I am happy to welcome Patti back as this week’s host. For this challenge she is asking us to explore the mysterious. Her wonderful post contains great examples and tips to help inspire us.
I chose to include black and white images because I like the way they create a more mysterious feeling.
Cypress swamps are mysterious places. The featured image was taken from the Swamp Trail in Silver Springs State Park, Florida. The next image is from a different swamp, the Okefenokee Swamp in south Georgia.
Into the unknown in the Okefenokee Swamp
I find mystery in old abandoned buildings and other old structures.
Abandoned mental institution on Milledgeville, Georgia
Old dairy barn in rural Georgia
Abandoned Chimney in rural Georgia
Last week your responses to John’s On the Move challenge took us around the world on many interesting types of transportation.
Many thanks to Patti for her challenge Lens-Artists #375 – Finding the Mysterious. I hope you will join us for this week’s challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and link back to Patti’s post.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, November 29 at noon eastern time when I will be your host for the next challenge.
For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.
John has a fun challenge for us this week – On the Move. He asks “How do you travel? Where do you go?”
I started my blog in 2013 as a way for our friends and family to follow us along on our four month RV journey to Alaska and back. The featured image is of our truck and fifth wheel in our campsite in Denali National Park in Alaska.
From 2006 to 2019 we spent many days on the move as we wandered around the United States and Canada in our trusty Chevy Silverado towing our home on wheels. We traveled from campground to campground, state to state, and through a few Canadian provinces. Sometimes we would be away from home for a week or two, other times for a month or more.
We towed our fifth wheel on interstates and back roads and sometimes took it on a ferry to get where we needed to go. I captured the first image in the following gallery as we waited our turn to board the small ferry to cross the Yukon River from Dawson City, Yukon. We also towed our camper on the Alaskan ferry from Skagway to Haines and on a Texas ferry on the way to Galveston.
During our RV travels we would often take excursions on different types of transportation. In Alaska we took a ride on the Alaska Railroad, rode a bus in Denali National Park, took wildlife cruises from Haines and from Seward, and landed on a glacier in a small plane.
In 2019 we made the decision to park the RV and take different kinds of trips. We went on our first ever ocean cruise 2022. We were hooked.
The Viking Sea was our home for two weeks as we sailed around the Caribbean on our first cruise.
We had some fun modes of transportation in some of the ports. We rode on a Wacky Roller bus in Dominica, an open-air Safari bus in Tortola, Henry drove us around St. Martin in a Talon 4-wheeler, and the Monster Bus in Costa Rica took us into the rain forest.
No matter how we move from place to place we always enjoy seeing new places, meeting people, and enjoying the scenery along the way.
Thanks to Egidio for taking us back to challenge #31: Landscapes last week. Your responses took us around the world with your wonderful landscapes of mountains, valleys, oceans, and so much more.
I hope you will join in for this week’s challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to John’s post Lens-Artists #374 – On the Move!.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, November 22 at noon eastern time when Patti will be hosting the challenge.
For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.
Egidio is looking back to Amy’s Challenge #31 from February 2, 2019: Landscape. I enjoy landscape photography and have many landscape photos in my archives. Usually I would post landscape photos of things like beaches, sunrises and sunsets but for this challenge I decided to focus on one subject that I have returned to more than once.
New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, is on my mind this week. I recently returned from a weekend in Albuquerque to attend my nephew’s wedding and spend time with my family. I also got to enjoy magnificent views of the Sandia Mountains. The featured image is of the Sandia Mountains just before sunset the night before the wedding.
This was not our first visit to Albuquerque. During our RV travels we passed through there a couple of times and in 2023 I attended the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Here are a few views of these mountains from some of our earlier visits.
View of Sandia Mountains from Coronado State MonumentHot air balloon rising over Sandia Mountains at dawn
On one of our visits we took a scenic drive to the top of Sandia Crest to take in the gorgeous views.
View from Sandia Crest
Last week Tina’s challenge was Ephereral. Thank you to everyone who participated in the challenge. Your responses were great and I loved all the creative images of things that last a very short time.
Tina’s challenge is Epemeral. She tells us “the dictionary’s short and simple definition of the word ephemeral – “lasting for a very short time“.
There are so many things to be appreciated that only last a short time. I learned a long time ago that life is short and it is important to stop and enjoy the moment before it’s gone.
I decided to focus on flowers and critters in my garden from this year. Some things come and go so fast I miss them if I don’t pay attention. My header image is of a magnolia blossom on a tree right next to my driveway. I can see the tree from my kitchen window. I anxiously await the first bloom every spring. Each bloom only lasts a day or two before it fades away. I grabbed my camera as soon as I saw this bloom in early May.
The rest of the images are of other special moments from the garden this year.
A Daylily bloom only lasts one day
The lifespan of a Monarch Caterpillar is 10 to 14 days
I had to be fast to catch this Bee on a yellow flower
Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly
You showed us some fun and creative street details in your in responses to Ritva’s challenge last week. Thanks to everyone who participated.
I hope you will join in for this week’s challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to Tina’s post Lens-Artists #372 – Ephemeral .
Be sure to check back on Saturday, November 8 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be hosting the challenge.
For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.
Ritva describes her challenge this way: “The goal is to reveal the often-hidden, magical world, of the details we never take the time to notice anymore.”
The featured image is of a cobblestone street leading to Savannah’s River Street.
The rest of the images are random street details.
Blue Cobblestone street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Side street in Dublin, Ireland
Glasgow, Scotland
Cedar Key, Florida
Last week you showed us some amazing images in response to Sofia’s challenge Ancient.
I hope you will join in for this week’s challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to Ritva’s post Lens-Artists #371 – Street Details.
Be sure to check back on Saturday, November 1 at noon eastern time when Tina will be hosting the challenge.
For information on how to join the Len-Artists challenge please click here.
Wandering Dawgs 