Today’s Sunday Stills is all about color – lava – browns, blacks interspersed with vivid oranges – Woodlake Tiger colors. Knowing her challenge ahead of time colored and influenced my photography as we strolled around Portland, Vancouver, and Spokane. But don’t worry no one gets burned in these lava pictures.
Flowers
I loved the blazing volcanic swirl of the dahlia. I darkened the colors a little bit and did a little cropping in Lightroom just because it’s fun to experiment. All of my pictures for this post also work for John’s Cell Pic Sunday, and won’t he be surprised when I post them on Sunday???
Fruits and Vegetables
Terri, Kirstin, and I explored Vancouver. When I lived in Portland, I don’t remember getting any closer to walking around Vancouver than the rides in Janzen Beach on the Portland side of the bridge. So, it was so wonderful that we could meet Kirstin near her home. She drove us around giving Terri a much-needed break and we had so much fun. Thank you so much, Kirstin. Do you have a favorite lava food? (besides chocolate which I didn’t show! LOL) I loved the gourd. It looks like real bubbling lava!
Tan and Tanned Animals
Ft. Vancouver is a marvelous place to visit. They have volunteers dressed in the parts of life in the days of the Fort. As we walked from building to building we experienced a bit of life in the days before statehood. One of the main trades of the time was fur which was so essential at the time for warmth in the winter. Can you guess the most valuable fur? Don’t let Lava Bear influence you. It’s a specific fox found only in that part of the country.
Fire and Coals
I was super disappointed when she didn’t offer us a bite of the bread. You can see how it turned out on Terri’s post today. My picture is almost identical. After she left, she was going to bake some fish for her lunch. Yum.
Statue Inside the Ft. Vancouver Gift Shop
I have so many pictures for PPAC, so even though this was a free public building with art, it doesn’t show from the street, so it’s fair game for this post.
Hot Lava at Home
I took pictures of Terri’s decor because she is so talented in how she uses baskets and plates and I am not at all. I decided not to sell all my empty baskets in our garage sale next weekend after photographing what I could do with some of them. Isn’t this a beautiful display?
Night Before Traveling to Portland
Vince took me to the airport and what fun we had the evening before I left. We walked around Old Town along the canal. The sky treated us to a lava sunset.
Ode to Terri’s Aero
As you know, Terri’s sweet dog is no longer with her. I got to know Aero while she was with us this summer in AZ, and he sat with me constantly while I was with them. Brodie is too big to hold, so I was partial to Aero. I was so glad to have one last chance to cuddle this sweetie before he left this world where he feels better. I don’t have any great pictures of Aero because I was always either holding him or walking him or off running. Hard to do that and take pictures.
Other Challenges in this Post
- Cell Pick Sunday
- Water Water Everywhere #146
- FOTD
- Floral Alphabet Challenge – Z – last day is today.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
52 responses to “Northwest Lava – Exploding Color”
The lava teen cat is definitely amusing. Apart from looking like bubbling lava, I thought papaya when I saw the gourd. Those shades of orange and black are very papaya, haha.
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Interesting. I think of papaya as being smooth on the outside. I’m not familiar with all the types of papaya, though. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Gift. I know how busy you are! 🙂
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Marsha, these are so great! I love them all, you chose so well. I’m back from vacation and trying to get back on track. Haha…that might take awhile.
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I get that! I’m still pedaling hard!
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Gorgeous photography, my friend. But the capture of Aero is especially dear. I am sure Terri appreciates your sharing it.
We are just back from the pumpkin patch. Oh, the colors and textures!! And photographer dream. Your photo of the “Indian” corn is so pretty, I like the angle at which you snapped the corn. We don’t need to see the whole cob, which would have been my inclination. You caught just the right amount in your lens!!
Sounds like you gals enjoyed a very special time together. Glad you could connect with one another in Portland.
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Thanks! Actually I cropped and rotated the image, which I thought made it more interesting. Thanks again for your encouraging comments. I bet you got a lot of great photos at the pumpkin patch.
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Lively post
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Thank you. Lava is pretty lively!
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Excellent, Marsha, these are all great pictures.
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It’s an amazing post to share.
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Thanks so much!
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These images are amazing, Marsha! I so enjoy your appreciation of color & beauty! 🌞
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Thank you, Lisa. We all had a good time inspiring each other finding “lava.”
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You sunset in Old Scottsdale looks like a painting or maybe a surreal painting. It’s realistic, but more than real. Unreally real. And really beautiful (and elegant!) …
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It felt that way looking at it, too, Marilyn. I have several pictures of Vince taking a picture to prove to myself that it was real! Thanks for the lovely comment. 🙂
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I have a very few pictures that I feel that way about taken in Maine in October and in the desert in Arizona. But yours has a sharpness and clarity I haven’t not seen often in photographs. It’s not only beautiful. It’s as close to perfect as I’ve seen for this type of photograph.
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Wow, thanks, Marilyn. I took it with my cell phone, too. What a lovely thing to say. I didn’t think my pictures were as good as my husband’s even. It is amazing the quality that cell phones produce. I don’t think you could enlarge it, though even though it’s a lot of pixels.
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A great mix of lava colours Marsha! I love the close-ups of the flowers in particular, and that gourd is amazing!
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Thank you, Sarah. I love that gourd picture, too. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one quite so bumpy and colorful.
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These are wonderful.❤🤍
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Thanks, Jude. How are you? Good to see you here.
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Such a pleasure. I had an old favourite’s list and recently found it. Decided to visit.
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That’s fun to do. 🙂
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That dahlia is amazing.I did a double take on it! Thanks for participating, Marsha…xo
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Thanks, Judy. Next time, I’ll do better. I have two problems – pictures mostly of roses, sunflowers, hollyhocks, and zinnias, and now dahlias. I’ll have to browse through all your posts and figure out what some other flowers are. You now have kind of an encyclopedia going, which is cool.
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The next prompt will be easier. Giving some time before starting it…
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You will think of something fun, I’m sure.
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Beautiful sunset! You had lots of fun gathering this collection of photos. 🙂
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Yes, we had a great time! 🙂 Wish you could have met everyone! 🙂
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A colourful good fun post Marsha 🙂
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Glad you like it BB. It was fun! 🙂
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That sunset!! I just love the colorful sunsets we witness around here.
And how sweet you got to see Aero before he passed.
XOXO
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
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Well, I didn’t know he was going to pass. He was only 12, I think, and Puppy Girl is 13, so I didn’t expect him to be so sick. He didn’t act sick, just a little slow moving. But such a sweet dog. Thanks for the comment, Jodie.
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Where to begin with this lovely post, Marsha? I just got home from volunteering at the Fall Festival. A couple neighbors asked about Aero so I had to share the story. It gets a little better with each day. Thank you for sharing that cute pic of him, the orange and brown are perfect in that image, and for cuddling him while you were there. In the winter, he loved to snuggle up. Brodie just gets on the bed at night and tries to hog it all.
You caught some excellent images of our trip! Fort Vancouver and the area there was such a treat! Well, if I’m going to use my photos I’ll have to come up with another challenge soon, LOL! I guess I missed that orange cat–you really have a great eye for public art! Thank you for showing off my decor–that turned out to be a great shot!
But my favorite is your sunset in Old Town Scottsdale–just exquisite! Oh and tell Wayne that all the creatures he has shot with his lens will remember him in Heaven. We’ll have to talk this week, thanks for your creative and lovely post!
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Thank you for your kind word. I am loving these posts, too. It is wonderful to have had the adventure, and even more fun to share it with all the people we both know and love. I thought I had more pictures of Aero, but that was all that I could come up with. I have more of Brodie for some reason. He’s the diva. 🙂
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Brodie is lava-colored too, LOL! Use his pics for “leather.”
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I had so many, and I didn’t want to detract from Aero in this post. Brodie is perfect for leather.
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Fantastic colours!
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Lucky you to have held Aero bear Marsha!
I wonder if all the eagles, bears,Ravens,Crows & wolves will meet me when I pass?
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Terri said to tell you they will be. I can’t claim to be an expert, but I know God is good and he cares when one sparrow falls. So that said, I think she’s right. They will be there. If heaven is more glorious than earth, how could there not be animals that we know and love. Probably they will all be tame.
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Love your photos Marsha.
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Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re welcome
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🙂
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So much to study, savour and digest! I appreciated the intense colour of the flowers. Thank you. Two of our three sons are good photographers and I was a happy snapper years ago. Always a good challenge. Cheers.
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Thanks, Joy. My dad was a great photographer. My brother and I both enjoy taking pictures, but are not experts by any stretch of the imagination. 🙂
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Thanks for such a colorful post with all of your pictures and delightful time with Terri and pup dogs Marsha. It’s so impressive how you have connected and kept your friendship going!
Great walking and that amazing sky is gorgeous ❣️
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Isn’t that an amazing sky. No retouchups necessary. And the night weather was perfect – about 90 and cool. LOL
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Sooo amazing.. so awesome!! ❤️
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Thanks, Cindy! 🙂
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you’re welcome!❤️
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