“ Damsel in Distress ” A damselfly flew into my car at sunset one night this week. It got itself trapped between my dash & window & while it took my finger a couple times, it never held on. So I decided to let it rest, but I was determined to leave it at the beach rather than take it home. What if it had a family? I told myself. While it rested I grabbed 2 photos. This was the distance shot. I decided to use the Adamski effect again that I learned in another challenge. This w

“The Cool Wait” I try to imagine what this train station was like in the day that it operated. The tracks are barely noticeable in a very select few areas. I'm not sure if anyone even goes in this building these days, but it's only a 100 yards off a main thoroughfare and stands feet from the side road you can see at the bottom of this photo. I've always loved the corbels and the mixed directions of the siding - such class. With the winter sun at high noon there's this cool bl

“Triple Reflection” Just a little fun with both a mirror and my photo ball. So I've captured 3 reflections - lantern in mirror, lantern in photo ball, and photo ball in mirror. I had two other plans for this week, first the fall foliage on the reservoir, but the weather and lighting didn't work. Second idea was a mirror, within a mirror, within a mirror selfie concept but I needed help with hauling the large mirrors from around the house. I enjoyed this concept though. Simple

“Hard to Distinguish” On an early morning walk, on a very humid day, after one of the worst thunderstorms I've ever gone through here, there was this indistinguishable trash floating on the creek. It isn't bright in color, there's not a lot of contrast between it & the water, but it was there & it made me sad. With every rain storm there is trash that appears in the creek & I wonder why we can't do better in picking up after ourselves. So this picture shows the beauty - not o