CFFC: Boats

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boats, canoe, CFFC, kayak, Photo Challenge, photography, River scenes

There is magic in the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded of distance, adventure, solitude and peace. -Sigurd F. Olson

Happy Wednesday!

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CFFC: Painted (@ the Abandoned Drive-In)

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abandoned buildings, CFFC, drive-in, Photo Challenge, photography

Will drive-in movie theaters make a comeback?

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Cee’s B&W Challenge: Store Fronts

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black and white photography, black&white Photography, CB&W, classic cars, Photo Challenge, photography

Happy Tuesday!

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CFFC: A Single Flower

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CFFC, flowers, garden, Photo Challenge, photography

The fattest and most scrumptious of all flowers, a rare fusion of fluff and majesty, the peony is now coming into bloom. – Henry Mitchell, American Garden writer “Earthman”, 1924-1963

These may not be my best photos of flowers, but it one of my favourite flowers and they are in bloom right now! And what better way to appreciate them than to pass the time admiring them, both through a lens and with the naked eye. They’ve always reminded me of ball gowns, and what girly-girl doesn’t love an over-the-top sparkly, ruffled confection?

It’s only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis. – Margaret Wander Bonnano

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CFFC: Sense of Smell

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CFFC, flowers, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, River scenes, trees

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. Anne Frank

Water

Flowers

Fresh Air

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat. – Laura Ingalls Wilder

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CFFC: Sense of Taste

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baking, birthday, cake, CFFC, cookies, cooking, food, food photography, Photo Challenge, photography

People who love to eat are always the best people. – Julia Child

Cookies are made with butter and love.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. – Ludwig Beethoven

If God had intended us to follow recipes, He wouldn’t have given us grandmothers. – Linda Hemley

A party without cake is just a meeting!

Strawberries are what make life taste wonderful. ― Anthony T. Hincks

Because everything is better with bacon, right?

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CFFC: Sense of Hearing

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nature, Photo Challenge, photography

 

It’s Spring. Birds are trilling in the trees, woodpeckers are knocking themselves silly, and the frogs by the pond are thrumming in a monastic chorus!

Sometimes you don’t have to go much further than your own backyard.

The Birds

 

The Bees

And One Little Froggy

Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. Let’s do it. Let’s fall in love. Cole Porter

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CFFC: Sense of Touch

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CFFC, flowers, garden, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, snow, tea, trees

Nature invites us to experience it with all of our senses, including our sense of touch. Silky and smooth, hard and rough, hot or cold, fluffy, furry or fuzzy. Well, maybe not everything should be touched – poison ivy and bumblebees, for example. Even isolated at home, there are wonders in nature to be savoured, if you take the time to look for them.

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland

Moss is popular for her unusual beauty, but what distinguishes her is that she is accessible and down to earth. – Rita Clifton

Green moss shines there with ice encased; The long grass bends its spear-like form; And lovely is the silvery scene When faint the sun-beams smile.    –Robert Southey

This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, stand like druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Happy Wednesday!

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Wilderness Wednesday: Evening

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CFFC, Photo Challenge, photography, sunsets

Softly the evening came with the sunset. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Wheels

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black and white photography, black&white Photography, CB&W, family, nature, Photo Challenge, photography

My dad’s wagon for wood, long abandoned in the center of the woods.

End your day with a smile, a happy thought, and a grateful heart. – Clint Walker

Happy, restful Sunday!

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