Morning Warning

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Maggie C

Awake, green grass
and light of day.
I’ll soon be out
to run and play.

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Awakening

BFF ~ Best Furry Friends

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Maggie C

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

In Search of my Future Favorite Place

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Maggie C

This week’s Daily Post photo challenge is to “share an image of your happy place, a secret spot you love, or a faraway location you return to again and again.”

Hmmm. I’ve thought about this for a couple of days now, and I’ve come to the truly sad conclusion that I really don’t have such a place. My subsequent conclusion is that I really need to find such a place.

The closest setting I could think of is the trail that runs along Burnt Bridge Creek not far from my house. It’s got some scenic spots that I like to return to and watch the ducks swimming down the creek, or watch Great Blue herons fishing from the banks.

But the “trail” is really an eight foot wide path of asphalt which roughly follows a strip of land cleared for a utility right-of-way, where hefty power lines hum and crackle overhead as they span from bulky tower to bulky tower. So, yeah… it’s not really a “commune with nature” kind of experience.

Nonetheless, I keep returning to the trail. Below are photos of one place on the trail where I have photographed the creek on a number of occasions.

(Note to self: venture out and discover my new favorite place.)

November 2014

April 2015

May 2016

March 2018

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Favorite Place

Metamorphosis ~ a slide show

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Maggie C

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The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Story

Within this World (photo essay)

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Maggie C

Galaxies within galaxies within galaxies. The penultimate frontier.

Top to bottom: small cannonball, civil war era; light bulb; soap bubbles (negative); black-light bulb; water bubbles (negative); granite sphere on grave monument.

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Out of This World

hang up

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Maggie C

Sometimes
      ONE isn't the loneliest number.
Sometimes
      it's loneliest when
      it's you, me and
            your CELL PHONE.

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: A Face in the Crowd

Nature, naturally

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Maggie C

When I think about the best parts of living in the Pacific Northwest portion of the United States, I think of the diversity of nature. With my home situated near Portland, Oregon, I am just hours away from beaches, forests, mountains and high desert (with the occasional urban area thrown in).

This week’s Daily Post photo challenge asks us to show images of where we live. I just happen to have a ton of photos 😉 , but I’ll narrow it down to a handful.

Oregon Coast