SkyWatch Friday

From fluffy white clouds on a summer afternoon
to a daylight moon
A sky on fire with the fading light of the sun
brings the evening to a close.

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Roadside Beauty

Through Squirrel Eyes is the Cats' Meow

Elaine Erig at Cats ... Meow has featured some of my photographs on her page. This is part of a series she is doing on female photographers.

Elaine, your blog has been a source of inspiration and you have introduced me to some truly great artists and writers from the past as well as the present. Thank you again for this honor.

I would like to invite all of my followers to visit Cats ..... Meow. While you are there go to Elaines's profile and take a look at her other blogs.

Geranium on Red

Reflections on White

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Cindi's Flying Flowers

Hi, Miss Cindi Lou Who here to present Camera Critters. I picked out some really neat photos to show you today. I want to show you the Flying Flowers.

Mom calls them butterflies but that doesn't make sense. They don't smell like the butter in mom's kitchen so how can they be butter flies. I think they are flying flowers because they are so pretty. Look at the photos and tell me what you think, butter flies or flying flowers?
These are Skippers, they have characteristics of both the moth and butterfly. They have thick stocky bodies and large heads. The antennae are set far apart and end in a small hook. The source I used for information classifies them under butterflies.


The swallowtail butterfly. The photo above is the swallowtail on the bloom of a butterfly bush. The blooms are not small and give you an idea of the size of this butterfly, it is very large.
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SkyWatch Friday - The Skies of Walla Walla, Washington

These photos were taken last weekend during the Walla Walla Sweet Onion Festival. The Walla Walla Sweets are just one of the many crops grown in our valley.

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A Hardworking Beauty

Ohh, Shiny Things!

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Angry Sky - Susan's Photo Challenge

Susan at Ripples of Kindness has challenged us for photos of the sky. Susan's challenge:

"Not unlike humans, the sky is often referred to as "angry, dark, blue, cloudy, happy, clear, etc.
If you have a photo showing the sky personified, please post your link. I’d be interested in seeing what emotion you caught with your camera when you looked up at the sky."

If you haven't visited Susan's blog you don't know what you are missing.

Not Perfect still Sweet

Earth Ball and a Photo Challenge

Kate at The Holdfast Seeker has issued a challenge.

Kate wrote: "What's your favorite photo in your collection? It can be new, old, digital, print film, black and white or color. Doesn't matter, it just needs to be your favorite. Post yours and send me a link in my comment section and I'll link back to them all in a later post." Visit The Holdfast Seeker for more details and to see the photo Kate posted.

The photo above is one of my first photos with an SLR, it is also one of my favorites. This was a print that I scanned so it is not the best quality. This was about the time I became a Camp Director and a member of the American Camping Association.

The ball about five feet in diameter and is called an Earth Ball. It was part of the New Games program. New Games are non-threatening games designed for all ages and most can be played by large groups. I attended several New Games Festivals to learn techniques and games to teach and play. One of the festivals had hundreds of people in attendance. Have you ever seen the exercise where a circle is formed and then everyone sits on the lap of the person behind them, imagine that with over three hundred laughing, giggling people!

In the New Games program everyone has a great time, no one is singled out, everyone wins and no one loses. I taught and played the games for several years at camps and events sometimes with a handful of children and/or adults, sometimes a hundred or more.

Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright

These lilies started blooming earlier this week. Some of the stalks are over five feet tall.

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Beauty and Grace

This little honey bee's pose suggests a graceful dancer. At least that's how I see her.

SkyWatch Friday

From the sky above our house last weekend.

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Photo Challenges

Saturday July 25th, The Farmers' Market Challenge

Saturday, August 1st, The Brenda Photo Challenge

Hi Everyone, I may have a few followers on this blog that may not know about these upcoming challenges. These are both very interesting challenges for you photographic skills. For more information go the The Road to Here