Wordless Wednesday

How Blind Am I?

I have mentioned several times lately that as I take photographs it feels like my eyes are opening. I’m seeing things that I’ve never seen before. Yesterday something happened that really drove home that point. Continue reading “How Blind Am I?” →

Wordless Wednesday

Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray

I noticed this flowering artichoke plant last week, but it didn’t occur to me until a few minutes ago that it is a beautiful example of fray!

Written for the Weekly Photo Challenge: Fray

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With the Eyes of a Child

Until I started taking pictures for the various photography challenges on Word Press, I had never had any photography experience. I was amazed at the beautiful pictures an Android phone could take. Not long thereafter, I realized that I was beginning to notice things I had never seen before. It was as if my eyes were opening to the world around me.

I had an interesting experience last week when I walked to my neighborhood schoolyard. It had rained the night before. My eyes were pulled to curves that had formed in some mud, where the mud met a bit of water. Continue reading “With the Eyes of a Child” →

Wordless Wednesday

Making a Difference- Jadav Payeng

In May, I wrote a post called They Touched My Heart. One of the videos in that post was the story of Jadav Payeng, who at 17 started planting trees on a barren sandbar in India. Since that time a documentary about him was produced by Will McMaster. It is both beautiful and inspiring. To me, Jadav’s work is a good example of the difference one person can make. Continue reading “Making a Difference- Jadav Payeng” →

A Different Walk

In May, I wrote about a walk I took in my neighborhood. These are some of the pictures I snapped that morning.

Today I took another walk. This time I strolled along some of the bigger city streets. My pictures from today are very different from those I took in May.

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