Near and Far – Weekly Photo Challenge

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Manglaralto, Ecuador

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Near and Far. Photos can magically portray a far-away location as if it were right in front of us.   By pairing an image in the foreground with one in the distance, one can strengthen and add depth to a photo.    Enjoy these images that transport you to far away locations as well as illustrate the perspective of near and far!  Z

Jumping Tarpon – Rio Colorado Lodge Costa Rica

La Libertad, El Salador

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Weekly Photo Challenge: Urban

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One of many sidewalk vegetable spots in Jama, Ecuador.

Many of the photo challenges prompt a chuckle as I apply the theme to where I am in life.   This week’s “Urban” challenge on Word Press presents the following criteria: The idea behind urban photography is to photograph your city and the streets where you grew up as they are.   

I am a long way from home, Toto!!!

I grew up in a petite community (Bolivar) that was three miles from a petite town of 300+ (Benoit) that was 35 miles from the small city of Greenville, Mississippi.  One rural blacktop road skirted the edge of my parent’s farmland;  our streets and avenues were the turn rows in the cotton field and the gravel road that zippered down the levee’s spine!  Ecuador is a long way from the Mississippi Delta, though my little adopted town of Jama reminds me a lot of life on a farm once upon a time in a land far away.

An unhurried town, Jama expects one to slow down and embrace the day.

Growth

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Oops! The “Publish” button was trigger happy!

The above images show the foliage-eating iguana that stuffed himself into an awkward ‘busted’ moment!  He was lean enough to get into the garden, but definitely outgrew his private entrance!

See more examples of ‘growth’ here for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.

Dreaming – WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge

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DREAMING:  This precious little girl at the orchid show couldn’t hold her eyes open a second longer!  Some people don’t remember their dreams;  others awaken with tales of amazing adventures or ideas!   To slip from wakefulness to slumber guarantees a delicious sleep,  especially if it’s a cat nap!

These images represent my interpretation of DREAMING for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!    Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Weekly Photo Challenge: Movement

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The theme for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is “Movement.”

He sails through the air with the greatest of ease! (Costa Rica Howler Monkey)

The sound of howler monkeys crashing through the treetops will get anyone’s attention!  To see them soaring from branch to branch fills one with a childlike glee!  Living immersed in nature, I witness sudden explosive glimpses of movement as well as subtle ones.   Here are samples of movement that reflect my life in Latin America.   Enjoy the pictorial journey!  Z

“Weekly Photo Challenge: Close”

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Ronnie’s Birthday – Playa San Miguel, Costa Rica

The WordPress Photo Challenge Theme for this week is “Close,”   and these two images illustrate two totally-different interpretations of the word, ‘close.’  Tomorrow with camera in hand, I will enjoy searching for photo opportunities that illustrate this theme!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Friendship

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Coming out of my painting fog, I am attempting to reclaim my normal routine, which is never normal or routine!   Anyone new to the blogging world realizes the vast options that are patiently waiting to be explored.  One must first explore the shallows before plunging into the ocean!  This morning I kicked off my swimmies and explored a few blogs.

Every so often a “Weekly Photo Challenge” crossed my field of vision, though I never paused long enough to research what that challenge was about.  This morning – my first day back to normal after taking down the show yesterday – the OH MY!-light bulb instantly cleared the painting fog from my eyes!

Each week Word Press throws a new theme to those who are interested in participating in that challenge!    Friendship?  This past month so many dear friends have stepped forward to help ‘before, during and after’ my exhibition.  Wow, do I ever have material to contribute to the Friendship theme!

Since I’m about to dash to nearby El Matal’s Phase Two chapter of  It Started with One Light Pole, I will post images that have been patiently awaiting my attention in a folder marked, “One Friend” – inspired by Keb Mo’s song by the same title.   After this weekend’s painting marathon at El Matal, I hope to emerge with several posts;  one of the competition and another to thank my dear friends who offered tireless support during The Mola Series exposition.

I leave you with images from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Ecuador that best reflect this week’s photo challenge of friendship!