I recently visited the Vancouver, WA public library and came across the Mary Granger Sculpture Garden, a collection of four sculptures on the library property, all created by regional artists.
I’ll share them here as part of Marsha’s Photographing Public Art Challenge (PPAC).
I thought I’d come across a fifth piece of public art, but upon further investigation, it turned out to be a bike rack. Oh, well. Perhaps art is in the eye of the beholder.
For Marsha’s Photographing Public Art Challenge.
I wrote a post last August about the Evergreen Trail at Columbia Springs Environmental Education Center in Vancouver, WA. But I didn’t include photos of the wood carvings that can be found along the trail. These have been carved into still-standing dead trees.
I don’t think I even noticed all of them the last time I was there, but Chules and I went on the trail again this past week, and there they were, just staring at us.
Kind of a fun discovery.
My favorite white subject for Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: the color white.
pause in quietude
answer held in gentle mind
the question will come
The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge will be ending as of this month, so for the final wrap up I am sharing some of my favorite photos that I have taken over the years. Some you may have seen on this blog before, some not. I hope you enjoy them.
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: All-Time Favorites
Come outside, it’s raining!
Damp tree scents tickle our noses;
delicious, earthy chills.
Raindrops splash in puddles.
Watch them dance; taste the freshness.
Hear the rain trickle through
moss-furred branches overhead.
Feel the wet soaking in.
Then back inside to shake it all off.
dVerse Quadrille: Don’t rain on my parade!
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Liquid
This week’s Daily Post photo challenge asks “Where do you belong?” and the challenge is to “show us your Place in the World … give us a glimpse of who you are in the grand scheme of things.”
In the grand scheme of things… hmm.
To begin with, my place in the world is under the sun.
That’s the grand scheme part. But where do I belong?
I belong in the space where the currant bush that was given to me by my sister grows.
I belong where I can watch the changing of the seasons on an ivy-covered wall.
I belong where wildlife visitors are welcome to drop in (with some notable exceptions, i.e. rodents and wasps).
I belong where I can share a red table, a blue chair and a quasi-green lawn with a white dog.
The place where I feel most at home is — well, at home.
But in the grander scheme, my thoughts and energy, and even these words I’m typing right now reach far beyond the expanse of greenery that surrounds my home. So for a glimpse of who I am, get a glimpse of who you are, and there you will find me, too.
Unless you’re a rodent. Or a wasp.
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Lines
Awake, green grass
and light of day.
I’ll soon be out
to run and play.
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Awakening
When a new dog you meet,
with a snarl you may greet.
Invitations to play
will go a long way,
or sharing a tree
where you both can go pee.
A trip to the coast,
getting sand in your coats;
by the end of the day
a best friend you have made.
Dogs that smile make me smile, too.
The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Smile
What Rhymes with Stanza? 