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A Photo a Week Challenge: FROM THE SIDE

Posted on July 19, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill has given us a real challenge this week: to view a subject from the side. I saw this rooster casually reclining in garden bathtub at a recent Home and Gardening Show here in Charlotte. I hope this view … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: REALLY BIG TOYS

Posted on July 8, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill’s photo challenge this week could send me in several directions. My Dad’s big toys included antique automobiles. I loved his maroon Model A roadster, with rag top, rumble seat, and yellow wheels. Alas, that is ancient history now, … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: UNEDITED

Posted on June 29, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill has once again given us worthy photographic challenge to share this week. Offer a photo that has been unedited. And so we present a photograph in the raw, as it were. This is a look out the back … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: WEATHERED

Posted on June 25, 2021 by johnvic8

The topic for this week’s photo challenge from Nancy Merrill Photography is WEATHERED. During a garden trip to northern Virginia in 2004 I spied this rock formation. It shows centuries of weathering in the stones and growth of moss. Please … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: LAYERS

Posted on June 7, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill has given us another interesting challenge this week–to share a photo of something in layers. I first thought of a cake, but don’t have one available. She suggested roses, and that caused me to think of other flowers. … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Circles on Circles

Posted on May 31, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill has presented her followers with a particularly interesting challenge this week. Share a photograph of “Circles on Circles.” I had to scratch my brain for a while to imagine how that challenge might be met. However, I searched … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: SOMETHING MISSING

Posted on May 24, 2021 by johnvic8

This is an interesting challenge from Nancy Merril Photography: share a photograph of something missing. There is clearly something missing in this photo. I just can’t figure out what happened. Any ideas? Please visit Nancy at https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/a-photo-a-week-challenge-something-missing/ to see her … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: UNEXPECTED

Posted on May 18, 2021 by johnvic8

This week’s photo challenge from Nancy Merrill Photography is UNEXPECTED. You can imagine that when I was up a ladder trimming the top of a ‘Sky Pencil’ holly, I most certainly did not expect a visitor to come out of … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: MOTHERS

Posted on May 7, 2021 by johnvic8

Nancy Merrill’s challenge this week is certainly appropriate: MOTHERS. Mothers’ Day is this Sunday and gives us a chance to honor and remember our mothers. I was torn between going back several generations to honor my grandmothers, my own mom, … Continue reading →

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A Photo a Week Challenge: Celebration Covid-Style

Posted on April 26, 2021 by johnvic8

What a fun challenge this week from Nancy Merrill Photography. We have had the vaccine. We have had dinner with our daughters and some grandsons–at a real restaurant. We’ve been to church. I had a real haircut. Of course, all … Continue reading →

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