Opal Reflections
Perspectives through Prose, Poetry and Photography
Category: Weekly Photo Challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Family
I couldn’t help put this photo up, in response to this week’s prompt: Family. Clearly, several denizens in this shot are of the same breed, some are undoubtedly siblings, and of few are, perhaps, parents of the ‘young ‘uns’. During a recent Fall Festival,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Family”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit “My Dwindling Woodpile”
This post is a “three-fer”: WeeklyPhoto Challege: Habit Studio 30+: Locked Trifextra Weekend Challenge: Buddhist cosmology tells of Trāyastriṃśa, or the Heaven of Thirty-Three gods, which rule over the human realm. This weekend we’re asking for exactly 33 of your own words about a… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Habit “My Dwindling Woodpile””
Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon
Standing on the brink, Face turned heavenward, Momentary musings launch my spirit towards distant, mystical, mountain mists, leaving Fall’s ephemeral foreground behind. Suddenly, sensing a glimmer, A hint of hope piercing through the otherwise luster-less, limitless sky; Suddenly, clouds clearing, I understand Salvation
Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
While most folks were enthralled to walk through the recently opened ‘gate’ to the new FantasyLand and its novel attractions, my camera lens was drawn, instead, upward from the ground to the flag at the top of the dramatic parapet, outlined so brilliantly against… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea
The Sea, stretching infinitely far below, as far as the eye can see; defining the horizon, where sky and sea merge as one.
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
“One shot, two ways; as illustrated in these two photos, taken dockside at the Polynesian Village in Walt Disney World. The beautiful, nearly fully opened hibiscus blossom had fallen during a rain storm, landing atop a trash receptacle, in a rain puddle. Which proves… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
Peering through the chain link fence, drama unfolds, as in days of old, when ‘pick-up’ games were the neighborhood norm. Whether six or sixteen, boy or girl, all learned the value of play, teamwork and respect for each other – values still being taught… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
Bandit (our Blenheim Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) evidently finds his plush buddies to be extremely companionable. At first glance one may not realize that though all of the creatures in this photo are soft and furry, one will be waking up in a moment,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves: Marauding Munchkins
Curves are everywhere, including the newly-polished stainless steel refeigerator door; whose smooth, sleek, textured lines are often interrupted by evidence of marauding munchkins (aka Grandsons)!
Photo Friday: Dad
This photo captures the essence of what it means to be a Grand-Dad: Sharing Astronaut Ice Cream while on a recent visit to Museum of Natural History, Grandpa became a willing accomplice, sharing the wide-eyed wonder of the experience through the eyes of a… Continue Reading “Photo Friday: Dad”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
This fleeting moment, captured so beautifully by my daughter, tells us of the pure simplicity of the love a boy has for his dog. This fleeting moment cannot be staged and will never be repeated in exactly this way. But my daughter caught it,… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting”
Lighthouse in the Mist, Cape May, NJ
Bandit
Festive View from the Pub, Peddler’s Village – Lahaska, PA.
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