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How Old Were You When You Started Driving?

#noblopomo Day 12, WordPress Photo Challenge: Tiny Most men started driving when they were tiny. Maybe women do too, but in my world cars were a way to get somewhere, […]

Documenting Chaos Like an Expert

Delaware First Catholic Church #2 #NaBloPoMo Day 5 #chaos #dailyphotochallenge Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.” ― Chuck […]

Local Woodlake: Constructing a Beautiful Future

WordPress Photo Challenge: Local #blogboost These beautification projects taking place […]

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Brandywine, What Better Name for a Relaxing River?

Winding Through History on the Brandywine #blogboost #Delaware trip WordPress […]

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Leaves Make Me Nostalgic

WordPress photo challenge: nostalgia #FestivalofLeaves #blogboost Google defines nostalgia as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.” synonyms: […]

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WP Photo Challenge: Edge

#Delaware trip #Winterthur Gardens#1 Hi, I’m Marsha, sitting on the edge of my seat at the edge of the Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Gardens near Hockessin, DE. More than one […]

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Can Photography Mirror Perfection?

Easy Answer Photographers seek to mirror what they see, so in reality, whatever we photograph mirrors life as we see it. Now to dig deeper into the meaning of mirror. Mirror, […]

How I Framed Hal and Manny

#WP Photo Challenge Frame I’m on my way on Thursday to visit Philadelphia and Delaware to see my mother’s only cousin, Hal. He’s 91 now, and he’s planning our trip […]

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Narrow Escape Through the Stout Trees

The narrow road through the stout trees should have alerted us that the final challenge would narrow down ever further. Sure enough. It did. Such a narrow passage, we had […]

7 Cherry on the Sundae Moments in 2016 – So Far!

#WP Photo Challenge Cherries, sweet goodness, the joys and best […]

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The Devil is in the Details

“The Devil is in the Details” I sincerely hope you don’t find him in any of these pictures. The phrase coined in the 1800s as “The good God is in […]

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How Many Ways Can You Find to Look-up?

Thank you for this challenge, WordPress. I see now why I am not a world famous photographer. Ninety-nine percent of my photos are taken straight on. Some of them point […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Spare

Spare… What was your first thought? Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Much of the Central Valley of California drew its population from Dust Bowl migrants in the 1930s. These Okies […]

Shooting Spree in the Storm: Forecast for Healthy Future

It was a dark and stormy night. I crept out […]

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WordPress Photo Challenge: Landscape

“If one tries to think about history, it seems to me – it’s like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one […]

If I Could Save Time A Bottle Is As Good of Place as Any

#Hawaiitrip When you’re having a great time, what a wonderful […]

Go Vibrant for Valentine’s Day

In the Central Valley, spring is the most vibrant time, not only visually, but the way things smell as well. Summer and fall are hazy, Winter is foggy or rainy. Red screams […]

Looking Down From the Roof Cleaning Solar Panels

With electric bills soaring to over $700 a month in […]

Alphabet Photo Challenge

Alphabets ruled my life when I taught kindergarten. We had multiple pictures for every letter, and they dominated the decor. Letters are so prevalent in the decor of our lives today, […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Weight or Weightlessness

What an appropriate topic for this week’s Photo Challenge. I don’t […]

Word Press Photo Challenge: Treat

It’s a treat to thrash Bob — hard! In only two months I’ve gotten so much better at it. When I started fighting Bob, I could barely tap him in […]

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The Blur of Travel

We looked forward to our vacation in Sedona for weeks, and we’ve already been home for two days. What happened? Sights seemed clear enough when we were there. We stopped at a […]

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Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

Rule of thirds challenges me unless I have a 9 grid overlaying the photo or viewfinder. Since I’ve never seen a viewfinder like that, I confess that these shots became […]

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WP Photo Challenge: Yellow

Yellow seems to creep into every picture even when I don’t focus on it. I looked for a folder that might show a lot of yellow where one might not […]

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Twinkle

The six million dollar photo that sold recently captured the perfect twinkle of light and processed it beautifully. These are my $1.00 twinkles taken with my iPhone last year at […]

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Angular: the Daily Post Photo Challenge

I examined 12 posts before I wrote this. I don’t usually do that, but I needed inspiration. I smiled at this favorite . You have to look past the obvious angle to see […]

Word Press Photo Challenge: Achievement – Zoom Zoom

I achieved something today. I overcame an annoyance that, for many […]

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WP Photo Challenge: Refracted Light

The underground gardens in Fresno gives shows off refracting to the maximum. This hand dug castle took years to create, and served it owner as a garden as well as […]

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WP Photo Challenge: Nighttime

Nighttime in St. Louis last November sparkled with Christmas lights. We were on the snow route, but someone forgot the snow. They didn’t forget the cold. Cheryl and I both […]

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WordPress Photo Challenge: Adventure

You probably heard your grandparents say, “Every day just waking up is an adventure.” It’s true. Each day is what we make it, and adventure arrives in ordinary packages. So […]

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WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue

Puppy Girl dialogued very clearly with Vince. He worked on the computer, when clearly he could have chosen to pet her tummy. So she grabs his hand and pulls. It’s […]

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WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture in Edna Valley

Vince and I discovered tons of textures in this gem […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Containers

A container holds something. A car holds people. Therefore a car is a container. Actually, the museum building is also a container. It contained mock buildings, which contained relics. Container […]

WordPress Photo Challenge: Relic

In the rustic western town, Woodlake, California, and surrounding countryside, people often decorate with relics. It takes artistic flair to arrange relics to look more than junky. I’m still at the junky […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra

Cousin Hal and I stopped momentarily in New Castle, DE to mark the landing-place of William Penn in 1682. We relaxed in a park on the Delaware River in this tiny […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Room

This is the perfect challenge to tell you about the wonderful interesting room I had in San Francisco a couple of months ago. I wanted to support these people because […]

WordPress Photo Challenge: Letters

The Pennsylvania Railroad Museum didn’t bother to post their rules in any language but English. That may have been their downfall. Sometimes the letters aren’t right when you take a […]

Word Press Photo Challenge: On Top

I like to be on top of things. So does my cat, Scardy Kitty. Other animals feel the same way. Maybe they feel safer if they are on top. To […]

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WP Photo Challenge: Reflections

These birds lined up on the log and posed for this picture so beautifully. Were they preening for the morning, admiring their own reflection? As I watched them, others pulled […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows in Chicago

I’ve needed a place to post some of these wonderful pictures I took in Chicago. I bet they are seeing different scenery out of them than Randy and I did […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: Layers

Layers conjures all kinds of images for me. As a gal from the Midwest, I learned to dress in layers, but layers envelops us at even more basic levels than […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit

I walk every day at least two or three miles. It helps me eat more sweets, which is what I really love. When we travel, my husband walks with me […]

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

I love most colors. My house and clothes closet swell with many colors that reflect my love of variety and life. I love contrast. Blue might be my favorite hue […]

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WP Weekly Photo Challenge: Saturated

Saturated blue picture due to the wrong ISO setting, I believe. Very fixable in Photoshop – amazingly! 🙂