Lens-Artists Challenge #60 – Framing the Shot

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Amy. Yet another thoughtful subject from one of the insightful Women of Lens-Artists Challenge.  Doors, windows, Nature. …

Lens-Artists Challenge #59 – Angles

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Leya. Angles, perspective, point of view. Blarney Castle, Ireland, from a digitized print photo some 20-25 years …

Lens-Artists Challenge #58 – Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue. Part 2.

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Patti. This is too much fun.  Let's do it again. Something old.  Two things, soooo old it's …

Lens-Artists Challenge #58 – Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Patti. All in one swell foop.  (...fell swoop.) "To do something in one fell swoop is to do …

Lens-Artists Challenge #57 – Taking a Break

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Tina Now for something completely different.  When I opened my laptop photo library to browse for 'Taking …

Lens-Artists Challenge #56 – Seascapes and/or Lakeshore

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.  These are recent pictures I've taken.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Amy I choose Lakeshore.  Jackson Lake, in particular.  Grand Teton National …

Lens-Artists Challenge #55 – Dreamy

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.  These are recent pictures I've taken.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Ann-Christine Will there be many 'silky' flowing streams this week?  We …

Lens-Artists Challenge #54 – Detail

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.  These are recent pictures I've taken.] The Lens Artist Challenge is hosted this week by Patti. I'm late.  I'm late.  For a very-important-date. I'm also on …

Lens-Artists Challenge #53 – Friendship, Country, Imagination, Connection

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.  These are recent pictures I've taken.] The challenge this week is an anniversary celebration led by all four Lens Artist Photographer Exemplars. Friendship (Tina), A Country …

Lens-Artists Challenge #52 – Serenity

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever [Photos this week are hosted right here on WordPress.  Somewhere...  serene.] [All photos might be right-clicked to open in a new tab or window.  These are recent pictures I've taken.] The challenge this week is led by Tina.  The real challenge will be how to not post 300 photos and …

Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2019: Night, Pt. 2 and final

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, quotes, and images from Lapham's Quarterly Winter 2019: Night, except where noted otherwise.] [New to Lapham's Quarterly? See the standard notes at the end of this review. After 40+ …

Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2019: Night, Pt. 1

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, quotes, and images from Lapham's Quarterly Winter 2019: Night, except where noted otherwise.] [New to Lapham's Quarterly? See the standard notes at the end of this review. After 40+ …

Lapham’s Quarterly Fall 2018: Rivalry & Feud

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover, quotes, and images from L.Q. Fall 2018: Rivalry & Feud, except where noted otherwise.] [New to Lapham's Quarterly? See the standard notes at the end of this review. After …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2018: Water, pt. 2 and last

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and images from L.Q. Summer 2018: Water, except where noted otherwise] [New to Lapham's Quarterly? See the standard notes at the end of this review. After 40+ LQ reviews …

Lapham’s Quarterly Summer 2018: Water, pt. 1

[CATEGORIES: Literature, Lapham's Quarterly, Reading, Book Review] [Click HERE to see my previous posts referencing Lapham's Quarterly.] [Some of LQ’s contents are available free.] [L.Q. cover and images from L.Q. Summer 2018: Water, except where noted otherwise] [New to Lapham's Quarterly? See the standard notes at the end of this review. After 40+ LQ reviews …

I’ll see your Hummingbirds, and raise you…

[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [All photos are mine, hosted on Cloudup.com. Let me know if you have access problems.] ... more Hummingbirds! I saw Ms. Knoke's drop-dead gorgeous blogpost of hummingbirds last evening (https://cindyknoke.com/2018/07/21/winged-lightening/ ) and coincidentally stumbled upon my own plethora of the speed-winged creatures today. Inspired, I took numerous handheld pictures to share. …

The Denver Botanic Gardens, June 11, 2018

[Categories: Photography, Travel, Travel photography, Photography 101 Forever] [All photos are mine, hosted on Cloudup.com. Let me know if you have access problems.] [Click, click, zoom, click.  Click lower-right arrow in a black box to get a larger photo.] [At a single photo click More/Info for basic photo info.  Click the data display again to make …

Sunset, Spirits, Tatanka stirs the clouds?

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Most photos here are hosted on OneDrive or CloudUp.] [Visit the gallery at bottom to zoom and play on individual shots.] Stepping out for a short walk last evening I stumbled upon this sunset.   These photos most represent what I actually saw. It is no wonder the Indians …

Take A Hike. The End Of Autumn (nearly).

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Most photos here are hosted on OneDrive or CloudUp.] [Click and zoom, click click, rinse, repeat.] Our hiking group did a single track trail hike near Denver, Colorado this week. The numerous rattlesnake warning signs concerned me, but I'm glad to say I didn't see any.  I did see …

I’ll See Your Yellow Aspens…

[Categories: Travel, Photography, Photography 101 Forever] [Most photos here are hosted on OneDrive or CloudUp.] [Click and zoom a lot, rinse, repeat.] ...and raise you a red tree, or two or three.  (You know who you are.)   I'll be the first to admit that Rocky Mountain autumns don't hold a candle to the riot …