Photo Hunter—"ripple"

Granted, there really aren't a whole lot
of ripples to be seen here in this cove
in the Virginia delta—but that's only because ...

 ... we were all following the rules.

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Photo Hunt—"clean"

Last time I visited my mom, she
made us a delicious meal that was
topped off with these beautiful berries.
I hope that when I'm 92, I'll be as
sharp and independent as she is.


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Photo Hunt—"magical"

A friend gave me a plastic pot, a disk of
compacted soil, and a flower bulb. Without a lot
of hope of anything much happening (my thumb
is anything but green), I reconstituted the soil,
planted the bulb, and watered it regularly. A couple
of stems shot up, then practically overnight, seven
magnificent blooms appeared.  I'd call that magical!

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Photo Hunt—"sturdy"

This triceratops looks pretty sturdy—and yet . . .


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Photo Hunt—"fresh"

Unless you go out and catch it yourself,
you won't find fish much fresher than
here at Venice's Rialto market—and they
take the trouble to arrange it nicely too!


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Photo Hunt—"play"

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They may be "playing" chess, but—
trust me—these men take it
very, very seriously. Actually, the
guy in the background in the middle?
I just realized that I've featured him before.


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Photo Hunt—"symbolic"

The most famous symbol of Venice is, of
course, the winged lion that represents St. Mark.
But unfortunately there's another one visible in 
this shot taken from the campanile—pigeon poop!


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Photo Hunt—"loud"

At first I thought it might be hard to convey
the idea of "loud" in a photo.  Then I
remembered this shot of Echinacea purpurea—
another kind of loud, but I think it applies.


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Photo Hunt—"flat"

In the church of Santa Croce, in Florence,
gravestones are set flat in the floor.  In
some parts of the church, they're
cheek by jowl (so to speak), and hard to
avoid—but I still can't bring myself to walk
over them.  Not because it's creepy; it just
doesn't seem fittin' somehow.


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Photo Hunt—"fluffy"

I've always thought that if I ever got up the
nerve to go skydiving, I'd like to jump
into a big pile of fluffy clouds like this.


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Photo Hunt—"bliss"

"Bliss" could be lots of things (starting and ending
with chocolate, of course). In this case, bliss is a 
beautiful baby boy (featured here just about a year ago) 
all bundled up with his mama—can't you just 
see it in their matching sweet smiles?
{The picture was taken by this baby's 
biggest fan, my daughter Lila.}


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Saturday Photo Hunt

The category for this Photo Hunt is "circular,"
and this gorgeous circular staircase (designed in
1932 by Giuseppe Momo) can be found in the
Vatican Museum. Actually, the stairs form a double
helix, with one leading up and the other down.
Wonder what the folks at the Vatican thought 21 years
later when Crick and Watson discovered the double helical
DNA strand and that formation came to represent life itself.


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