Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge
Roots (Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself)
Last November we traveled to Puerto Rico, en route to St. Thomas in support of the Seton Hall Pirates, for the Paradise Jam, a pre-season college basketball tournament. While in Puerto Rico, we visited the town of Caguas, and toured several museums. The Museo de… Continue Reading “Roots (Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself)”
“D-man’s” Decision
Again with focused diligence he trains, Some days he wanes in purpose, yet remains to bear the load, the challenge of this journey, Culminates this day, his black belt tourney, He beams with pride, a new belt girds his waist, Accomplishment, endurance, leadership embraced.… Continue Reading ““D-man’s” Decision”
Warmth
Warmth can be a cozy, comfy chair, Upon which thrown, a hand-knit afghan quilt, Awaiting little boys who tumble in, and there fake-wrestle for first dibs; no signs of guilt. A grandson hiding in the fort he built with tablecloths and sheets from grandma’s… Continue Reading “Warmth”
Template for Humanity (Weekly Photo Challenge)
This photograph, captured by my daughter, conjures up images of ten-year-olds, racing their bikes around the neighborhood, stopping only to shoot a few hoops in the driveway. What more poignant evidence of Humanity, than the imprint of a hastily tossed-aside bike, left outside one rainy… Continue Reading “Template for Humanity (Weekly Photo Challenge)”
Pastorale (Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure!)
🌻🌻🌻 It was a sun-soaked, May afternoon, as we sped from Avignon to Paris, and were treated to seemingly, unending views of verdant pastures, whizzing by like freeze frames from the window of our TGV. I suspect, that to many of our fellow travelers, the expansive… Continue Reading “Pastorale (Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure!)”
Starburst dialogue (weekly Photo Challenge)
“Dialogue is an engaging conversational exchange. When it comes to photography, dialogue can be perceived as a consensual interaction between two images. Placed next to each other, each photograph opens up to meanings that weren’t there when viewed alone. Each composition reveals the photographer’s… Continue Reading “Starburst dialogue (weekly Photo Challenge)”
Textures
PHOTO CHALLENGE:Texture… Guest photographer Natalia Maks invites you to find unexpected textures in the world around you.
Zigzag
PHOTO CHALLENGE:For this week’s challenge, share with us your own take on zigging and zagging. It can be a winding path, the Herringbone pattern on your coat, a scar: any jagged line that tells a story.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Container
PHOTO CHALLENGE: Container “From “Don’t judge a book by its cover” to “Don’t look at the jug, but at what it contains” (an old Rabbinic saying), we’re constantly taught that the contents of things are more important than the vessels, wrappers, and boxes… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Container”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic
PHOTO CHALLENGE: Relic…What images does “relic” conjure for you? A well-worn piece of blue beach glass, the faded pencil markings from a high-school journal, or the curmudgeonly character from the CBC television series, The Beachcombers?
Between
Between the Elms and White Birch boughs, He swoops to seek his sustenance. Between the thrush, the finch and doves, He jockeys for a place perchance. Between their flurried rush he sees, His opportunity to dance. Between his talon flaws he snags the rusting iron grate, in his… Continue Reading “Between”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
Home Sweet Home
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