Blogger Community Photo Challenge: Close Ups

The current challenge is Close ups...and I'm lucky that the Deep Cut Orchid Show took place last week at a location very near me. I went there three out of the four days it ran and had a lot of fun shooting the orchids. They are such weird flowers--some look like faces, some look like aliens...all are beautiful! Here are a sampling of some of my shots with my macro lens. Hope you enjoy...

Hearts Challenge

The Bloggers' Community Challenge "Hearts" is in progress. It's just for fun, no voting on this one. To check out the information for this challenge, and to see the other entries, click on the banner below:



My entry below was taken in St. Augustine, Florida. These flowers were growing in the courtyard of the bed & breakfast where we stayed, and they really did look like there were hearts in the flowers.

Hearts 'n Flowers

Blogger's Community Photo Challenge: Still Life

The current challenge (which ends tonight) is Still Life. This is definitely not my favorite type of photography...in fact, it's probably near the bottom of the list. Here's one of my few attempts at shooting still lifes...

Be sure to click on the banner to check out the other entries for this challenge and/or to enter an image yourself. Happy Shooting!

This week's challenge is Christmas Ornaments.


If you don't celebrate Christmas & would like to join in, you may include a decoration that would represent your holiday.


Well, here's my entry...late unfortunately. I tried to upload it earlier today but lost the internet in the middle of the upload and didn't get it back until after 9 p.m. Oh, well...at least I tried. Click the banner above to check out the other entries in the comment section.




Throughout my home, the holiday decor mostly includes snowmen...not sure when this started, but I'm very picky about the ones that come to visit--they must have some personality evident in their expressions. I think this ornament epitomizes those personalities. :) Hope you enjoy it.

Photo Challenge - Christmas Season

This image and the wish behind it is appropriate for any time of year, but especially for this season. It's my wish for the new year!
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This week's challenge at the Blogger Community Photo Challenge is "Give Thanks for..." The idea is to show something (or some things) we're thankful to have in our lives. In my case, it's a no-brainer. I'm blessed with three wonderful grandchildren--Joey, Zoe and Chloe.

Serving Lunch

Apparently, by feeding all the songbirds and other birds at feeders in my yard, I'm also offering a buffet lunch for any hawk that happens to pass over. I looked out the back door earlier this week to see what birds were feeding and there were absolutely none--here's the reason...