Every Day is a Gift!
Patti has challenged us to focus on telling a story with our images.
My story is the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly. I haven’t been able to capture Monarch’s in my garden this year so these images are all from my archives.
Many thanks to Patti for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #255 – Telling a Story
For this challenge our guest host Brian of Bushboys World asks us to show our interpretation of fragments.
I chose a few fragments of ancient dwellings. As I gazed at the remains of these buildings I tried to imagine what the lives were like for the inhabitants who lived in them. The first photo above shows ancient cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The following images are from Colorado, Ireland, and Scotland.
Many thanks to Brian of Bushboys World for the challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #253 – Fragments
For this challenge Donna asks the question “What’s Bugging You?” Insects rarely want to cooperate when I am trying to take their photo. I spent some time in my garden following bees around this week but none of of them wanted their picture taken. Here are a few favorite bug images from my archives.
Giant Swallowtail Caterpillar
Unknown moth caterpillar in Dominica
Swallowtails on Thistle in the Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
Tiger Swallowtail
Lynx Spider
Wasp on Milkweed
Cicada Skeleton
Many thanks to Donna at Wind Kisses for her challenge Lens-Artists Challenge #252 – What’s Bugging You
For this challenge Anne has asked us to look at buildings and other structures and see their beauty.
The header photo is an Art Deco building in South Beach, Miami. The following gallery shows some buildings I have enjoyed seeing during our travels. Starting with the top left are Blarney Castle, Ireland; the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia; an Art Deco building in South Beach, Miami, Florida; colorful buildings on the waterfront in Antigua; the historic Jekyll Island Club, Georgia; a Chattel House in Barbados.
The following gallery features a red barn in Minnesota, an old barn in Cataloochee Valley, North Carolina; a white barn in Iowa, and an old barn at writer Flannery O’Connor’s home Andalusia in Milledgeville, Georgia.
This gallery features the Talmadge Bridge in Savannah, Georgia; a stone bridge at Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland; one of the Bridges of Madison County, Iowa; and the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia.
The final gallery: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium, University of Georgia; 1996 Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia; Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals, Missouri; Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, Green Bay, Wisconsin; a panoramic view of the stands at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, Florida.
Many thanks to Anne of Slow Shutter Speed for challenging us to focus on Buildings and other Structures. You can find her original post at Lens-Artists Challenge #251 – Buildings and other Structures
For this challenge Amy has asked us to share our cloudscapes over land, sea, or cities, or just clouds. For the header image I chose an image of cloud covered mountains as we were leaving Valdez, Alaska on last years Alaska cruise.
The rest of these images include storm clouds, rainbows, and clouds over the Mississippi River at sunrise.
Many thanks to Amy for challenging us to focus on Skyscapes and Cloudscapes. You can find her original post at Lens-Artists Challenge #250 – Skyscapes or Cloudscapes
Wandering Dawgs 