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Mellow Yellow Monday #69

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Moody Monday: Close

Beach Wildflower

I don't know what these small wildflowers are called, but they are scattered all over the side of the trail by the beach. I love their color, too. They stand out among the dominant greens and browns of the trail.

Speaking of colors, I couldn't decide which version of the photo I like best. The colored version shows off the white, burgundy, and pink colors. (Click on photo to enlarge it.)

I also like the sepia and black & white versions because the textures become more evident. (Click on photo to enlarge it.)

Can you pick a favorite?

Busy Bee

Pretty in Yellow

WATER05 - Off the Trail

Location: Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway/South Carolina Hwy 11



Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water
~Lao Tzu

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WATERY WEDNESDAY

ABC02 - R for Reduction

From stunning shells to everlasting grains of sand. Taken at Fort de Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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ABC WEDNESDAY

WATER04 - Contact

Taken at Fort de Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]



Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water
~Lao Tzu

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MM03 - Excuse Me. I Live Here.

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]



“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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MACRO MONDAY

CRITTERS02 - Welcoming the New Day

My favorite find on the beach so far. Taken at Fort de Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]



“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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PF01 - Sand to Sand

Taken at Fort de Soto Park in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Welcome to my first Photo Friday post!

[From my Picasa Web Album: Beach Walk at Sunrise]



“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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PhotoHunt Saturday 003 - Sir Armadillo

Oct 17 Challenge: FREE WEEK
A steel sculpture of an armadillo by Paul Eppling, a local artist in St. Petersburg. Doesn't it look like a dinosaur in shining armor? :mrgreen: What makes this massive steely creation extra cool in my book is it's made up of recycled materials! The "welded steel [armadillo was] painstakingly constructed with "found objects" from old cars and construction machinery (and some donations)." I absolutely love it.

According to 1980 article in the Evening Independent, this knight of an armadillo had a twin. The twin stood next to what was a library, now the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve office. I didn't see the sculpture when I last visited, but I may just have missed it. I'll look for it next time I go there.

Taken in Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.



“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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Thursday Challenge 004 - Delightfully Yellow

This week's challenge: "BEAUTY" (Sunset, Nature, People, Houses, Eyes...)
This little delicate wildflower had a certain je ne sais quoi that compelled me to capture it in pictures, wouldn't you?

Taken in Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.



“A photograph is usually looked at—seldom looked into”
~Ansel Adams

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Mellow Yellow Monday 002 - A New Life in a World of Yellow

I saw this pretty sight on the side of the trail and immediately fell in-love with it. It's a small sapling, only about a foot high. I don't know what plant this is. I'm interested to see what it has metamorphosed into. It's been ten days since this shot. I'll try to look for it when I get back from my trip next week.

Taken at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.



"There is no blue without yellow and without orange."
~Vincent Van Gogh

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MELLOW YELLOW MONDAY

Color Carnival #1 - Cornus Florida

...also known as flowering dogwood.

I love the vibrant colors on this scrumptious-looking fruits. I would've eaten 'em like candy if I were a child. :D Apparently, the fruits and the tree are better consumed in other ways:

This species has in the past been used in the production of inks, scarlet dyes, and as a quinine substitute. The hard, dense wood has been used for products such as golf club heads, mallets, wooden rake teeth, tool handles, jeweler’s boxes and butcher’s blocks.

Still, they remind me of Jelly Beans. :D

Taken at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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“Ever charming, ever new, when will the landscape tire the view?
~John Dyer

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Shadow Shot Sunday #2 - Shadowy Surprise

I often regret spending too much time taking pictures when I should be taking in the raw sights and sounds of my new surroundings BUT not always. Using the camera to take in the sights sometimes produce unexpected but pleasant captures such as this photo. A whole new experience is always waiting behind the lens, for sure.

Taken at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida.



"Where there is much light, the shadow is deep”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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PhotoHunt Saturday #2 - A Shell of a Butterfly

Taken last month on the shores of Fort de Soto Beach. I noticed a bunch of butterfly-shaped open shells on the shores on the day I went for a walk. They came in a variety of colors, but this is the brightest one of them.


“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul,
and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
~Henry Ward Beecher

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Lens Day #1 - Blaze the Brave

Lens Day Challenge: Cat

Eight-year-old Blaze braved a long road trip from Florida to California last year. She's a sweet cat. One can never tell how old she is, because she meows like a kitten, especially when she wants to be cute—that is, more than usual. :D She eats like a fish, lays about like a cat, but somehow manages to avoid obesity.

Welcome to my first Lens Day post!


“A photograph is memory in the raw.”
~Carrie Latet

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