When I saw this week’s challenge, I thought immediately of Depoe Bay, locally known as “The World’s Smallest Harbor.” It’s fascinating to watch fishing boats maneuver through the narrow channel.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
When I saw this week’s challenge, I thought immediately of Depoe Bay, locally known as “The World’s Smallest Harbor.” It’s fascinating to watch fishing boats maneuver through the narrow channel.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Narrow
The Challenge:
Show us the detail that made a good experience a truly transcendent one —
~Michelle W. The Daily Post
One November day while wandering near Cascade Locks, the light was perfect and the views divine. The Bridge of the Gods was breathtaking, as were the locks, to say nothing of the spectacular fall color. When it was nearly time to leave, I came upon a tiny marina. Not only was finding this marina a treasure, but the serene calm of the water with its beautiful reflective quality was the detail that made my heart sing.

I’m not sure what the sky was doing that night, but we were all looking up!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up


Sometimes your point of view makes all the difference.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up
The challenge:
This week, make two opposing elements come together (or clash in dissonance) in one photo….show how opposites can tell a story about people, places, or objects. Ben Huberman ~ The Daily Post
Here is my entry for this week’s photo challenge. The smooth plane of water is the perfect foil for the highly textured flower, and the colors, nearly opposite, complete the contrast.
This week, share an image of partners. A pair, a trio, a sextet; people, buildings, plants — whatever you choose to shoot, give us subjects that are in tune with one another.
Daisy decided to hang out with us on a recent photo shoot for the Willamette Valley Tee. The pictures of these two together are some of my favorites from that afternoon. The special bond that they share is palpable and unmistakable, and it is one of those simple things in life that brings joy in seeing it.
I love how the play of color, reflection, light and shadow create an abstract image. Taken at the Salmon River in Oregon.
The Challenge: I realized that the universe is constantly whispering words of love: expressions of pure joy, respect, loyalty, and sacrifice for someone other than ourselves, and instructions on letting go and focusing on what is most important in this world.
That which is beautiful calls to me. It inspires me, and it can move me to tears – or to action. It reminds me of the greater reality beyond myself. Beauty illuminates the path to love.