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Spring Spot

May 15, 2013by canoe & communications 5 Comments

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” I pleasantly followed that advice today when spring felt like early summer weather with sunshine, warm temperatures and just the right amount […]

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Nature, Photography, Seasons, Travel
Canadian geese nest

Spring Nest

May 7, 2013by canoe & communications 4 Comments

I never thought of myself as a birdwatcher.  Yet, I’ve learned that I love to watch nature and wildlife as much as someone likes to sit at a patio cafe […]

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Nature, Photography, Seasons
sea creatures

Weekly Photo Challenge – From Above

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I like hiking up high and reaching up to take photos from an altitude to view my surroundings from a different perspective.  I got to do it with this week’s […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
boat pier

Quote for the Week

May 2, 2013by canoe & communications 12 Comments

“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.” Cormac McCarthy, playwright and novelist of No Country for Old Man and All the Pretty Horses

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Ideas, Nature, Photography
swan in motion

Spring Light

Featuredby canoe & communications 14 Comments

If you could be a bird, which one would you choose?  Do you ever consider this question as you watch a bird soar on currents up high in the air?    […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Seasons, Travel
life preserver

Contrast

April 24, 2013by canoe & communications 12 Comments

“Contrast  is what makes photography interesting.” Conrad  Hall I like this quote by Conrad Hall, and I read it over again occasionally like looking at a cherished postcard.  Hall was […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel
pink wildflowers

Spring Flowers

April 22, 2013by canoe & communications 7 Comments

April showers bring May flowers, but for many people in the Midwest April showers brought flooding and sandbagging as swollen rivers flooded streets and towns.   Then the rains finally stopped.  It […]

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Nature, Photography, Seasons
tall pine trees

Quote for the Week

April 18, 2013by canoe & communications 9 Comments

“I  remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir  and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread […]

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Ideas, Nature, Photography
summer lake

Four Seasons Lake

April 16, 2013by canoe & communications 7 Comments

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is on change.  I’ve been thinking about change and in WP’s photo post a bridge is used as a metaphor for change.  I’d read this concept […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Seasons, Travel
boat house

Spring Shoreline

April 8, 2013by canoe & communications 4 Comments

I woke this morning to overcast skies and thought it would be a rainy day.  Then the weather changed, as it’s known to happen in the Midwest, and turned into […]

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Ideas, Nature, Photography, Seasons, Travel
Blue and White Flowers

Weekly Photo Challenge – Blue

Featuredby canoe & communications 20 Comments

Colors and hues inspire us and allow us to express our personal style; and they catch are eyes and sometimes are camera’s lenses. Color me blue for Weekly Photo Challenge: […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography
nature walk with dog

Weekly Photo Challenge – A Day

March 29, 2013by canoe & communications 10 Comments

A day, just one day, of mine for the Weekly Photo Challenge: A Day in My Life.  Tomorrow could be very different for me or the next one. Here are […]

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Nature, Photo Challenges, Photography, Travel

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