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#9 ~ 4th of July Beach

quilly — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:01:44 +0000

Actually, an alert reader left a comment telling me I had mislabeled the beach and she is absolutely correct. This is South Beach. Sorry!

4th of July Beach with Cattle Point Light House in the Distance.

#6 ~ Serendipity Book Store

quilly — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:01:41 +0000

Serendipity, a used bookstore, Friday Harbor, WA

#5 – Sweet Wild Rose

quilly — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:01:46 +0000

White Wild Rose

#270 Two 4 Tuesday

quilly — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:25:51 +0000

Black & White

Salt & Pepper, 2009
Charlene L. Amsden, photographer

When I get bored I play with my camera. We were in a restaurant in Kona and there was a very long wait between our appetizer and our main course. We wondered if they’d actually gone out in the boats to catch the fresh fish we ordered for dinner. When the meal finally arrived we discovered it was well worth waiting for, and I actually never used the salt & pepper.

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Ruby Tuesday Meets Wild & Tame

quilly — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:01:35 +0000

Ruby Tuesday & Two 4 Tuesday: Wild & Tame

Right Here, All On One Plate

Last Summer Amoeba and I enjoyed a lovely dinner on the patio of the Makaha Resort & Golf Club overlooking the golf course. After our scrumptious meal, we ordered a piece of luscious chocolate cake to share. The cake was so good, we ate every last bite and scraped the plate as clean as was politely possible, then we sat back to settle our food and sip tall glasses of chilled island tea.

A little Brazilian Cardinal sat on the patio railing and watched intently as we ate. When the meal was over, our lovely waitress whisked our plates away, but when dessert was over, we pushed the plate aside and there it stayed. It didn’t take more than two minutes for the Brazilian Cardinal to move from the rail, to the chair, from the chair to the table and from the table to the plate. Once on the plate he investigated it thoroughly, then turned around to tell us off for not leaving him any. Greedy humans, anyway!

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Two 4 Tuesday is a weekly photo challenge.
Visit the home page, see astonishing photos & vote for the one you like best.
Voting for Hard & Soft closes on September 1st, 2009.
This is not a popularity contest.
Please don’t automatically vote for me.

#252 Storm Coaster

quilly — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:49:19 +0000

Sky Watch

When the skies come down to watch us!

Seagull and storm clouds, Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, B.C.

We spent three days camping with these clouds, but even in the rain this little part of God’s creation is stunningly beautiful. The world was monochrome. I shot this picture in full living color. The trees are not green because the sun was soon to set and the clouds and rain had washed the landscape of all color.

Photographer: Charlene L. Amsden
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#247 Surf’s Up

quilly — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:00:42 +0000

Wind, surf and sea off Waikiki. Queen Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, HI.

Waikiki — what vacationer doesn’t dream of surfing there? On this particular day the waves were up, the wind was high and the sun was shining. I sat on the seawall in Queen Kapiolani Park with my 200 mm lens and shot surfing scenes for about an hour. The sea was the same amazing turquoise color seen in the tourism brochures.