Monthly Archives: March 2012

Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

This week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge theme is “arranged”.  This theme at first seemed simple:  unless you take snaps (and even then, some might argue) every photo is arranged in some way.   So, all my photos that I would … Continue reading →

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Fleeting

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

This week’s Photo Friday’s challenge is “Fleeting”.   It seems a perfect time to showcase a project I’ve been working on:  a near-daily shot taken from my front porch for the last month.    Winter is fleeing fleetingly.   Spring … Continue reading →

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Under the dogwood

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

I spent the early evening taking pictures of blooming trees and plants in my sister’s garden, then returned home to put together a slide show.   Tulips, hyacinths, violets, phlox, lilacs, dogwoods, blooming fruit trees:  all were beautiful in that … Continue reading →

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A Crazy Wednesday Idea

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Stephen MacInnes, at Painter’s Progress, has been doing weekly experiments involving art.  One of his experiments involved drawing the word “DRAW”, and then leaving it in an encyclopedia or dictionary.  I liked this idea and thought that I would play … Continue reading →

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Pretty Data Sets

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Beautiful images.   Check it out.

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Wildflower of the day

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Yet another wildflower I haven’t noticed in past Springs. Sanguinaria canadensis, also known as bloodroot or bloodwort, is named for its blood-red root. I pulled one up. There’s no mistaking this plant. The root even seemed a bit liquid, its … Continue reading →

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Sunday Quote (2012 Week 13)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.” ~ FDR

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A Little Rain Must Fall

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

This week’s Photo Friday challenge is “RAIN”. “How appropriate!” I thought as I read the prompt yesterday morning during a torrential downpour. But, rain is not that easy to capture. Most of the shots that I took throughout the day … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Through

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

This is my entry for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. I took this picture a few weeks ago. It is the same bridge in the photograph I used for last week’s challenge. I like how the bridge supports create a … Continue reading →

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Protected: Private

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

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