Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Contrasting Colors

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Contrasting Colors

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Seating

Cee’s Photography has challenged us to share black and white seating photos this week.

So…

Come in and sit a spell!

This old southern saying is a welcoming invitation to feel free to come, rest and relax for a little while.

When the world is frantic and busy…take a moment…sit…rest.

When answers elude…sit…quietly, mediating, praying or just being.

When your heart is weary and broken…sit…share.

When you have achieved a goal…take a seat of honor…celebrate.

When you are feeling adventurous… sit…sit? Absolutely! Feel the wind in your hair, the thrill and anticipation- but hold onto your seat because the ride might just take your breath away.

Take your pick.

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Quiet seating

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Fun seating

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Friendship seating

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Accomplishment seating

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Restful seating

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Or community seating

Take a load off

Recharge the body

Refresh the soul

Stay for awhile

And then off you go!
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Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Seating

The Mourning Seal

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Thank you, dear readers for your wonderful response to my post yesterday, 10 Things That Are Helpful To Know About Grief. I had several enquiries about how the grieving seal was doing today.

As you can see from the photo above, the beach was empty this morning.

I suspect, she felt stronger today and returned to the “ebb and flow” (as my friend Beverly so eloquently described it) of her ocean life.

Unexpectedly Livid

One Word Challenge: Livid
Hi! Welcome!

Lovely day for you?

Oh, did you show up to see if I was going to be ranting and ravening?

Nawh, livid is the color Jennifer Nichole Wells has chosen for her challenge this week!

While you are here, have a look at my contribution to the challenge.
Unexpected?

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It was for me because I didn’t know it was a color.

Who know livid could be so beautiful?

Livid.

I like it.

💙
D

My Boys and Their Wheels

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wheels
Boys and their toys! My boys love their wheels. My contribution this week celebrates the joy of spinning, speeding wheels.

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A boy’s love for wheels begins early.

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And never stops

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At least, that’s the case with my boys and their wheels.

Morning Dew

I have had a few early mornings with my camera lately (the weather is co-operating recently). Yesterday, everything seemed to be glistening with dew. It was fabulously beautiful. A couple of spiderwebs caught my eye…so, I went with it.
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dew is the fruit of a clear, calm, quiet sky

distilling

softening

quickening life

refreshing

fructifying

Grace is similar to dew

gently

patiently

encouraging

accepting

bringing softness, refreshing and fruitfulness to my heart

Dialogue

WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue

This week Frèdèric Biver offered the challenge to offer two photos in dialogue:

Dialogue is an engaging conversational exchange.

When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images.

Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up to meanings that weren’t there when viewed alone.

Each composition reveals the photographer’s specific sensitivity to certain content or visual elements.

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and

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Enjoy!

One Word Photo Challenge: Cream

One Word Photo Challenge: Cream.

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Water lily

Today is Friday here in NZ…the weekend is so close I can almost taste it! I hope you enjoy yours!

See you soon,
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