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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #139: Special Moments

It was early morning — as half our safaris were at Thornybush Game Reserve, South Africa. We climbed as agilely as newbies could into the open vehicle when there was barely any daylight at all. Chilled by damp air, we pulled up our blanket around us and grabbed hold of the hot water bottles given […]

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #127: Precious Moments

For this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Amy, whose unique blog The World Is a Book, set the topic this week with two key words: Precious Moments. And since Bert and I will be celebrating our 53rd Wedding Anniversary on December 27th of this year, we’re reflecting on just a few of our many precious moments […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic

It’s just nature’s way, of course. But when you come upon one of these magnificent creatures carefully hidden in a monochromatic natural setting, you can’t help but suck in your breath as if you’ve seen a lion on safari or something! For more entries in the Weekly Photo Challenge: Monochromatic, click here.

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Travel theme: One Colour

Nature’s plan to blend even the biggest, boldest of animals into the landscape works well. So well, in fact, that coming (surprisedly) upon this kingly fellow — mostly of one colour — had all of us in the safari Jeep scrambling for cameras while speaking in hushed tones. Better to let sleeping lions lie, right? […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Converge

It seemed ordinary. An early-morning Jeep ride through a game preserve near Kruger National Park. Not much in sight. Not many sounds. But when the driver veered near this watering hole, something we’d never seen before unfolded in front of us. A convergence of buffalo. A gathering by the waterside. A find for those of us who […]