Photography – Page 11 – Wandering Dawgs

Sunday Stills – Fountains and Falls

September 22, 2025Posted in Photography, WaterfallsTagged Fountains and Waterfalls, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills15 Comments

Terri’s latest Sunday Stills challenge is fountains and falls. The featured image is the Forsyth Park Fountain in Savannah, Georgia. The rest of my images are waterfalls from around the United States.

I’ll start with three different Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls, Keystone Canyon, Valdez, Alaska

Here’s three from in and around Yellowstone National Park

Lower Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park

There are beautiful waterfalls in the north Georgi mountains. Here are three of them.

Many thanks to Terri for taking us on a trip around Yellowstone National Park with her Sunday Stills challenge Fountains and Falls

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Cellpic Sunday – September at the Beach

September 21, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged Atlantic Ocean, beach, Cellpic Sunday4 Comments

Here are two photos of people enjoying a beautiful day on the beach. One is real, the other a zigsaw puzzle.

Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday

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Roseate Spoonbills in the Neighborhood

September 19, 2025Posted in Birds, Nature, PhotographyTagged Coastal Georgia Birds, Pink Feathers, Roseate Spoonbill, Wading Birds39 Comments

I was getting ready to make a trip to the grocery store yesterday when one of my friends texted me to let me know there were Roseate Spoonbills in some trees by the side of the road on the way out of our neighborhood.

I grabbed my camera and my telephoto lens before I left home and hoped the birds would still be there. Lucky me! Two of them were still still around.

Roseate Spoonbill

It’s always a special treat to see these pink beauties here in coastal Georgia. I’m grateful to my friend who let me know where they were.

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Lens Artists Photo Challenge #365 – Longing

September 18, 2025Posted in PhotographyTagged Florida Keys, Ireland, Italy, Lens-Artists, Longing, Photo Challenge38 Comments

For this challenge Egidio introduces us to the Portuguese word saudade. Wikipedia defines saudade as “an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent someone or something. It is a recollection of feelings, experiences, places, or events, often elusive, that cause a sense of separation from the exciting, pleasant, or joyous sensations they once caused.“

The closest English word to describe saudade is longing. I had a hard time deciding how to approach this challenge. I finally came up with a few places that have special meaning for me.

Ireland will always be with me. Words can’t describe the beauty of the green landscapes, the friendly and kind people, and the feeling I had while there. I still think of Ireland often and long to return.

It’s been almost 20 years since we’ve been to Florida Keys. I long to return to those carefree days of boating, fishing, watching the sunset, and scuba diving although these days I wouldn’t be diving.

My father was in the United States Air Force. When I was 16 he was assigned to a small base in Italy. Whenever Dad had a few days off we would take trips to see the country. Dad always took his Minolta camera with him and took thousands of slides of our adventures. My younger brother spent many hours converting those slide to digital format (thank you Joe). The following gallery shows three of the many places we went – Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Coliseum in Rome, and Trulli houses in Alberobello. When I look at these photos all my happy memories of traveling with my family come rushing back. I long to return to Italy one day.

Thank you to all the beautiful quiet moments you shared for Ritva’s challenge last week. Be sure to check back on Saturday, September 20 Eastern Time when Tina will be hosting our next challenge.

Egidio, thank you for teaching me a new word. I hope you will join him for this week’s challenge Longing. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to his post Lens-Artists #365 – Longing

For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.

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