Category: Photography
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites (The Blue and the Gray)
This past weekend coincided with the 153rd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. The Union versus Confederate armies represented the opposing sides in the Civil War, clashing mightily, battle after battle, with both sides sustaining massive loss of life not only from combat casualties but even more so from disease and illness…
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Do Not Hurry the Journey (Weekly Photo Challenge: Half-Light)
Remembering to enjoy the journey, rather than missing the joys along the way because of a focus on the destination, is a constant struggle. C.P. Cavafy’s poem “Ithaka” reminds us in the most lyrical way that what fills our spirits during our lives are all those journeys connected together, making up the memories we treasure. Keep Ithaka…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance
The stars dance in the sky as the lights of the aurora reach toward them, undulating and softly glowing along the horizon in a dance of their own, while the pine trees gently sway. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Dance” is this week’s theme. Everyone…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Vibrant
Is there anything more vibrant than New York City’s iconic Times Square at night?! It must be what the Merriam-Webster dictionary had in mind when it defined “vibrant” to mean: having or showing great life, activity, and energy. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Vibrant” is…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimistic
I found myself filled with a sense of optimism as the intense pink-orange glow of the sun broke over the horizon of Lake Superior on Saturday morning. A few minutes later, the large group of multi-layered runners headed out to the running path that follows the shoreline, and the first official long run of the…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 