Sunday, September 28, 2025


 Aged Beauty.  This is certainly aged, maybe not beautiful.  But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Shiny Pretty Things.  Dennis thinks this glass door knob is his new diamond ring.  
 

Sunday, September 7, 2025

It's Electric was the challenge.  This is my great aunt's electric toaster.  The sides flip down and you lay a slice of bread on it.  Then flip it up to toast.  Then you had to flip it down and turn the bread over and flip it up to toast that side.  She probably thought it was a real time saver. 
 


 Hello Yellow.  This is Kansas and yellow means all the sunflower weeds are out in force. 

Sunday, August 24, 2025


 "What is it?" It's the teeth on a wool carder. 

Sunday, August 17, 2025


 Half and Half....yum oreo.

Sunday, August 10, 2025


 ROYGBV.  While standing in line at Hobby Lobby, these little bears caught my eye.  I didn't figure this time of year, I would see the real thing.  So the bears will have to represent for me. 

Sunday, August 3, 2025

"Suggest Bygone" was the subject for this week's photo.  This is a civil war soldier's tombstone, my husband's sword and his kepi.
 

Saturday, July 26, 2025


 We were to depict an Oscar winning movie.  We weren't to tell and let the others in the Critique Group guess.  I'll tell all here.  Gone with the Wind.

Sunday, July 13, 2025


 We were to depict a cliche.  Yes, an apple a day.

Sunday, July 6, 2025


 The assignment this week was celebrate.  This is one of the fireworks at Overbrook's display. 

Monday, June 23, 2025


 The challenge was "summer".  It's so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. 😁

Sunday, June 22, 2025


 Elemental was the subject.  It would be earth, wind, fire or water.  I chose wind bending the grass.

Sunday, June 15, 2025


 This week was "year Word" revisited.  My word was simplify.  So it's one bloom.  Hollyhock.

Sunday, June 1, 2025


 Visual Rhythm was this week's challenge.  It is repetition of images to create a rhythm.  These are the posts for a corral system that is unused now. 

Sunday, May 25, 2025


 This week's challenge was back light.  This is our cat, Rex, who likes to sit in the open window. 


 Didn't get last week's photo posted.  The challenge was initially inspired.  Using my initials, VL.  This is a very light feather. 

Sunday, May 11, 2025


 Crazy Eights.  If two sides are covered with trees, does it still count as eight?

Sunday, May 4, 2025


 Beautiful Bokeh was the challenge.  It's focusing sharply in the foreground and blurring the background.  Really pops the item in the foreground. 

Sunday, April 27, 2025


 Body Language was this week's challenge.  These two friends were taking a break.  "I really liked the winning quilt", "I would have used more green", "Will we be able to get up after we are rested?"

Sunday, April 13, 2025


 "Upside down" was the challenge.  I stopped in Gardner at the Dairy Queen to get a picture of a blizzard turned upside down.  The clerk was too busy to ask her to take it again, so it's not as crisp as I would like.

Sunday, April 6, 2025

The subject for this week was "botanical".  This is our young pear tree's blossoms.  If it makes even half of the blooms, we should get 10 bushels or more. haha. 
 

Sunday, March 30, 2025

A la Vivian Maier was the challenge.  She was a 1920's famous B&W street photographer.  In our county's infinite wisdom, they have designated our gravel/dirt road a street.  This is a "street" scene with my 14 year old, deaf dog, Ned.  
 

Sunday, March 23, 2025

This week's challenge was "Rhymes with tonight".  Mine is "Bright White".

 

Friday, February 7, 2025


 Abandoned was the challenge.  This is a three legged windmill that is unused and now abandoned.  A dreary morning adds to the dark feeling.

Sunday, February 2, 2025


This week's challenge was transportation.  These are Dennis' feet.  He was a letter carrier for 34 years.  I figured these feet have traveled 102,000 miles, not counting vacation time off but also not adding the days he worked 6 days a week.  That's a lot of walking.

Sunday, January 26, 2025


 "Use a Mirror" was the challenge.  Couldn't come up with anything unique.  So this is an antique hand mirror with some daisies on it. 

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Juxtaposition was the challenge.  This is winter next to spring.  
 

Sunday, January 12, 2025


 New Year so challenge was "year word".  Simplify is my year word.  Hope I can make it work.