Photo Challenge – Page 22 – Wandering Dawgs

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #301 – Floral

May 31, 2024Posted in Flowers, PhotographyTagged Floral, Georgia Gardens, hibiscus, Hydrangia, Lens-Artists, Magnolia, May blooms, oleander, Photo Challenge27 Comments

For Sofia’s challenge I chose flowers that bloomed this May in my coastal Georgia garden.

I had a big oops in January that fractured my left arm. My garden is suffering this year because I couldn’t get out and work in it this spring. The only blooms I’ve had are from plants that come back year after year.

The header image is of one of my knock out rose bushes. I cropped the header image for a closer look at the flowers.

The next gallery has two images of the same hydrangia bloom. The image on the left shows the whole bloom and the one on the right zooms in on the details.

The final gallery includes a black eyed Susan, hibiscus, pink oleander, and a southern Magnolia.

Many thanks to our host Sofia for her challenge Lens-Artists #301 – Floral

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #300 – Delicate

May 25, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Delicate, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge22 Comments

For this challenge Ann-Christine asks us to show what delicate means to us.

My header photo and the one below are of air plants. These delicate plants don’t require soil in order to live.

The following gallery shows more delicate things found in nature.

Many thanks to our host Ann-Christine for her challenge Lens-Artists #300 – Delicate

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #299 – Hopeful

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged cancer survivors, Graduation, Hopeful, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge27 Comments

For this challenge Patti asks us to show what hopeful means to us. My header image shows a sunrise over a river. Watching a beautiful sunrise gives me hope for good things to come.

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.

Christopher Reeve

Graduation season is here and graduates everywhere will be filled with hope for their future. We’ll be attending our oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation this weekend. I’m hopeful that she and her classmates will have all their dreams come true in whatever they choose to do after graduation.

When someone receives a cancer diagnosis their life is changed forever. Meeting other cancer survivors and hearing their stories of strength and courage can bring hope to others going through cancer.

Ovarian Cancer survivors give hope to other women with ovarian cancer

Many thanks to our host Patti for her challenge Lens-Artists #299 – Hopeful

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #298 – To Be Young Again

May 11, 2024Posted in PhotographyTagged Alaskan Husky Puppy, Baby Egret, Calves, Ducklings, Lens-Artists, Photo Challenge, Sea Otter, To be young again, White Tail Fawn28 Comments

For this challenge Tina challenges us to create a post that features children or young animals.

Although I have few images of children I have plenty of images of young birds and other animals. The header image of a mother sea otter with her baby on her stomach is one of my favorites.

I’ll finish with some young girls participating in events at a Scottish Games Festival in Savannah.

Many thanks to our host Tina for her challenge Lens-Artists #298 – To Be Young Again

Lens Artists Photo Challenge #297 – Music to my Eyes

April 30, 2024Posted in Photography, RVingTagged Lens-Artists, music, Music to my Eyes, Photo Challenge, Songs25 Comments

For this challenge Egidio asks us “do you believe you can “see” music in your photographs?”. He also asks “What music do you hear in your photos?”

Our RV travels are over now but from 2006 to 2019 the Wandering Dawgs towed our fifth wheel trailer from Georgia to most of the United States and several Canadian Provinces. We would leave home, sometimes for two to four months at a time, and return home to Georgia to rest up for our next adventure. I created play lists filled with traveling tunes according to where our wandering was taking us.

Every time we started a new journey we would play Willie Nelson’s On the Road Again. My header image is of one of the many roads we traveled in Alaska. I can’t see the next few images without thinking of a song from my travel playlists.

*Miles and Miles of Texas* by Asleep at the Wheel

*Smooth as Tennessee Whiskey* by George Jones

The Georgia state song of *Georgia on my Mind* by either Willie Nelson or Ray Charles.

*Margaritaville* by Jimmy Buffett. Although we didn’t take our RV to Key West we visited there many times.

My last song and image have nothing to do with traveling. Henry and I recently watched the movie “Moonstruck” with the song That’s Amore sung by Dean Martin. It’s been almost a week since we watched it and I still can’t get the song out of my head.