Every Day is a Gift!
Egidio’s challenge is to feature warm colors. Warm colors include red, orange and yellow and can also include related hues of those colors.
I chose images of flowers in warm colors to wish you a happy Valentine’s Day.
Many thanks to our host Egidio for the challenge Lens-Artists #285 – Warm colors
Wandering Dawgs will be taking a short blogging break while we go wandering..
For Sofia’s challenge of Day and Night I chose an image of the full moon rising for my header. The following images from my archives are photos showing the same subject at day and at night.
The Pitons of St. Lucia at day and at night.
View of Mount Redoubt from Ninilchik, Alaska at day and at sunset.
Cinderella’s Castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom at day and at night
Many thanks our host Sofia for her challenge Lens-Artists #284 -Day and Night
In 2023 we took a few short road trips, I flew to New Mexico, and we went on a fantastic cruise. When we weren’t wandering we enjoyed being at home in Coastal Georgia. Here are a few of my favorite images from the year.
In June we stopped at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia on our way to Orlando.
I traveled to Albuquerque, New Mexico in October to attend the Albuquerque Internal Balloon Fiesta for the first time. Each day began with a morning glow followed by lots of activity as the balloon crews prepared the balloons for launch.
Our final trip of the year was a cruise to the Panama Canal and Central America. Passing through the Gatun Locks was the highlight of the cruise. There were great adventures as we traveled into Central American rain forests and saw wildlife we’ve never seen anywhere else.
Many thanks to all of our Lens-Artists hosts for all of the photo challenges in 2023. I’m looking forward to whatever challenges they bring us in 2024.
Our year was filled with some wandering, some quality time at home, and good times with family and friends.
A week long getaway to the Florida Gulf Coast was just what we needed to start the year. The week was filled with beautiful sunrises, bird watching, swimming with manatees, and a Mermaid show at Weeki Watchee Springs State Park.
February was a quiet month at home with porch sitting when the weather was nice, a trip to the Ships of the Sea Museum in Savannah with friends, attending the Livestrong program two days a week, and watching the camellias bloom.
We stayed home for the month. The azaleas were blooming and the days were filled with St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations with the Junkanoo band from the Bahamas.
We took a road trip to do some wandering in middle Georgia, enjoyed the spring flowers in our garden, and watched a few backyard birds.
We celebrated Henry’s birthday at a Savannah Bananas game and made a trip to Virginia to visit family.
We celebrated my birthday with a road trip to Orlando where we had a delicious birthday lunch at Sanaa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge and spent a day at the Animal Kingdom theme park.
July brought a gorgeous full moon, a double rainbow and a trip to the Georgia mountains to celebrate our anniversary.
The weather was hot but the flowers in the garden were blooming at home. We made another trip to middle Georgia where we wandered around Butterflies and Blooms in the Briar Patch.
There were walks on the beach and gorgeous sunrises.
I made a trip to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Back at home we wandered around Ft. Pulaski National Monument one day.
We flew to Ft. Lauderdale to begin our long awaited Panama Canal and Central America Cruise. Watch for another post about this adventure coming soon.
We celebrated the holidays with friends and family at home. Some mornings I woke up to a brilliant orange sky at sunrise.
There were also many events with no photos to share. In March I completed a three month Livestrong program for cancer survivors at our local YMCA and I still continue to stay fit with water aerobics and other classes at the gym. We had some long delayed home home improvements taken care of. We cheered on our 13 year old granddaughter at a few middle school volleyball and basketball games. We were safe and dry in our home as we watched and heard the rain and wind from hurricane Idelia passed by in August.
Wandering Dawgs celebrated 10 years of blogging in March. I appreciate all of you who read and follow my posts. I’m looking forward to keep this up for a while.
Wishing you good health, happiness and much joy in 2024!
Shared with Terri’s Sunday Stills
For this challenge Tina has asked us to include some of our favorite images of 2023. We can include images on any and all subjects that are personal favorites – BUT, they must have been created in 2023 AND must not have been previously published in response to a Lens-Artists Challenge!
The following are some of my favorite images that somehow never fit into any of the Lens-Artists challenges.
Many thanks to our host Tina for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #280 – Last Chance
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