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Cee has presented us with a different sort of Fun Foto Challenge this week, one where we’re to use the elements from a selected photo (shown HERE). Those elements, one or more of our choosing, include:

  • Rain / Water
  • Reflection
  • Industrial
  • Lines & Shapes
  • Rule of Thirds
  • Signs
  • Colors:  Red, Gray, Green
  • Containers or Trash Cans
  • Window

Certainly this image contains windows, some crudely constructed, and there are several containers – the hollowed out mobile unit in the foreground being a rather large one at that! – and, of course, the requisite trash can. We certainly have a variety of lines and shapes in the scene and, stretching my imagination a bit, I am easily able to pick out the gray and the green while the bus could be described as an orange-ish or fiery red!

This challenge also dovetails nicely with the photo I submitted for Cee’s B&W photo challenge that I called Dilapidation. It’s the black and white shot I took from the same perspective and it is difficult for me to decide which photograph I like best. (Your preference?)

Cee: We love your challenges and the opportunity to ‘strut our stuff’ as well as providing us with ready-made connections to other bloggers and photo enthusiasts. I’m constantly blown away by the talent, creativity and imagination of so many new friends!

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We saw these little critters everywhere we hiked in Colorado’s glorious Rocky Mountains. The literature and guide maps all caution against feeding the wildlife in the park but apparently there have been far too many people who just never got the memo.

These ground squirrels – I believe that’s what they are – are not shy about approaching anyone and everyone for a handout. Fearless, and apparently hooked on the goodies doled out to them by the hordes of well-meaning (but misguided) tourists that visit the park each year, they scamper underfoot, up rocks and branches, into backpacks left on the ground and will easily take food proffered them with not an iota of hesitation. Cute though they were, I resisted the impulse to feed them since I’d read that it really isn’t in their best interests and besides, I’m sometimes a real stickler about playing by the rules especially when it comes to respecting the beauty and grandeur of nature and her inhabitants.

Still though, you have to admit. This little fella is pretty adorable.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Close Ups

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Husband and I stumbled across this beautiful old church tonight which I later discovered was the subject of a local newscast in 2014 to chronicle it being the last church in Churchville. Spare and lean, this tightly constructed house of worship looks to have been lovingly cared for over the years.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Churches or Any Religious Building