Below are my submissions to the end of the year WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge for 2017: Favorite Photos.
travel photography
Christmas Morning on Haleakala Volcano
By the time we got to the summit, the moon was setting in a cold crystal clear sky and the sun was not yet visible over the clouds below us. At over 10,000 feet, Christmas Day, 2015 we were shuttled up to the top of Haleakala Volcano to see the sun rise and then bike…
Silent Sunday: California Dreamin’
Silent Sunday: Memories of Hiking at Effigy Mounds National Monument
To learn more, go to: The National Park Service on Effigy Mounds National Monument Iowa
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Peek
Here are my submissions for this week’s Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Peek. If you hover over the photo, the caption will come up and will give you some information about how I interpreted the word peek for each of my photos! Enjoy! via Photo Challenge: Peek
Weekly Word Press Photo Challenge: Rounded
These are my submissions to the Weekly Word Press Photo Challenge on Rounded. What I found was there is roundedness in nature and roundedness that is man-made. Enjoy!
A New, Bigger Lens
One of my other hobbies is photography. A regular reader of my blog would be able to guess that I really like to take pictures. Nature photography is my favorite form of photography and includes photos of flowers, seeds, trees, birds, butterflies, and sunrises. Landscape photography is what I consider to be a subset of…
Orange Tulips: Cee’s Photo Challenge for October 7th, 2017
This post is inspired by: Cee’s Photo Challenge for October 7th, 2017. Orange Tulips Iowa State University Campus has been publically noted for its beauty many times. This tulip patch in the spring of 2015 shows some of that beauty. The school colors are red and yellow but you know what happens when you mix…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Windows
Since I am usually so gung ho to capture a photo of something that dilates my eye, it is not unusual for me to be seen shooting through windows – in the car, on a plane, or in my living room that has a large “picture” window that used to look over a beautiful coulee. So,…