Lens-Artists Challenge #322 – There Is a Crack in Everything “Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light.To be a painter, one must work with rays of light.“Edvard Munch In this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge, Ritva used Leonard Cohen’s saying, “Everything has … Read More

Near the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, just outside Page, Arizona, the Antelope Canyon is a destination one cannot miss. There are two separate sections of the Antelope Canyon: Upper and Lower. In Navajo, the Upper Antelope Canyon is “the … Read More

The Lower Antelope Canyon is much narrower than the Upper Antelope Canyon. It is also a more intense and longer hike. The entrance to the canyon requires the use of ladders, and some sections of the canyon are very tight. … Read More

If you find there is some resemblance between this Alamo Vine flower and the Morning Glory flower, it is because the two flowers share the same family. Also known as Noyau Vine or Correhuela De Las Doce, the Alamo Vine … Read More

Aletta (of NowatHome) was the guest host for Leanne’s Monochrome Madness #19 challenge. Aletta chose Steps and Stairs. I struggled to pick what I would share in this post because I had a lot of photos I wanted to use. … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #321 – Intentional Camera Movement I was excited when Anne (of Slow Shutter Speed) presented the theme for this week’s lens artists challenge. She wrote she had “never really attempted to do this except for the occasional image.” … Read More

Today, October 14, is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. I want to highlight one area we visited at Mesa Verde NP in 2007 to celebrate this day. We were dismayed at the fire devastation we witnessed when we entered the park. Luckily, … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #320 – Looking Back When Sofia invited us to “look back at things you love(d) in your life, things that have happened, places you visited that you’d like to experience again,” I struggled with what I would share. … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #319 – Setting a Mood Nature has her way of creating the right mood, whether for landscape photos or loving relationships. In my hometown of Fortaleza (Brazil), it is a daily favorite activity to go somewhere along the … Read More

For this floral Friday, I’m feeling nostalgic. When I was a child, one of the big hits in Brazil in 1974 was a song called “The Flowers in Our Home Garden” (“As Flores do Jardim da Nossa Casa”), performed by … Read More