This is my above-ankle tattoo done a month ago. Now almost completely gone, except for a shadow. Relax. It was a henna tat.
Remember the 200 baby turtles we released into the sea a week or two ago? They are long gone, I hope, but I still think of them every day.
Day of the Dead altars give us a perfect way to remember departed loved ones in a non-maudlin manner. This is my husband Bob who passed away 13 years ago. Yes. He loved very cold Coke and crullers, but I couldn’t find a cruller, so this little pastry had to do.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/gone-but-not-forgotten/
https://grieflessons.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/gone-but-not-forgotten/
In my editing of both of these pelican photos, I was striving for a painterly quality.
Google ‘Villa Salvador” in Lima, Peru, for the fascinating story behind this picture. It was taken in their communal kitchen, used to feed those without jobs for a a limited period while they search for employment.
“Found Still-life” Lima, Peru.
Detail of my retablo, “Rabbit in the Moon”
For more “Sapphire” photos, go to: http://jennifernicholewells.com/2014/11/11/one-word-photo-challenge-sapphire/
Photo Prompt: Descent—This week, show us your interpretation of descent.
You’ve seen this shot of a hot air balloon that has burst into flame and that is plummeting toward earth once before, but it is so perfect for this prompt that it is appearing for an encore performance. I guess I should mention that it was unmanned!
Searching for a place to land on Candelabra Island, Peru. I believe these are cormorants but I’m open to correction! One lonely pelican seems to have gotten in with the wrong crowd.
Peru Desert, descending to an oasis.
More Peru desert
Amazon Sunset. Does the descent of the sun count?
During the rainy season, flying termites descend by the tens of thousands, entering houses under sliding glass doors, through keyholes and hairline cracks. They swirl around any light like dervish planets, then chew their wings off and worm their way into any vulnerable wood. I think they mate somewhere along the way as well, or perhaps they chew their wings off in frustration over being those wallflowers left without a mate. At any rate, I was dumb enough to leave my pool light on and the next morning awoke to find thousands of insects such as these, pinned upside down by their wings in the water.
Those nimble few who had managed to chew their own wings off then stood on their detached wings or the wings of others as they helped them to chew their wings off.
Once free of their wings, they either swam to safety, found spare wings to use as flotation devices or swam off to aid other termites held captive by their wings in a crucifix position. It was both ghastly and fascinating and a huge cleanup operation!
Another Candelabra Island, Peru descent.
Thousands of white pelicans winter on Lake Chapala, Mexico, where I live. These are a very few making a landing after their descent.
The challenge was to supply the cover photography and name for a book.
A Mexican Retiree’s Guide to Sloth
The Inept Photographer’s Guide to Beach Photography
Finding A Direction in Life
PB & Jellyfish
Natural Recipes
for Long Life and Happiness
Pond & Garden
Filling her Shoes
(Confessions of a Birkenstock Stepmother)
Beach Love Affair
Match the “C” with the picture: Casks for Pisco, Clouds, Candelabra Island Nazca Lines, Christmas lights, Cricket, “Cristal” Truck, El Catador Pisco Distillery
To see other Sunday Photo Challenges, go to: http://sundaystills.wordpress.com/2014/10/19/sunday-stills-the-next-challenge-the-letter-c/
And here is my very favorite dream—one that really did change my entire life: : https://judydykstrabrown.com/2015/10/20/waking-up/
Weekly Photo Prompt: Dreamy—A misty morning, your handsome spouse, your grandmother’s house that’s also your elementary school and the Eiffel Tower — this week, show us something dreamy.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/signs/
No one knows what or whom the Nazca lines were signaling, but their scale is awe-provoking. I loved playing with the position of the shadow of the plane in relation to the ancient symbols.
See more about the Nazca lines here.
This week’s photo theme for WordPress was “Nighttime,” but it was too hard to pick one of the many night scenes I was considering, so instead I chose a series of shots from last year’s Dia de los Muertos in Patzcuaro. Dancing, graveside ceremonies, refreshments and general revelry go on all night long. Our boat broke down half way to the island and so we had an especially long night of it as men opened the bottom of the boat to try to free the fishing nets that had been securely wound around the propellers.
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