A Word a Week Challenge – Garden

I was delighted that this week’s A Word a Week Challenge was Garden!  We all need some color to brighten up our Winter!  My first photo was taken in 2011 of a fabulous lavender field in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

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Travel Theme: Gaudy

It’s time for the weekly Where’s My Backpack Travel Theme and this week’s theme is Gaudy!  If you get out much…not even out of your hometown…there’s always something or someone that looks Gaudy!

I spotted this mannequin down an alley in Yellow Springs, Ohio.  Actually, I think she’s quite lovely…

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WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Home

“Home” is the Weekly Photo Challenge hosted by WordPress.

Some of these giant Sequoia trees, located in the Sequoia National Park, California, have claimed their home for over 2,000 years.  I was visiting there in the Autumn of 2011.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Earth

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is “Earth“!  My first photograph is in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan.  I love this particular rock formation, along with the exotic look the camels add to it…

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A Word a Week Challenge – Island

Island is the “A Word a Week Challenge” this week.  My contributions are from the Island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania, Africa.

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Travel Theme: Shadows

This week’s Travel Theme at Where’s My Backpack is Shadows.  It’s so much fun when you suddenly notice a really interesting or artistic photo opportunity.  As I’ve become more interested in photography and take more photographs, I see the world around me in a new and exciting light!  I posted these photos a couple of months ago, from my 6-week solo road trip through the Southern U.S., but love them so much–had to post them again, and perhaps many of you didn’t have an opportunity to view them the first time around.

Shop in Dunedin, Florida

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WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique

Unique” is the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge this week.  I didn’t have to search for long before  coming across a few that seem “Unique” to me.  A couple of years ago, the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio had their yearly Butterfly Exhibition, featuring butterflys from Brazil.  It was a great opportunity to take photographs of beautiful butterflys interacting with children and adults!

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Fire

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is Fire!  Fire represents energy and excitement to me!  I’ve always loved camping and campfires.  In fact, I usually jump over fires…just because it’s fun and I can!  These are my selections…

Street Art in Cincinnati

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WordPress Weekly Photograph Challenge: Love

The Theme for this week’s WordPress Photograph Challenge is Love!  We know love comes in all forms.

The love of a mother and child (my son and I)…

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Wood

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week is “Wood”.  Looking through my photos, I realized how prevalent wood is in our lives!  Here’s something to add to our gratitude list…”Wood”!  My entries for wood are in a variety of categories—architecture—trees—bench—fence—hammock pole!

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Crescent Lake, Washington – 2011

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A Word a Week Photo Challenge: Weather

This week’s “A Word a Week” photo challenge at Sue’s blog…”A Word in Your Ear” is “Weather”.  I chose photos that depict two definitions.  The typical types of weather we encounter and when something or someone is weathered due to the elements.

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Cincinnati, Ohio

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Travel Theme: Up

I’ve just discovered yet another weekly theme…Travel Theme…over at Where’s my backpack!  This week’s theme is “Up”!  I’m always looking up, down and all around for photo opportunities!  A few of these may be somewhat recent for those of you that keep up with my posts…but there are some new ones!

Taken on my recent six-week Solo US Roadtrip at Rosemary Beach, Florida

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is new to me!  I think I’m becoming addicted to these challenges.  I find it so much fun to look through my photos and organize them according to categories.  I tried to stay away from the typical ocean shots…which I have many of…so I’ve submitted fountain, swamp, oasis, water feature, pool, lake, puddle, and ocean.

Anyway, here are my selections:

San Francisco – 2011

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A Word a Week Photo Challenge: Round

These weekly photo challenges are fun!  I’m enjoying looking back through old photos and remembering.  I have four “round” photos for your viewing pleasure.  I thought I’d throw in some interesting “round” quotes also!

Photo taken in Cincinnati, Ohio

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“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”  ~Rumi

This photo taken in Columbus, Ohio

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“And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.”  ~Anne Frank

This photo taken in the Edison/Ford Museum in Ft. Myers, Florida

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“A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.”  ~Mark Twain

This photo taken in the Edison/Ford Museum in Ft. Myers, Florida

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“Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.”  ~Sean Connery

See you tomorrow!  Make it a great day!!