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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #177 – Celebrating

December 12, 2021December 13, 2021Posted in Celebration, PhotographyTagged Celebrating, Christmas Song Lyrics, Festive Bonbon, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Sunday Stills30 Comments

Tis the season for celebrating! In our home, the celebration begins with Thanksgiving and ends after New Years Day. The month of December is filled with cooking, baking, shopping, celebrating three family birthdays, and getting together with friends and family.

The Christmas tree is our main decoration each year. Each ornament on our Christmas tree brings back fond memories. Some are hand made by our children or grandchildren, some are from our travels, and others are family or beach inspired.

I love listening to Christmas songs. My car radio is tuned to the holiday stations beginning the day after Thanksgiving. Sometimes a Christmas display makes me think of one of those songs. These next two displays remind me of “How’d you like to spend Christmas, on Christmas Island?” and “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch!”

My favorite Christmas memories are from the days when our children, and then grandchildren, were very young. Back then, baking and decorating cookies was an event we looked forward to every year. One year we decided to make the cookies coastal themed instead of the usual Christmas shapes.

For many years one of my favorite traditions was to put up a Christmas village in the living room. What started out with two pieces grew into an entire town. A few years ago I put it up for one last time.

My Christmas wish is for joy and happiness for all my family and friends. May your days be merry and bright!

This post was inspired by these amazing bloggers: Many thanks to Amy for this Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #177: Celebrating, Terri for her Terri’s Sunday Stills – Christmas Song Lyrics, and Donna, Sue and Debbie for their Festive Bonbon – Retirement Reflections

Happy Thanksgiving 2021

November 25, 2021Posted in Nature, Photography, SunriseTagged Follow y9ur Bliss, Holiday, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, thankful, Thanksgiving32 Comments

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, a national holiday set aside for Americans to give thanks for their blessings. This week I have been reflecting on how thankful I am for the many things that bring me joy.

I am thankful for my husband and soulmate, Henry, and our 51 years together. I am thankful for our two grown children and our four awesome grandchildren. I am thankful both my children and our two oldest grandchildren are with us this Thanksgiving.

I am thankful to live in a community with wonderful friends and neighbors and surrounded by amazing natural beauty.

I am thankful for the little things that bring me joy – spending time with family, laughing with friends, a butterfly on a flower, a hummingbird on the feeder, watching the birds in my backyard, or a beautiful sunrise.

I am thankful that I have been given the gift of another day above ground. I am thankful that I am healthy enough to do all of the ordinary every day things I enjoy.

This post is inspired by Lindy Low LeCoq’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #175; Follow your Bliss

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #174 – Shapes and Designs

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021Posted in Nature, Photography, WildlifeTagged Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Shapes and Designs23 Comments

For this challenge Patti has invited us to share images that feature shapes and designs.

The shapes and designs found in nature are amazing to behold.

Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Many thanks to Patti for this Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #174: Shapes and Designs

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #173 – Interesting Architecture

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021Posted in Photography, TravelTagged Ahwahnee Hotel, Art Deco South Beach, Interesting Architecture, Lens-Artists, Ninilchik, Photo Challenge, Quapaw Bathhouse, Savannah24 Comments

Tina’s challenge this week is to show interesting architecture – whether in our back yard or around the world.

My first three images don’t have anything in common except I like the architectural details of each of them. The image above is from the Art Deco District in South Beach in Miami. These next two are from two National Parks in the United States.

Quapaw Baths on Bath House Row in Hot Springs

The rest of my images are of interesting houses of worship. The first is from Alaska and the rest are historic houses of worship in Savannah, Georgia.