Tag: weekly photo challenge

Autumn’s Last Breath — And a Peek of Winter (30 Days of Gratitude: Day 2)

On By Kat at travelgardeneatIn Garden, Gratitude, Photography6 Comments

The mums are still blooming, and the later-turning trees continue their attempts to embrace the palette of Fall, even while Winter tries to push in several weeks early with its monochromatic color scheme!

Cluster of Red and Gold

Blanketing the Mums

Clinging to Fall

 

Grateful that Mother Nature finds a way to make it pretty, even as we curse winter’s early arrival — the change of seasons bring new wonders! Plus, the early “peek” of winter always “piques” our interest in winter activities …. cross-country skiing or snowshoeing, anyone?!

~ Kat

This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Peek” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here: Peek.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Evanescent

On By Kat at travelgardeneatIn Life, Photography13 Comments

This week’s photo challenge seemed to foreshadow the weekend, and spur me to return to my blog, which has been neglected of late. Krista encouraged us to share a photo of a moment in time that held meaning for us … specifically, to share an evanescent moment or memory.

Evanescent Northern Lights

“Evanescent” is often used to describe something that quickly vanishes or is fleeting in time. The northern lights dance and shimmer and pulse in the sky ….. lights that can often vanish as quickly as they appear, and refuse to be scheduled or predicted with any certainty … evanescent lights in the sky.

Equally fitting is my college-aged son in this photo … for while the days may often be long, the years fly by, and then that time with those children you gave roots, but also gave wings, is evanescent indeed.

~ Kat

This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Evanescent” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here: Evanescent.

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadow

On By Kat at travelgardeneatIn Photography, Travel6 Comments

As you stroll the evening streets of New Orleans, tucked behind the St. Louis Cathedral, away from the raucous lights and sounds of Bourbon Street, is a shadow of some fame — the shadow of “Touchdown Jesus.”

Ciao! ~ Kat

This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Shadow” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here: Shadow.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitude

On By Kat at travelgardeneatIn Photography, Running, Travel4 Comments

Even in the most raucous of settings, one can find some solitude if you time it right.

While in New Orleans for a long weekend recently, I went for a run Saturday morning and had Bourbon Street to myself, as the soapy residue still lingered along the curb.

Ciao! ~ Kat

This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Solitude” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here: Solitude.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Anticipation 

On By Kat at travelgardeneatIn Photography8 Comments

Despite it being long past when I should have been in bed on a “school night”, I grabbed some quiet reflection time after decorating the tree earlier in the evening. Glass of prosecco in hand, Christmas music streaming on my phone, and the lights of the tree blinking peacefully in the dark of the midnight hour.

People everywhere wait in anticipation …. for Christmas less than a week away, for the start of Hanukkah which coincides with Christmas Day, for time with family and friends ….

And others wait in anticipation for matters less joyful … the end of war, the opportunity to flee a besieged city ….

May all men, women, and children around the world see a holiday season of peace that carries into the new year.

Ciao! ~ Kat

This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. “Anticipation” is this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here: Anticipation.