Author: pamperrault21
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Lens-Artists Challenge # 396 – Pick a Favourite Quote and Illustrate it
This week you can choose one quote accompanied with a maximum of five pictures or a maximum of five quotes illustrated with one picture each. Make us “feel”your quote(s) in pictures! Annie Dillard: “Today is one of those excellent January partly cloudies in which light chooses an unexpected part of the landscape to trick out…
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Project 365 – #1
A very wise person recommended that I take up the photo-a-day challenge. I think (hope) it might help me improve my photography. This is my shot from 1st May: Just my luck – it rained on my first day. ‘Til next time, y’all…
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The Flower Hour #28: In The Ripples of the Water
First and always, thank you so much to the wonderful Terri for continuing this most enjoyable weekly prompt. Nothing makes me happier than to see the beautiful floral images posted by everyone! Please check out Terri’s post- as always, it’s very interesting, and her pictures are exquisite: The Flower Hour #28: Flowers in Water I apologize…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #395 — On the Water: Liquid Lapse of Thought*
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #395 – Looking back to #151 On the Water Some of my favourite creatures to photograph live in shallow water habitats — ponds, creeks and, my favourite, marshes. Wearing my water shoes, I’m not averse to mucking about in those areas, but my entire world changed when I got my kayak.…
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The Flower Hour #27 – Pussytoes
Pussytoes fledgling new blossomsantennaria spreading‘tho cold spring breezes blow Thanks to Terri for another Flower Hour post that made me smile. Please take a minute to visit her site and enjoy her gorgeous images and the stories behind them, you’ll be glad you did, promise: The Flower Hour #27: Daffodils Celebrate Earth Day ‘Til next…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #394 — Yesterday is History
Yesterday is History Yesterday is History,‘Tis so far away —Yesterday is Poetry —‘Tis Philosophy — Yesterday is mystery —Where it is TodayWhile we shrewdly speculateFlutter both away† ‘Though our history is a mere fledgling compared to most of the world, I’m very proud of it and, thanks to John’s brilliant challenge, so happy to share…
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The Flower Hour #26: Lucky Flower Shots – Lucky Me
You know what luck is? Luck is believing you’re lucky.† Yesterday was meant to be my first solo outing of the spring. We’ve established a very nice little routine for those days, Cam and I: He drives to the golf club and leaps out (actually, at our ages, “leap” is the tiniest of exaggerations), I…
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Lens-Artists Challenge #393 — Lucky Shot
I struggled with this challenge. Come to think of it, I’ve written that same sentence with regards to a few of these challenges and I’ve not even been doing them all that long. In many respects, I think mine is an appropriate reaction — it is a challenge, after all… My first photography teacher (Dad)…
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The Flower Hour #25: Coneflower Conviviality
This beauty is a non-native, robust, pollinator-friendly herbaceous perennial. The etymology of Echinacea is the ancient Greek word ekhinos (ἐχῖνος). The modern Greek word, achinós (αχινός) translates to sea urchin, and has become a fundamental noun in both botany and zoology, where it is used to describe plants and organisms that are thorny, spiky, prickly, barbed, or spinous.…
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Essex Erato #10
dinner with resourcefulness the cunning, clever hunter gets his prey, his meal But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #9
picnic table summer nostalgia family, food, kites, swims, friends sweet memories all But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #8
frog lurking, green and brown ‒ both he and his wetland home beware flies, beware But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #7
cattails tall marsh habitat concealing nests and perches protecting its dwellers But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #6
snow field white, sparkling, pristine snow angel invitation i cannot resist But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #5
trail tranquil wanderings watching, smelling, listening camera in hand But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #4
pebbles created by waves polished, smooth, shaped for my hand chosen, held, cherished But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #3
egret solitary strength simplicity of fishing pure, patient, peaceful But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato 2
deer gentle gracefulness calm, quiet intuition watching, listening But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.
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Essex Erato #1
dragonfly diaphanous wings flirtatious beauty and joy entrancing moment But in every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.† †John Muir, “Steep Trails” — Page 1343, Chapter IX Mormon Lilies from his anthology “John Muir: Ultimate Collection”.