 words, Cell shots, Challenges, Cityscapes, DSLR Shots, Nature, Photography | Tags: bark, CFFC, close-up, country, hiking, humor, musings, photographers, Sacramento, texture, trails, Which Way Photo | 6 Comments

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The Last Photos of March 2021

Last full moon waning — last on the DSLR

Last trail trekked — last on the cell camera

Bushboy’s Last Photo Challenge — March

Just One Person From Around the World — ThatTravelLadyInHerShoes

April 1, 2021 | Categories: Activities, Cell shots, Challenges, DSLR Shots, Landscapes, Nature, People, Skyscapes | Tags: Eagle Pass Trail, hiking, natural light, solitude, The Last Photo, trails | 3 Comments

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Sunday rain flames out

After the rain, as the day ends, the setting sun ignites the clearing clouds.

Sunday Stills — March 7

March 7, 2021 | Categories: Challenges, DSLR Shots, Nature, Skyscapes | Tags: #aftertherain, #SundayStills, clouds, endings, sunset | 15 Comments

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Snow Buddies — socially distanced

Outdoor dining at Winnemucca Lake, Round Top Mountain ahead

Brian (aka Bushboy) — Last on the Cell

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, Ecclesiastes, lifecycles, meditations | 11 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, Psalms, rocks | 9 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 | 8 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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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